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\id PSA Unlocked Literal Bible
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\h Psalms
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\toc1 The Book of Psalms
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\toc2 Psalms
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\toc3 Psa
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\mt Psalms
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\ms Book One
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\cl Psalm
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\s5
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\c 1
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\ms Book One
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\cl Psalm
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\m
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\q
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\v 1 Blessed is the man who does not walk in the advice of the wicked,
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\q or stand in the pathway with sinners,
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\q or sit in the assembly of mockers.
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\q
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\v 2 But his delight is in the law of Yahweh,
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\q and on his law he meditates day and night.
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\q
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\v 3 He will be like a tree planted by the streams of water
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\q that produces its fruit in its season,
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\q whose leaves do not wither;
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\q whatever he does will prosper.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 4 The wicked are not so,
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\q but are instead like the chaff that the wind drives away.
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\q
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\v 5 So the wicked will not stand in the judgment,
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\q nor sinners in the assembly of the righteous.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 6 For Yahweh approves of the way of the righteous,
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\q but the way of the wicked will perish.
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\c 2
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\m
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\q
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\v 1 Why are the nations in turmoil,
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\q and why do the peoples make plots that will fail?
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\q
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\v 2 The kings of the earth take their stand together
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\q and the rulers conspire together
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\q against Yahweh and against his Messiah, saying,
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\q
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\v 3 "Let us tear off the shackles they put on us
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\q and throw off their chains."
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\q
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\v 4 He who sits in the heavens will sneer at them;
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\q the Lord mocks them.
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\q
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\v 5 Then he will speak to them in his anger
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\q and terrify them in his rage, saying,
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\q
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\v 6 "I myself have anointed my king
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\q on Zion, my holy mountain."
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\q
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\v 7 I will announce a decree of Yahweh.
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\q He said to me, "You are my son!
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\q This day I have become your father.
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\q
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\v 8 Ask me, and I will give you the nations for your inheritance
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\q and the farthermost regions of the earth for your possession.
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\q
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\v 9 You will break them with an iron rod;
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\q like a jar of a potter, you will smash them to pieces."
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\q
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\v 10 So now, you kings, be warned;
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\q be corrected, you rulers of the earth.
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\q
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\v 11 Worship Yahweh in fear
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\q and rejoice with trembling.
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\q
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\v 12 Kiss the son or he will be angry with you,
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\q2 and you will die in the way when his anger burns for just a moment.
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\q How blessed are all those who seek refuge in him.
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\s5
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\c 3
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\m
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\d A psalm of David, when he fled from Absalom his son.
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\q
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\v 1 Yahweh, how many are my enemies!
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\q Many have risen against me.
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\q
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\v 2 Many say about me,
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\q "There is no help for him from God."
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\qs Selah\qs*
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\s5
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\q
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\v 3 But you, Yahweh, are a shield around me,
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\q my glory, and the one who lifts up my head.
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\q
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\v 4 I lift up my voice to Yahweh,
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\q and he answers me from his holy hill.
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\qs Selah\qs*
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\s5
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\q
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\v 5 I lay down and slept;
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\q I awoke, for Yahweh protected me.
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\q
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\v 6 I will not be afraid of the multitudes of people
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\q who have set themselves against me on every side.
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\q
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\v 7 Rise up, Yahweh! Save me, my God!
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\q For you will hit all my enemies on the jaw;
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\q you will break the teeth of the wicked.
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\q
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\v 8 Salvation comes from Yahweh.
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\q May your blessings be on your people.
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\qs Selah\qs*
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\s5
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\c 4
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\m
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\d For the chief musician; on stringed instruments. A psalm of David.
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\q
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\v 1 Answer me when I call, God of my righteousness;
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\q give me room when I am hemmed in.
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\q Have mercy on me and listen to my prayer.
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\q
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\v 2 You people, how long will you turn my honor into shame?
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\q How long will you love that which is worthless and seek after lies?
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\qs Selah\qs*
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\q
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\v 3 But know that Yahweh sets apart the godly for himself.
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\q Yahweh will hear when I call to him.
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\q
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\v 4 Tremble in fear, but do not sin!
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\q Meditate in your heart on your bed and be silent.
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\qs Selah\qs*
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\q
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\v 5 Offer the sacrifices of righteousness
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\q and put your trust in Yahweh.
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\q
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\v 6 Many say, "Who will show us anything good?"
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\q Yahweh, lift up the light of your face on us.
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\q
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\v 7 You have given my heart more gladness
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\q than others have when their grain and new wine abound.
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\q
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\v 8 It is in peace that I will lie down and sleep,
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\q for you alone, Yahweh, make me safe and secure.
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\s5
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\c 5
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\m
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\d For the chief musician; with wind instruments. A psalm of David.
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\q
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\v 1 Listen to my call to you, Yahweh;
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\q think about my groanings.
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\q
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\v 2 Listen to the sound of my call, my King and my God,
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\q for it is to you that I pray.
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\q
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\v 3 Yahweh, in the morning you hear my cry;
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\q in the morning I will bring my petition to you and wait expectantly.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 4 Certainly you are not a God who approves of evil;
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\q evil people will not be your guests.
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\q
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\v 5 The arrogant will not stand in your presence;
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\q you hate all who behave wickedly.
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\q
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\v 6 You will destroy liars;
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\q Yahweh despises violent and deceitful men.
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\q
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\v 7 But as for me, because of your great covenant faithfulness, I will come into your house;
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\q in reverence I will bow down toward your holy temple.
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\q
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\v 8 Oh Lord, lead me in your righteousness because of my enemies;
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\q make your path straight before me.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 9 For there is no truth in their mouth;
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\q their inward being is wicked;
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\q their throat is an open tomb;
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\q they flatter with their tongue.
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\q
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\v 10 Declare them guilty, God;
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\q may their schemes be their downfall!
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\q Drive them out for their many transgressions,
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\q for they have rebelled against you.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 11 But may all those who take refuge in you rejoice;
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\q let them always shout for joy because you defend them;
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\q let them be joyful in you, those who love your name.
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\q
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\v 12 For you will bless the righteous, Yahweh;
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\q you will surround them with favor as with a shield.
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\s5
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\c 6
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\m
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\d For the chief musician; on stringed instruments, set to the Sheminith style. A psalm of David.
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\q
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\v 1 Yahweh, do not rebuke me in your anger
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\q or discipline me in your wrath.
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\q
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\v 2 Have mercy on me, Yahweh, for I am frail;
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\q heal me, Yahweh, for my bones are shaking.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 3 My soul also is very troubled.
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\q But you, Yahweh—how long will this continue?
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\q
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\v 4 Return, Yahweh! rescue me.
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\q Save me because of your covenant faithfulness!
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\q
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\v 5 For in death there is no remembrance of you.
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\q In Sheol who will give you thanks?
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\q
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\v 6 I am weary with my groaning.
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\q All night I drench my bed with tears;
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\q I wash my couch away with my tears.
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\q
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\v 7 My eyes grow dim from grief;
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\q they grow weak because of all my adversaries.
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\q
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\v 8 Get away from me, all you who practice iniquity;
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\q for Yahweh has heard the sound of my weeping.
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\q
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\v 9 Yahweh has heard my appeal for mercy;
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\q Yahweh has accepted my prayer.
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\q
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\v 10 All my enemies will be ashamed and greatly troubled.
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\q They will turn back and be suddenly humiliated.
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\c 7
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\m
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\d A musical composition of David, which he sang to Yahweh concerning the words of Cush the Benjamite.
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\q
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\v 1 Yahweh my God, I take refuge in you!
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\q Save me from all who chase me, and rescue me.
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\q
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\v 2 Otherwise, they will rip me apart like a lion,
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\q tearing me in pieces with no one else able to bring me to safety.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 3 Yahweh my God, if I have done this,
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\q and there is guilt on my hands—
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\q
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\v 4 if I have done evil to him who was at peace with me,
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\q or senselessly harmed my enemy without cause, then hear my words.
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\q
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\v 5 Then let my enemy pursue my life and overtake me;
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\q let him trample my life to the ground
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\q and lay my honor in the dust.
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\qs Selah\qs*
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\s5
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\q
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\v 6 Arise, Yahweh, in your anger;
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\q stand up against the rage of my enemies;
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\q wake up for my sake and carry out the righteous decrees that you have commanded for them.
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\q
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\v 7 The countries are assembled all around you;
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\q take once more your rightful place over them.
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\q
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\v 8 Yahweh, judge the nations;
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\q vindicate me, Yahweh, because I am righteous and innocent, Most High.
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\q
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\v 9 May the evil deeds of the wicked come to an end, but establish the righteous people,
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\q righteous God, you who examine hearts and minds.
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\q
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\v 10 My shield comes from God,
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\q the one who saves the upright in heart.
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\q
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\v 11 God is a righteous judge,
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\q a God who is indignant each day.
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\q
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\v 12 If a person does not repent, God will sharpen his sword
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\q and will prepare his bow for battle.
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\q
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\v 13 He prepares to use weapons against him;
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\q he makes his arrows flaming shafts.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 14 Think about the one who is pregnant with wickedness,
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\q who conceives destructive plans, who gives birth to harmful lies.
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\q
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\v 15 He digs a pit and hollows it out
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\q and then falls into the hole he has made.
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\q
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\v 16 His own destructive plans return to his own head,
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\q for his violence comes down on his own head.
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\q
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\v 17 I will give thanks to Yahweh for his justice;
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\q I will sing praise to Yahweh Most High.
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\c 8
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\m
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\d For the chief musician; set to the gittith style. A psalm of David.
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\q
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\v 1 Yahweh our Lord, how magnificent is your name in all the earth,
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\q you who reveal your glory in the heavens above.
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\q
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\v 2 Out of the mouth of babies and infants you have established praise
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\q because of your enemies,
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\q so that you might silence both the enemy and the avenger.
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\q
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\v 3 When I look up at your heavens, which your fingers have made,
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\q the moon and the stars, which you have set in place,
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\q
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\v 4 Of what importance is the human race that you notice them,
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\q or mankind that you pay attention to them?
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\q
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\v 5 Yet you have made them only a little lower than the heavenly beings
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\q and have crowned them with glory and honor.
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\q
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\v 6 You make him to rule over the works of your hands;
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\q you have put all things under his feet:
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\q
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\v 7 all sheep and oxen,
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\q and even the animals of the field,
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\q
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\v 8 the birds of the heavens, and the fish of the sea,
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\q everything that passes through the currents of the seas.
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\q
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\v 9 Yahweh our Lord,
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\q how magnificent is your name in all the earth!
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\c 9
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\m
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\d For the chief musician; set to Muth Labben style. A psalm of David.
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\q
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\v 1 I will give thanks to Yahweh with my whole heart;
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\q I will tell about all your marvelous deeds.
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\q
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\v 2 I will be glad and rejoice in you;
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\q I will sing praise to your name, Most High!
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\q
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\v 3 When my enemies turn back,
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\q they stumble and perish before you.
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\q
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\v 4 For you have defended my just cause;
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\q you sit on your throne, a righteous judge!
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\q
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\v 5 You rebuked the nations;
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\q you have destroyed the wicked;
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\q you have blotted out their name forever and ever.
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\q
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\v 6 The enemy crumbled like ruins
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\q when you overthrew their cities.
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\q All remembrance of them has perished.
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\q
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\v 7 But Yahweh remains forever;
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\q he has established his throne for justice.
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\q
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\v 8 He will judge the world with righteousness,
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\q and he will execute judgment for the nations with fairness.
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\q
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\v 9 Yahweh also will be a stronghold for the oppressed,
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\q a stronghold in times of trouble.
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\q
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\v 10 Those who know your name trust in you,
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\q for you, Yahweh, do not abandon those who seek you.
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\q
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\v 11 Sing praises to Yahweh, who rules in Zion;
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\q tell the nations what he has done.
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\q
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\v 12 For the God who avenges bloodshed remembers;
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\q he does not forget the cry of the oppressed.
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\q
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\v 13 Have mercy on me, Yahweh; see how I am oppressed by those who hate me,
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\q you who can snatch me from the gates of death.
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\q
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\v 14 Oh, that I might proclaim all your praise.
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\q In the gates of the daughter of Zion
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\q I will rejoice in your salvation!
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\q
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\v 15 The nations have sunk down into the pit that they made;
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\q their feet are caught in the net that they hid.
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\q
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\v 16 Yahweh has made himself known; he has executed judgment;
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\q the wicked is ensnared by his own actions.
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\qs Selah\qs*
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\s5
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\q
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\v 17 The wicked are turned back and sent to Sheol,
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\q all the nations that forget God.
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\q
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\v 18 For the needy will not always be forgotten,
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\q nor will the hope of the oppressed be forever dashed.
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\q
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\v 19 Arise, Yahweh; do not let man win against you;
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\q may the nations be judged in your sight.
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\q
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\v 20 Terrify them, Yahweh;
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\q may the nations know that they are mere men.
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\qs Selah\qs*
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\s5
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\c 10
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\m
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\q
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\v 1 Why, Yahweh, do you stand far off?
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\q Why do you hide yourself in times of trouble?
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\q
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\v 2 Because of their arrogance, wicked people chase the oppressed;
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\q but please let the wicked be trapped by their own schemes that they have devised.
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\q
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\v 3 For the wicked person boasts of his deepest desires;
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\q he blesses the greedy and insults Yahweh.
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\q
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\v 4 The wicked man has a raised face; he does not seek God.
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\q He never thinks about God because he does not care at all about him.
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\q
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\v 5 He is secure at all times,
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\q but your righteous decrees are too high for him;
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\q he snorts at all his enemies.
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\q
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\v 6 He says in his heart," I will never fail;
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\q throughout all generations I will not meet adversity."
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\q
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\v 7 His mouth is full of cursing and deceptive, harmful words;
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\q his tongue injures and destroys.
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\q
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\v 8 He waits in ambush near the villages;
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\q in the secret places he murders the innocent;
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\q his eyes look for some helpless victim.
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\q
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\v 9 He lurks in secret like a lion in the thicket;
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\q he lies in wait to catch the oppressed.
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\q He catches the oppressed when he pulls in his net.
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\q
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\v 10 His victims are crushed and beaten down;
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\q they fall into his strong nets.
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\q
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\v 11 He says in his heart, "God has forgotten;
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\q he covers his face; he will not bother to look."
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\q
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\v 12 Arise, Yahweh! Lift up your hand, God!
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\q Do not forget the oppressed.
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\q
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\v 13 Why does the wicked man reject God
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\q and say in his heart, "You will not hold me accountable"?
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\q
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\v 14 You have taken notice, for you always see the one who inflicts the misery and sorrow.
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\q The helpless entrusts himself to you;
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\q you rescue the fatherless.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 15 Break the arm of the wicked and evil man.
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\q Make him account for his evil deeds,
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\q which he thought you would not discover.
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\q
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\v 16 Yahweh is King forever and ever;
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\q the nations are driven out of his land.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 17 Yahweh, you have heard the needs of the oppressed;
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\q you strengthen their heart, you listen to their prayer;
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\q
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\v 18 You defend the fatherless and the oppressed
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\q so that no man on the earth will cause terror again.
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\s5
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\c 11
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\m
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\d For the chief musician. A psalm of David.
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\q
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\v 1 I take refuge in Yahweh;
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\q how will you say to me,
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\q "Flee like a bird to the mountain"?
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\q
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\v 2 For see! The wicked prepare their bows.
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\q They make ready their arrows on the strings
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\q to shoot in the darkness at the upright in heart.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 3 For if the foundations are ruined,
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\q what can the righteous do?
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\q
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\v 4 Yahweh is in his holy temple;
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\q his eyes watch, his eyes examine the children of mankind.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 5 Yahweh examines both the righteous and the wicked,
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\q but he hates those who love to do violence.
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\q
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\v 6 He rains burning coals and brimstone upon the wicked;
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\q a scorching wind will be their portion from his cup!
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\q
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\v 7 For Yahweh is righteous, and he loves righteousness;
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\q the upright will see his face.
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\s5
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\c 12
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\m
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\d For the chief musician; set to the Sheminith. A psalm of David.
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\q
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\v 1 Help, Yahweh, for the godly have disappeared;
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\q the faithful have vanished.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 2 Everyone says empty words to his neighbor;
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\q everyone speaks with flattering lips and a double heart.
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\q
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\v 3 Yahweh, cut off all flattering lips,
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\q every tongue declaring great things.
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\q
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\v 4 These are those who have said, "With our tongues will we prevail.
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\q When our lips speak, who can be master over us?"
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\s5
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\q
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\v 5 "Because of violence against the poor, because of the groans of the needy,
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\q I will arise," says Yahweh.
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\q "I will provide the safety for which they long."
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\s5
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\q
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\v 6 The words of Yahweh are pure words,
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\q like silver purified in a furnace on the earth,
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\q refined seven times.
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\q
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\v 7 You are Yahweh! You keep them.
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\q You preserve the godly people from this wicked generation and forever.
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\q
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\v 8 The wicked walk on every side
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\q when evil is exalted among the children of mankind.
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\s5
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\c 13
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\m
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\d For the chief musician. A psalm of David.
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\q
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\v 1 How long, Yahweh, will you keep forgetting about me?
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\q How long will you hide your face from me?
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\q
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\v 2 How long must I worry
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\q and have grief in my heart all day?
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\q How long will my enemy triumph over me?
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\s5
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\q
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\v 3 Look at me and answer me, Yahweh my God!
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\q Give light to my eyes, or I will sleep in death.
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\q
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\v 4 Do not let my enemy say, "I have defeated him,"
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\q so that my enemy may not say, "I have prevailed over my adversary"; otherwise, my enemies will rejoice when I am brought down.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 5 But I have trusted in your covenant faithfulness;
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\q my heart rejoices in your salvation.
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\q
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\v 6 I will sing to Yahweh
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\q because he has treated me very generously.
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\s5
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\c 14
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\m
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\d For the chief musician. A psalm of David.
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\q
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\v 1 A fool says in his heart, "There is no God."
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\q They are corrupt and have done abominable iniquity;
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\q there is no one who does good.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 2 Yahweh looks down from heaven on the children of mankind
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\q to see if there are any who understand,
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\q who seek after him.
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\q
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\v 3 They have all turned away. Together they have become corrupt.
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\q There is no one who does good, no, not one.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 4 Do they not know anything, those who commit iniquity,
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\q those who eat up my people as they eat bread,
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\q but who do not call on Yahweh?
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\s5
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\q
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\v 5 They tremble with dread,
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\q for God is with the righteous assembly!
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\q
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\v 6 You want to humiliate the poor person
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\q even though Yahweh is his refuge.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 7 Oh, that the salvation of Israel would come from Zion!
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\q When Yahweh brings back his people from the captivity,
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\q then Jacob will rejoice and Israel will be glad!
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\s5
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\c 15
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\m
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\d A psalm of David.
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\q
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\v 1 Yahweh, who may stay in your tabernacle?
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\q Who may live on your holy hill?
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\q
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\v 2 Whoever walks blamelessly, does what is right
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\q and speaks truth from his heart.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 3 He does not slander with his tongue,
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\q he does not harm others,
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\q and he does not insult his neighbor.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 4 The worthless person is despised in his eyes,
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\q but he honors those who fear Yahweh.
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\q He swears to his own disadvantage and does not take back his promises.
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\q
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\v 5 He does not charge interest when he lends money.
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\q He does not take bribes to testify against the innocent.
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\q He who does these things will never be shaken.
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\s5
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\c 16
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\m
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\d A michtam of David.
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\q
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\v 1 Protect me, God, for I take refuge in you.
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\q
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\v 2 I say to Yahweh, "You are my Lord; my goodness is nothing apart from you.
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\q
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\v 3 As for the holy people who are on the earth, they are noble people; all my delight is in them.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 4 Their troubles will be increased, those who seek out other gods. I will not pour out drink offerings of blood to their gods
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\q or lift up their names with my lips.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 5 Yahweh, you are my chosen portion and my cup. You hold onto my destiny.
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\q
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\v 6 Measuring lines have been laid for me in pleasant places; surely a pleasing inheritance is mine.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 7 I will bless Yahweh, who counsels me; even at night my mind instructs me.
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\q
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\v 8 I set Yahweh before me at all times, so I will not be shaken from his right hand!
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\s5
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\q
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\v 9 Therefore my heart is glad; my glory is rejoicing. Surely I will live in security.
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\q
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\v 10 For you will not abandon my soul to Sheol. You will not let your faithful one see the pit.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 11 You teach me the path of life; abundant joy resides in your presence; delights abide in your right hand forever!"
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\s5
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\c 17
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\m
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\d A prayer of David.
|
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\q
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\v 1 Listen to my plea for justice, Yahweh; pay attention to my call for help!
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\q Give ear to my prayer from lips without deceit.
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\q
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\v 2 Let my vindication come from your presence; let your eyes see what is right!
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\s5
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\q
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\v 3 If you test my heart, if you come to me in the night,
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\q you will purify me and will not find any evil plans; my mouth will not transgress.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 4 As for the deeds of mankind, it is at the word of your lips that I have kept myself from the ways of the lawless.
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\q
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\v 5 My steps have held firmly to your tracks; my feet have not slipped.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 6 I call to you, for you answer me, God; turn your ear to me and listen when I speak.
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\q
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\v 7 Show your covenant faithfulness in a wonderful way, you who save by your right hand those who take refuge in you from their enemies!
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\s5
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\q
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\v 8 Protect me like the apple of your eye; hide me under the shadow of your wings
|
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\q
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\v 9 from the presence of the wicked ones who assault me, my enemies who surround me.
|
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\q
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\v 10 They have no mercy on anyone; their mouths speak with pride.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 11 They have surrounded my steps. They set their eyes to strike me to the ground.
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\q
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\v 12 They are like a lion eager for a victim, like a young lion crouching in hidden places.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 13 Arise, Yahweh! Attack them! Throw them down on their faces! Rescue my life from the wicked by your sword!
|
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\q
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\v 14 Rescue me from men by your hand, Yahweh, from men of this world whose prosperity is in this life alone!
|
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\q You will fill the bellies of your treasured ones with riches; they will have many children and will leave their wealth to their children.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 15 As for me, I will see your face in righteousness; I will be satisfied, when I awake, with a sight of you.
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\s5
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\c 18
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\m
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\d For the chief musician. A psalm of David, the servant of Yahweh, when he sang to Yahweh the words of this song on
|
|
the day that Yahweh rescued him from the hand of all his enemies and from the hand of Saul. He sang:
|
|
\q
|
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\v 1 I love you, Yahweh, my strength.
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\s5
|
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\q
|
|
\v 2 Yahweh is my rock, my fortress, the one who brings me to safety; he is my God, my rock; I take refuge in him.
|
|
\q He is my shield, the horn of my salvation, and my stronghold.
|
|
\q
|
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\v 3 I will call on Yahweh who is worthy to be praised, and I will be saved from my enemies.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 4 The cords of death surrounded me, and the rushing waters of worthlessness overwhelmed me.
|
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\q
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\v 5 The cords of Sheol surrounded me; the snares of death trapped me.
|
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\s5
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\q
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\v 6 In my distress I called to Yahweh; I called for help to my God. He heard my voice from his temple;
|
|
\q my call for help went into his presence; it went into his ears.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 7 Then the earth shook and trembled; the foundations of the mountains also trembled
|
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\q and were shaken because God was angry.
|
|
\q
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\v 8 Smoke went up from out of his nostrils, and blazing fire came out of his mouth. Coals were ignited by it.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 9 He opened the heavens and came down, and thick darkness was under his feet.
|
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\q
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\v 10 He rode on a cherub and flew; he glided on the wings of the wind.
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\s5
|
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\q
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\v 11 He made darkness a tent around him, heavy rainclouds in the skies.
|
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\q
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\v 12 Hailstones and coals of fire fell from the lightning before him.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 13 Yahweh thundered in the heavens! The voice of the Most High shouted.
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\f + \ft Some modern versions add after shouted, \fqa hailstones and coals of fire \fqa* this expression may be an accidental repetition from the previous verse. \f*
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\q
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\v 14 He shot his arrows and scattered his enemies; many lightning bolts dispersed them.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 15 Then the water channels appeared;
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\q1 the foundations of the world were laid bare
|
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\q1 at your rebuke, Yahweh,
|
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\q at the blast of the breath of your nostrils.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 16 He reached down from above; he took hold of me! He pulled me out of the surging water.
|
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\q
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\v 17 He rescued me from my strong enemy, from those who hated me, for they were too strong for me.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 18 They came against me on the day of my distress but Yahweh was my support!
|
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\q
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\v 19 He set me free in a wide open place; he saved me because he was pleased with me.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 20 Yahweh has rewarded me because of my righteousness; he has restored me because my hands were clean.
|
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\q
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\v 21 For I have kept the ways of Yahweh and have not wickedly turned away from my God.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 22 For all his righteous decrees have been before me; as for his statutes, I have not turned away from them.
|
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\q
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\v 23 I have also been innocent before him, and I have kept myself from sin.
|
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\q
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\v 24 Therefore Yahweh has restored me because of my righteousness, because my hands were clean before his eyes.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 25 To anyone who is faithful, you show yourself to be faithful;
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\q2 to a man who is blameless, you show yourself to be blameless.
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\q
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\v 26 To anyone who is pure, you show yourself pure; but you are clever toward anyone who is twisted.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 27 For you save afflicted people, but you bring down those with proud, uplifted eyes!
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\q
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\v 28 For you give light to my lamp; Yahweh my God lights up my darkness.
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\q
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\v 29 For by you I can run over a barricade; by my God I can leap over a wall.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 30 As for God—his way is perfect! The word of Yahweh is pure!
|
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\q He is a shield to everyone who takes refuge in him.
|
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\q
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\v 31 For who is God except Yahweh? Who is a rock except our God?
|
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\q
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\v 32 It is God who puts strength on me like a belt, who places the blameless person on his path.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 33 He makes my feet swift like a deer and places me on the heights!
|
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\q
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\v 34 He trains my hands for war and my arms to bend a bow of bronze.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 35 You have given me the shield of your salvation. Your right hand has supported me, and your favor has made me great.
|
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\q
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\v 36 You have made a wide place for my feet beneath me so that my feet have not slipped.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 37 I pursued my enemies and caught them; I did not turn back until they were destroyed.
|
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\q
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\v 38 I smashed them so that they were unable to rise; they have fallen under my feet.
|
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\q
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\v 39 For you put strength on me like a belt for battle; you put under me those who rise up against me.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 40 You gave me the back of my enemies' necks; I annihilated those who hated me.
|
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\q
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\v 41 They called for help, but no one saved them; they called out to Yahweh, but he did not answer them.
|
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\q
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\v 42 I beat them into fine pieces like dust before the wind; I threw them out like mud in the streets.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 43 You rescued me from the disputes of people. You have made me the head over nations. People that I have not known serve me.
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\q
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\v 44 As soon as they heard of me, they obeyed me; foreigners were forced to bow to me.
|
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\q
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\v 45 The foreigners came trembling out of their strongholds.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 46 Yahweh lives; may my rock be praised. May the God of my salvation be exalted.
|
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\q
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\v 47 He is the God who executes vengeance for me, who subdues the nations under me.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 48 I am set free from my enemies! Indeed, you lifted me above the ones who rose against me! You rescued me from violent men.
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\q
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\v 49 Therefore I will give thanks to you, Yahweh, among the nations; I will sing praises to your name!
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\s5
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\q
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\v 50 God gives great victory to his king, and he shows his covenant loyalty to his anointed one, to David and to his descendants forever.
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\s5
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\c 19
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\m
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\d For the chief musician. A psalm of David.
|
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\q
|
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\v 1 The heavens declare the glory of God,
|
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\q and the skies make his handiwork known!
|
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\q
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\v 2 Day after day speech pours out;
|
|
\q night after night it reveals knowledge.
|
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\q
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\v 3 There is no speech or spoken words;
|
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\q their voice is not heard.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 4 Yet their words go out over all the earth,
|
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\q and their speech to the end of the world.
|
|
\q He has pitched a tent for the sun among them.
|
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\q
|
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\v 5 The sun is like a bridegroom coming out of his chamber
|
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\q and like a strong man who rejoices when he runs his race.
|
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\q
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\v 6 The sun rises from the one horizon
|
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\q and crosses the sky to the other;
|
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\q nothing escapes its heat.
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\s5
|
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\q
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\v 7 The law of Yahweh is perfect, restoring the soul;
|
|
\q the testimony of Yahweh is reliable, making the simple wise.
|
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\q
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\v 8 The instructions of Yahweh are right, making the heart glad;
|
|
\q the commandment of Yahweh is pure, bringing light to the eyes.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 9 The fear of Yahweh is pure, enduring forever;
|
|
\q the righteous decrees of Yahweh are true and altogether right!
|
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\q
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\v 10 They are of greater value than gold, even more than much fine gold;
|
|
\q they are sweeter than honey and the dripping honey from the honeycomb.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 11 Yes, by them your servant is warned;
|
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\q in obeying them there is great reward.
|
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\q
|
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\v 12 Who can discern all his own errors?
|
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\q Cleanse me from hidden faults.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 13 Keep your servant also from arrogant sins;
|
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\q let them not rule over me.
|
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\q Then I will be perfect,
|
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\q and I will be innocent from many transgressions.
|
|
\q
|
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\v 14 May the words of my mouth and the thoughts of my heart
|
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\q be acceptable in your sight,
|
|
\q Yahweh, my rock and my redeemer.
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\s5
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\c 20
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\m
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\d For the chief musician. A psalm of David.
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\q
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\v 1 May Yahweh help you in the day of trouble;
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\q may the name of the God of Jacob protect you
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\q
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\v 2 and send help from the holy place
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\q to support you from Zion.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 3 May he call to mind all your offerings
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\q and accept your burnt sacrifice.
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\qs Selah\qs*
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\q
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\v 4 May he grant you your heart's desire
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\q and fulfill all your plans.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 5 Then we will rejoice in your victory,
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\q and, in the name of our God, we will raise banners.
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\q May Yahweh grant all your petitions.
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\q
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\v 6 Now I know that Yahweh will rescue his anointed one;
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\q he will answer him from his holy heaven
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\q with the strength of his right hand that can rescue him.
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\q
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\v 7 Some trust in chariots and others in horses,
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\q but we call on Yahweh our God.
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\q
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\v 8 They will be brought down and fall,
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\q but we will rise and stand upright!
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\q
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\v 9 Yahweh, rescue the king;
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\q help us when we call.
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\s5
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\c 21
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\m
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\d For the chief musician. A psalm of David.
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\q
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\v 1 The king rejoices in your strength, Yahweh!
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\q How greatly he rejoices in the salvation you provide!
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\q
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\v 2 You have given him his heart's desire
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\q and have not held back the request of his lips.
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\qs Selah\qs*
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\s5
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\q
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\v 3 For you bring him rich blessings;
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\q you placed on his head a crown of purest gold.
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\q
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\v 4 He asked you for life; you gave it to him;
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\q you gave him long days forever and ever.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 5 His glory is great because of your victory;
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\q you have bestowed on him splendor and majesty.
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\q
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\v 6 For you grant him lasting blessings;
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\q you make him glad with the joy of your presence.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 7 For the king trusts in Yahweh;
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\q through the covenant faithfulness of the Most High he will not be moved.
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\q
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\v 8 Your hand will seize all your enemies;
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\q your right hand will seize those who hate you.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 9 At the time of your anger, you will burn them up as in a fiery furnace.
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\q Yahweh will consume them in his wrath,
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\q and the fire will devour them.
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\q
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\v 10 You will destroy their offspring from the earth
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\q and their descendants from among the human race.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 11 For they intended evil against you;
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\q they conceived a plot with which they will not succeed!
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\q
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\v 12 For you will turn them back;
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\q you will draw your bow before them.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 13 Be exalted, Yahweh, in your strength;
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\q we will sing and praise your power.
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\s5
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\c 22
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\m
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\d For the chief musician; set to "The rhythm of the deer." A psalm of David.
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\q
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\v 1 My God, my God, why have you abandoned me?
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\q Why are you so far from saving me and far from the words of my anguish?
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\q
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\v 2 My God, I cry out in the daytime, but you do not answer,
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\q and at night I am not silent!
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\s5
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\q
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\v 3 Yet you are holy;
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\q you sit as king with the praises of Israel.
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\q
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\v 4 Our ancestors trusted in you;
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\q they trusted in you, and you rescued them.
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\q
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\v 5 They cried to you and they were rescued.
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\q They trusted in you and were not disappointed.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 6 But I am a worm and not a man,
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\q a disgrace to humanity and despised by the people.
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\q
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\v 7 All those who see me taunt me;
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\q they mock me; they shake their heads at me.
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\q
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\v 8 They say, "He trusts in Yahweh;
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\q let Yahweh rescue him.
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\q Let him rescue him, for he delights in him."
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\s5
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\q
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\v 9 For you brought me from the womb;
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\q you made me trust you when I was on my mother's breasts.
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\q
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\v 10 I have been thrown on you from the womb;
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\q you are my God since I was in my mother's womb!
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\s5
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\q
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\v 11 Do not be far away from me, for trouble is near;
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\q there is no one to help.
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\q
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\v 12 Many bulls surround me;
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\q strong bulls of Bashan surround me.
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\q
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\v 13 They open their mouths wide against me
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\q like a roaring lion ripping its victim.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 14 I am being poured out like water,
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\q and all my bones are dislocated.
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\q My heart is like wax;
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\q it melts away within my inner parts.
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\q
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\v 15 My strength has dried up like a piece of pottery;
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\q my tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth.
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\q You have laid me in the dust of death.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 16 For dogs have surrounded me;
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\q a company of evildoers has encircled me;
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\q they have pierced my hands and my feet.
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\q
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\v 17 I can count all my bones.
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\q They look and stare at me.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 18 They divide my garments among themselves,
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\q they cast lots for my clothes.
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\q
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\v 19 Do not be far away, Yahweh;
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\q please hurry to help me, my strength!
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\s5
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\q
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\v 20 Rescue my soul from the sword,
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\q my only life from the claws of wild dogs.
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\q
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\v 21 Save me from the lion's mouth;
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\q rescue me from the horns of the wild oxen.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 22 I will declare your name to my brothers;
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\q in the midst of the assembly I will praise you.
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\q
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\v 23 You who fear Yahweh, praise him!
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\q All you descendants of Jacob, honor him!
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\q Stand in awe of him, all you descendants of Israel!
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\s5
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\q
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\v 24 For he has not despised or abhorred the suffering of the afflicted one;
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\q Yahweh has not hidden his face from him;
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\q when the afflicted one cried to him, he heard.
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\q
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\v 25 My praise will be because of you in the great assembly;
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\q I will fulfill my vows before those who fear him.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 26 The oppressed will eat and be satisfied;
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\q those who seek Yahweh will praise him.
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\q May your hearts live forever.
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\q
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\v 27 All the peoples of the earth will remember and turn to Yahweh;
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\q all the families of the nations will bow down before you.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 28 For the kingdom is Yahweh's;
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\q he is the ruler over the nations.
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\q
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\v 29 All the prosperous people of the earth will feast and will worship;
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\q all those who are descending into the dust will bow before him,
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\q those who cannot preserve their own lives.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 30 A generation to come will serve him;
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\q they will tell the next generation of the Lord.
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\q
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\v 31 They will come and tell of his righteousness;
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\q they will tell to a people not yet born what he has done!
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\s5
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\c 23
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\m
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\d A psalm of David.
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\q
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\v 1 Yahweh is my shepherd; I will lack nothing.
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\q
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\v 2 He makes me to lie down in green pastures;
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\q he leads me beside tranquil water.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 3 He brings back my life;
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\q he guides me along right paths for his name's sake.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 4 Even though I walk through a valley of darkest shadow,
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\q I will not fear harm since you are with me;
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\q your rod and your staff comfort me.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 5 You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies;
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\q you have anointed my head with oil;
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\q my cup runs over.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 6 Surely goodness and covenant faithfulness will pursue me all the days of my life;
|
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\q and I will live in the house of Yahweh for a very long time!
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\s5
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\c 24
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\m
|
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\d A psalm of David.
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\q
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\v 1 The earth is Yahweh's, and its fullness,
|
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\q the world, and all who live in it.
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\q
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\v 2 For he has founded it upon the seas
|
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\q and established it on the rivers.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 3 Who will ascend the mountain of Yahweh?
|
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\q Who will stand in his holy place?
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\q
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\v 4 He who has clean hands and a pure heart;
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\q who has not lifted up a falsehood,
|
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\q and has not sworn an oath in order to deceive.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 5 He will receive a blessing from Yahweh
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\q and righteousness from the God of his salvation.
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\q
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\v 6 Such is the generation of those who seek him,
|
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\q those who seek the face of the God of Jacob.
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\qs Selah\qs*
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\s5
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\q
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\v 7 Lift up your heads, you gates;
|
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\q be lifted up, everlasting doors,
|
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\q so that the King of glory may come in!
|
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\q
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\v 8 Who is this King of glory?
|
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\q Yahweh, strong and mighty; Yahweh, mighty in battle.
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\s5
|
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\q
|
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\v 9 Lift up your heads, you gates;
|
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\q be lifted up, everlasting doors,
|
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\q so that the King of glory may come in!
|
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\q
|
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\v 10 Who is this King of glory?
|
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\q Yahweh of hosts,
|
|
\q he is the King of glory.
|
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\qs Selah\qs*
|
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|
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\s5
|
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\c 25
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\m
|
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\d A psalm of David.
|
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\q
|
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\v 1 To you, Yahweh, I lift up my life!
|
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\q
|
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\v 2 My God, I trust in you.
|
|
\q Do not let me be humiliated;
|
|
\q do not let my enemies rejoice triumphantly over me.
|
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\q
|
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\v 3 May no one who hopes in you be disgraced
|
|
\q may those who act treacherously without cause be ashamed!
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\s5
|
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\q
|
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\v 4 Make known to me your ways, Yahweh;
|
|
\q teach me your paths.
|
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\q
|
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\v 5 Guide me into your truth and teach me,
|
|
\q for you are the God of my salvation;
|
|
\q I hope in you all day long.
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\s5
|
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\q
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\v 6 Call to mind, Yahweh, your acts of compassion and of covenant faithfulness;
|
|
\q for they have always existed.
|
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\q
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\v 7 Do not think about the sins of my youth or my rebelliousness;
|
|
\q Call me to mind with covenant faithfulness because of your goodness, Yahweh!
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\s5
|
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\q
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\v 8 Yahweh is good and upright;
|
|
\q therefore he teaches sinners the way.
|
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\q
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\v 9 He guides the humble in what is right
|
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\q and he teaches them his way.
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\s5
|
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\q
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\v 10 All the paths of Yahweh are steadfast love and faithfulness
|
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\q to those who keep his covenant and his solemn commands.
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\q
|
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\v 11 For your name's sake, Yahweh,
|
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\q pardon my sin, for it is great.
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\s5
|
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\q
|
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\v 12 Who is the man who fears Yahweh?
|
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\q The Lord will instruct him in the way that he should choose.
|
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\q
|
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\v 13 His life will go along in goodness;
|
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\q and his descendants will inherit the land.
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\s5
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\q
|
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\v 14 The friendship of Yahweh is for those who honor him,
|
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\q and he makes his covenant known to them.
|
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\q
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\v 15 My eyes are always on Yahweh,
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\q for he will free my feet from the net.
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\q
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\v 16 Turn toward me and have mercy on me;
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\q for I am alone and afflicted.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 17 The troubles of my heart are enlarged;
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\q draw me out from my distress!
|
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\q
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\v 18 See my affliction and my toils;
|
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\q forgive all my sins.
|
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\q
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\v 19 See my enemies, for they are many;
|
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\q they hate me with cruel hatred.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 20 Protect my life and rescue me;
|
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\q do not let me be humiliated, for I take refuge in you!
|
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\q
|
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\v 21 May integrity and uprightness preserve me,
|
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\q for I hope in you.
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\s5
|
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\q
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\v 22 Rescue Israel, God,
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\q from all of his troubles!
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\s5
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\c 26
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\m
|
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\d A psalm of David.
|
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\q
|
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\v 1 Judge me, Yahweh, for I have walked with integrity;
|
|
\q I have trusted in Yahweh without wavering.
|
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\q
|
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\v 2 Examine me, Yahweh, and test me;
|
|
\q test the purity of my inner parts and my heart!
|
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\q
|
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\v 3 For your covenant faithfulness is before my eyes,
|
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\q and I walk about in your faithfulness.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 4 I do not associate with deceitful people,
|
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\q nor do I mingle with dishonest people.
|
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\q
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\v 5 I hate the assembly of evildoers,
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\q and I do not live with the wicked.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 6 I wash my hands in innocence,
|
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\q and I go around your altar, Yahweh,
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\q
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\v 7 to sing a loud song of praise
|
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\q and report all your wonderful deeds.
|
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\q
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\v 8 Yahweh, I love the house where you live,
|
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\q the place where your glory lives!
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\s5
|
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\q
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\v 9 Do not sweep me away with sinners,
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\q or my life with people who are bloodthirsty,
|
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\q
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\v 10 in whose hands there is a plot,
|
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\q and whose right hand is full of bribes.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 11 But as for me, I will walk in integrity;
|
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\q redeem me and have mercy on me.
|
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\q
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\v 12 My foot stands on level ground;
|
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\q in the assemblies will I bless Yahweh!
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\s5
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\c 27
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\m
|
|
\d A psalm of David.
|
|
\q
|
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\v 1 Yahweh is my light and my salvation;
|
|
\q whom should I fear?
|
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\q Yahweh is my life's refuge;
|
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\q whom should I dread?
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\s5
|
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\q
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\v 2 When evildoers approached me to devour my flesh,
|
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\q my adversaries and my enemies stumbled and fell.
|
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\q
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\v 3 Though an army encamps against me,
|
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\q my heart will not fear;
|
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\q though war rises up against me,
|
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\q even then I will remain confident.
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\s5
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\q
|
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\v 4 One thing have I asked of Yahweh, and I will seek that:
|
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\q that I may live in the house of Yahweh all the days of my life,
|
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\q to see the beauty of Yahweh
|
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\q and to meditate in his temple.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 5 For in the day of trouble he will hide me in his shelter;
|
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\q in the cover of his tent he will conceal me.
|
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\q He will lift me high on a rock!
|
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\q
|
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\v 6 Then my head will be lifted up above my enemies all around me,
|
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\q and I will offer sacrifices of joy in his tent!
|
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\q I will sing and make songs to Yahweh!
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\s5
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\q
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\v 7 Hear, Yahweh, my voice when I cry out!
|
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\q Have mercy on me, and answer me!
|
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\q
|
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\v 8 My heart says about you,
|
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\q "Seek his face!" I seek your face, Yahweh!
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\s5
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\q
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\v 9 Do not hide your face from me;
|
|
\q do not turn your servant away in anger!
|
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\q You have been my helper;
|
|
\q do not forsake me or abandon me, God of my salvation!
|
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\q
|
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\v 10 Even if my father and my mother forsake me,
|
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\q Yahweh will take me in.
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\s5
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\q
|
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\v 11 Teach me your way, Yahweh!
|
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\q Lead me on a level path
|
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\q because of my enemies.
|
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\q
|
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\v 12 Do not give me up to the desires of my enemies,
|
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\q for false witnesses have risen up against me,
|
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\q and they breathe out violence!
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\s5
|
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\q
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\v 13 What would have happened to me if I had not believed that I would see the goodness of Yahweh in the land of the living?
|
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\q
|
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\v 14 Wait for Yahweh;
|
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\q be strong, and let your heart be courageous!
|
|
\q Wait for Yahweh!
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|
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\s5
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\c 28
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\m
|
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\d A psalm of David.
|
|
\q
|
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\v 1 To you, Yahweh, I cry out; my rock, do not ignore me.
|
|
\q If you do not respond to me, I will join those who go down to the grave.
|
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\q
|
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\v 2 Hear the sound of my pleading when I call for help from you,
|
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\q when I lift up my hands toward your most holy place!
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\s5
|
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\q
|
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\v 3 Do not drag me away with the wicked, those who do iniquity,
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\q who speak peace with their neighbors but have evil in their hearts.
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\q
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\v 4 Give them what their deeds deserve and repay them what their wickedness demands,
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\q repay them for the work of their hands and render to them their due.
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\q
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\v 5 Because they do not understand the deeds of Yahweh or the work of his hands,
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\q he will tear them down and never rebuild them.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 6 Blessed be Yahweh
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\q because he has heard the sound of my pleading!
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\q
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\v 7 Yahweh is my strength and my shield;
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\q my heart trusts in him, and I am helped.
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\q Therefore my heart greatly rejoices,
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\q and I will praise him with singing.
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\q
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\v 8 Yahweh is the strength of his people,
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\q and he is the saving refuge of his anointed one.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 9 Save your people and bless your inheritance.
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\q Be their shepherd and carry them forever.
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\s5
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\c 29
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\m
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\d A psalm of David.
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\q
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\v 1 Ascribe to Yahweh, you sons of God,
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\q ascribe to Yahweh glory and strength!
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\q
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\v 2 Ascribe to Yahweh the glory his name deserves.
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\q Bow down to Yahweh in the splendor of holiness!
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\s5
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\q
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\v 3 The voice of Yahweh is heard over the waters;
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\q the God of glory thunders,
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\q Yahweh thunders over many waters.
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\q
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\v 4 The voice of Yahweh is powerful;
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\q the voice of Yahweh is majestic.
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\q
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\v 5 The voice of Yahweh breaks the cedars;
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\q Yahweh breaks in pieces the cedars of Lebanon.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 6 He makes Lebanon skip like a calf
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\q and Sirion like a young ox.
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\q
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\v 7 The voice of Yahweh sends out flames of fire.
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\q
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\v 8 The voice of Yahweh shakes the wilderness;
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\q Yahweh shakes the wilderness of Kadesh.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 9 The voice of Yahweh causes the oaks to twist
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\q and strips the forests bare.
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\q Everyone in his temple says, "Glory!"
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\q
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\v 10 Yahweh sits as king over the flood;
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\q Yahweh sits as king forever.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 11 Yahweh gives strength to his people;
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\q Yahweh blesses his people with peace.
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\s5
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\c 30
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\m
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\d A psalm; a song at the dedication of the temple. A psalm of David.
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\q
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\v 1 I will exalt you, Yahweh, for you have raised me up and have not allowed my enemies to rejoice over me.
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\q
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\v 2 Yahweh my God, I cried to you for help, and you healed me.
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\q
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\v 3 Yahweh, you have brought up my soul from Sheol; you have kept me alive from going down to the grave.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 4 Sing praises to Yahweh, you his faithful people! Give thanks when you remember his holiness.
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\q
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\v 5 For his anger is only for a moment; but his favor is for a lifetime.
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\q Weeping comes for a night, but joy comes in the morning.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 6 In confidence I said, "I will never be shaken."
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\q
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\v 7 Yahweh, by your favor you established me as a strong mountain; but when you hid your face, I was troubled.
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\q
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\v 8 I cried to you, Yahweh, and sought favor from my Lord!
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\s5
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\q
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\v 9 What advantage is there in my death, if I go down to the grave? Will the dust praise you? Will it declare your trustworthiness?
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\q
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\v 10 Hear, Yahweh, and have mercy on me! Yahweh, be my helper.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 11 You have turned my mourning into dancing; you have removed my sackcloth and clothed me with gladness.
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\q
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\v 12 So now my glory will sing praise to you and not be silent; Yahweh my God, I will give thanks to you forever!
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\s5
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\c 31
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\m
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\d For the chief musician. A psalm of David.
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\q
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\v 1 In you, Yahweh, I take refuge;
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\q never let me be humiliated.
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\q Rescue me in your righteousness.
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\q
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\v 2 Listen to me; rescue me quickly;
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\q be my rock of refuge,
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\q a stronghold to save me.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 3 For you are my rock and my fortress;
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\q therefore for your name's sake, lead and guide me.
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\q
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\v 4 Pluck me out of the net that they have hidden for me,
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\q for you are my refuge.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 5 Into your hands I entrust my spirit;
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\q you will redeem me, Yahweh, God of trustworthiness.
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\q
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\v 6 I hate those who serve worthless idols,
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\q but I trust in Yahweh.
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\q
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\v 7 I will be glad and rejoice in your covenant faithfulness,
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\q for you saw my affliction;
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\q you knew the distress of my soul.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 8 You have not given me into the hand of my enemy.
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\q You have set my feet in a wide open place.
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\q
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\v 9 Have mercy upon me, Yahweh, for I am in distress;
|
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\q my eyes grow weary with grief with my soul and my body.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 10 For my life is weary with sorrow
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\q and my years with groaning.
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\q My strength fails because of my sin,
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\q and my bones are wasting away.
|
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\q
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\v 11 Because of all my enemies, people disdain me;
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\q my neighbors are appalled at my situation,
|
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\q and those who know me are horrified.
|
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\q Those who see me in the street run from me.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 12 I am forgotten as a dead man whom no one thinks about.
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\q I am like a broken pot.
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\q
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\v 13 For I have heard the whispering of many,
|
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\q terrifying news from every side
|
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\q as they plot together against me.
|
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\q They plot to take away my life.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 14 But I trust in you, Yahweh;
|
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\q I say, "You are my God."
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\q
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\v 15 My destiny is in your hand.
|
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\q Rescue me from the hands of my enemies and from those who pursue me.
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\q
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\v 16 Make your face shine on your servant;
|
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\q save me in your covenant faithfulness.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 17 Do not let me be humiliated, Yahweh; for I call out to you!
|
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\q May the wicked be humiliated! May they be silent in Sheol.
|
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\q
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\v 18 May lying lips be silenced
|
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\q that speak against the righteous defiantly
|
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\q with arrogance and contempt.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 19 How great is your goodness
|
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\q that you have stored up for those who revere you,
|
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\q that you perform for those who take refuge in you
|
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\q before all the children of mankind!
|
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\q
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\v 20 In the shelter of your presence, you hide them from the plots of men.
|
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\q You hide them in a shelter from the violence of tongues.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 21 Blessed be Yahweh,
|
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\q for he showed me his marvelous covenant faithfulness when I was in a besieged city.
|
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\q
|
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\v 22 Though I said in my haste,
|
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\q "I am cut off from your eyes,"
|
|
\q yet you heard my plea for help
|
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\q when I cried to you.
|
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\s5
|
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\q
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\v 23 Oh, love Yahweh, all you faithful followers.
|
|
\q Yahweh protects the faithful,
|
|
\q but he pays back the arrogant in full.
|
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\q
|
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\v 24 Be strong and confident,
|
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\q all you who trust in Yahweh for help.
|
|
|
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\s5
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\c 32
|
|
\m
|
|
\d A psalm of David. A maschil.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 1 Blessed is the person whose transgression is forgiven,
|
|
\q whose sin is covered.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 2 Blessed is the man to whom Yahweh reckons no guilt
|
|
\q and in whose spirit there is no deceit.
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
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\q
|
|
\v 3 When I remained silent, my bones were wasting away
|
|
\q while I groaned all day long.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 4 For day and night your hand was heavy upon me.
|
|
\q My strength withered as in summer drought.
|
|
\qs Selah\qs*
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
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\q
|
|
\v 5 Then I acknowledged my sin to you,
|
|
\q and I no longer hid my iniquity.
|
|
\q I said, "I will confess my transgressions to Yahweh,"
|
|
\q and you forgave the guilt of my sin.
|
|
\qs Selah\qs*
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 6 Because of this, all who are godly should pray to you at a time of great distress.
|
|
\q Then when the surging waters overflow, they will not reach those people.
|
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|
\s5
|
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\q
|
|
\v 7 You are my hiding place; you will guard me from trouble.
|
|
\q You will surround me with the songs of victory.
|
|
\qs Selah\qs*
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 8 I will instruct you and teach you in the way which you should go.
|
|
\q I will instruct you with my eye upon you.
|
|
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|
\s5
|
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\q
|
|
\v 9 Do not be like a horse or like a mule, which have no understanding;
|
|
\q it is only with bridle and bit to control them
|
|
\q that they will go where you want them to.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 10 The wicked have many sorrows,
|
|
\q but Yahweh's covenant faithfulness will surround the one who trusts in him.
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 11 Be glad in Yahweh, and rejoice, you righteous;
|
|
\q shout for joy, all you who are upright in heart.
|
|
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\c 33
|
|
\m
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 1 Rejoice in Yahweh, you righteous;
|
|
\q praise is appropriate for the upright.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 2 Give thanks to Yahweh with the harp;
|
|
\q sing praises to him with the harp of ten strings.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 3 Sing to him a new song;
|
|
\q play skillfully and sing with joy.
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 4 For Yahweh's word is upright,
|
|
\q and everything he does is fair.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 5 He loves righteousness and justice.
|
|
\q The earth is full of Yahweh's covenant faithfulness.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 6 By the word of Yahweh the heavens were made,
|
|
\q and all the stars were made by the breath of his mouth.
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 7 He gathers the waters of the sea together like a heap;
|
|
\q he puts the oceans in storehouses.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 8 Let the whole earth fear Yahweh;
|
|
\q let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of him.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 9 For he spoke, and it was done;
|
|
\q he commanded, and it stood in place.
|
|
|
|
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\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 10 Yahweh frustrates the alliances of nations;
|
|
\q he overrules the plans of the peoples.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 11 The plans of Yahweh stand forever,
|
|
\q the plans of his heart for all generations.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 12 Blessed is the nation whose God is Yahweh,
|
|
\q the people whom he has chosen as his own inheritance.
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 13 Yahweh looks from heaven;
|
|
\q he sees all the people.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 14 From the place where he lives,
|
|
\q he looks down on all who live on the earth.
|
|
\q
|
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\v 15 He who shapes the hearts of them all
|
|
\q observes all their deeds.
|
|
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\s5
|
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\q
|
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\v 16 No king is saved by a vast army;
|
|
\q a warrior is not saved by his great strength.
|
|
\q
|
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\v 17 A horse is a false hope for victory;
|
|
\q in spite of his great strength, he cannot rescue.
|
|
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|
\s5
|
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\q
|
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\v 18 See, Yahweh's eye is on those who fear him,
|
|
\q on those who hope in his covenant faithfulness
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 19 to deliver their lives from death
|
|
\q and to keep them alive in times of famine.
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
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\q
|
|
\v 20 We wait for Yahweh;
|
|
\q he is our help and our shield.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 21 Our hearts rejoice in him,
|
|
\q for we trust in his holy name.
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
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\q
|
|
\v 22 Let your covenant faithfulness, Yahweh, be with us
|
|
\q as we put our hope in you.
|
|
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\c 34
|
|
\m
|
|
\d A psalm of David; when he pretended to be insane before Abimelech, who drove him out.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 1 I will praise Yahweh at all times,
|
|
\q his praise will always be in my mouth.
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 2 I will praise Yahweh!
|
|
\q May the oppressed hear and rejoice.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 3 Praise Yahweh with me,
|
|
\q let us lift up his name together.
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 4 I sought Yahweh and he answered me,
|
|
\q and he gave me victory over all my fears.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 5 Those who look to him are radiant,
|
|
\q and their faces are not ashamed.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 6 This oppressed man cried and Yahweh heard him
|
|
\q and saved him from all his troubles.
|
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|
\s5
|
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\q
|
|
\v 7 The angel of Yahweh camps around those who fear him
|
|
\q and rescues them.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 8 Taste and see that Yahweh is good.
|
|
\q Blessed is the man who takes refuge in him.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 9 Fear Yahweh, you his holy people.
|
|
\q There is no lack for those who fear him.
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 10 The young lions sometimes lack food and suffer hunger,
|
|
\q but those who seek Yahweh will not lack anything good.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 11 Come, sons, listen to me.
|
|
\q I will teach you the fear of Yahweh.
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
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\v 12 What man is there who desires life
|
|
\q and loves many days,
|
|
\q that he may see good?
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 13 Then keep your tongue from evil
|
|
\q and keep your lips from speaking lies.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 14 Turn away from evil and do good.
|
|
\q Seek peace and go after it.
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 15 The eyes of Yahweh are on the righteous
|
|
\q and his ears are directed toward their cry.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 16 The face of Yahweh is against those who do evil,
|
|
\q to cut off the memory of them from the earth.
|
|
\q
|
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\v 17 The righteous cry out and Yahweh hears
|
|
\q and he rescues them from all their troubles.
|
|
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|
\s5
|
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\q
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\v 18 Yahweh is close to the brokenhearted,
|
|
\q and he saves those who are crushed in spirit.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 19 Many are the troubles of the righteous,
|
|
\q but Yahweh delivers them out of them all.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 20 He keeps all his bones,
|
|
\q not one of them will be broken.
|
|
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|
\s5
|
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\q
|
|
\v 21 Evil will kill the wicked.
|
|
\q Those who hate the righteous will be condemned.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 22 Yahweh rescues the lives of his servants.
|
|
\q None of those who take refuge in him will be condemned.
|
|
|
|
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|
\s5
|
|
\c 35
|
|
\m
|
|
\d A psalm of David.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 1 Yahweh, work against those who work against me;
|
|
\q fight against those who fight against me.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 2 Grab your small shield and large shield;
|
|
\q rise up and help me.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 3 Use your spear and battle ax against those who chase me;
|
|
\q say to my soul, "I am your salvation."
|
|
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|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 4 May those who seek my life be shamed and dishonored.
|
|
\q May those who plan to harm me be turned back and confounded.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 5 May they be as chaff before the wind,
|
|
\q as the angel of Yahweh drives them away.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 6 May their way be dark and slippery,
|
|
\q as the angel of Yahweh chases them.
|
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\s5
|
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\q
|
|
\v 7 Without cause they set their net for me;
|
|
\q without cause they dug a pit for my life.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 8 Let destruction overtake them by surprise.
|
|
\q Let the net that they have set catch them.
|
|
\q Let them fall into it, to their destruction.
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 9 But I will be joyful in Yahweh
|
|
\q and rejoice in his salvation.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 10 All my bones will say, "Yahweh, who is like you,
|
|
\q who rescues the oppressed from those who are too strong for them
|
|
\q and the poor and needy from those who try to rob them?"
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 11 Unrighteous witnesses rise up;
|
|
\q they accuse me falsely.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 12 They repay me evil for good.
|
|
\q I am sorrowful.
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 13 But, when they were sick, I wore sackcloth;
|
|
\q I fasted for them
|
|
\q with my head bowed on my chest.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 14 I went about in grief as for my brother;
|
|
\q I bent down in mourning as for my mother.
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 15 But when I stumbled, they rejoiced and gathered together;
|
|
\q they gathered together against me, and I was surprised by them.
|
|
\q They tore at me without stopping.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 16 With no respect at all they mocked me;
|
|
\q they gnashed at me with their teeth.
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 17 Lord, how long will you look on?
|
|
\q Rescue my soul from their destructive attacks,
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\q my life from the lions.
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\q
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\v 18 Then I will thank you in the great assembly;
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\q I will praise you among many people.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 19 Do not let my deceitful enemies rejoice over me;
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\q do not let them carry out their wicked schemes.
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\q
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\v 20 For they do not speak peace,
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\q but they devise deceitful words against those in our land who live in peace.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 21 They open their mouths wide against me;
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\q they said, "Aha, Aha, our eyes have seen it."
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\q
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\v 22 You have seen it, Yahweh, do not be silent;
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\q Lord, do not be far from me.
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\q
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\v 23 Arouse yourself and awake to my defense;
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\q My God and my Lord, defend my cause.
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\q
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\v 24 Defend me, Yahweh my God, because of your righteousness;
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\q do not let them rejoice over me.
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\q
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\v 25 Do not let them say in their heart, "Aha, we have what we wanted."
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\q Do not let them say, "We have devoured him."
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\q
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\v 26 Put them to shame and confound those who want to harm me.
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\q May those who taunt me be covered with shame and dishonor.
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\q
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\v 27 Let those who desire my vindication shout for joy and be glad;
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\q may they say continually, "Yahweh be praised,
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\q he who delights in the welfare of his servant."
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\q
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\v 28 Then I will tell of your justice
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\q and praise you all day long.
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\c 36
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\m
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\d For the chief musician. A psalm of David the servant of Yahweh.
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\q
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\v 1 An evil man speaks of his transgression from deep in his heart,
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\q there is no fear of God in his eyes.
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\q
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\v 2 For he comforts himself,
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\q thinking that his sin will not be discovered and be hated.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 3 His words are sinful and deceitful;
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\q he does not want to be wise and do good.
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\q
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\v 4 While he lies in bed, he plans ways to sin;
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\q he sets out on an evil way;
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\q he does not reject evil.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 5 Your covenant faithfulness, Yahweh, reaches to the heavens;
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\q your loyalty reaches to the clouds.
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\q
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\v 6 Your righteousness is like the mountains of God;
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\q your judgments are like the great deep.
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\q Yahweh, you preserve both mankind and the animals.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 7 How precious is your covenant faithfulness, God!
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\q Humanity takes refuge under the shadow of your wings.
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\q
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\v 8 They will be abundantly satisfied with the richness of the food of your house;
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\q you will let them drink from the river of your precious blessings.
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\q
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\v 9 For with you is the fountain of life;
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\q in your light we will see light.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 10 Extend your covenant faithfulness fully to those who know you,
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\q your defense to the upright of heart.
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\q
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\v 11 Do not let the foot of the arrogant man come near to me.
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\q Do not let the hand of the wicked drive me away.
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\q
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\v 12 Over there the evildoers have fallen;
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\q they are knocked down and are not able to get up.
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\s5
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\c 37
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\m
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\d A psalm of David.
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\q
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\v 1 Do not be irritated because of evildoers;
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\q do not be envious of those who act unrighteously.
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\q
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\v 2 For they will soon dry up as the grass
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\q and wither as the green plants.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 3 Trust in Yahweh and do what is good;
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\q settle in the land and graze in faithfulness.
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\q
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\v 4 Then delight yourself in Yahweh,
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\q and he will give you the desires of your heart.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 5 Give your ways to Yahweh;
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\q trust in him, and he will act on your behalf.
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\q
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\v 6 He will display your justice like the daylight
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\q and your innocence like the day at noon.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 7 Be still before Yahweh and wait patiently for him.
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\q Do not be angry if someone succeeds in what he does,
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\q or when he makes evil plots.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 8 Do not be angry and frustrated.
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\q Do not worry. This only makes trouble.
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\q
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\v 9 Evildoers will be cut off,
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\q but those who wait for Yahweh will inherit the land.
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\q
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\v 10 In a little while the evil man will disappear;
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\q you will look at his place, but he will be gone.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 11 But the meek will inherit the land
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\q and will delight in great prosperity.
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\q
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\v 12 The wicked man plots against the righteous
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\q and gnashes his teeth against him.
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\q
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\v 13 The Lord laughs at him,
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\q for he sees that his day is coming.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 14 The wicked have drawn out their swords and have bent their bows
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\q to cast down the oppressed and needy,
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\q to kill those who are upright.
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\q
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\v 15 Their swords will pierce their own hearts,
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\q and their bows will be broken.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 16 Better is the little that the righteous has
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\q than the abundance of many wicked people.
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\q
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\v 17 For the arms of the wicked people will be broken,
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\q but Yahweh supports the righteous people.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 18 Yahweh watches over the blameless day by day,
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\q and their heritage will be forever.
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\q
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\v 19 They will not be ashamed when times are bad.
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\q When famine comes, they will have enough to eat.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 20 But evil men will perish.
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\q Yahweh's enemies will be like the glory of the pastures;
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\q they will be consumed and disappear in the smoke.
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\q
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\v 21 The wicked person borrows but does not repay,
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\q but the righteous person is generous and gives.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 22 Those who are blessed by God will inherit the land;
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\q those who are cursed by him will be cut off.
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\q
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\v 23 It is by Yahweh that a man's steps are established,
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\q the man whose way is commendable in God's sight.
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\q
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\v 24 Though he stumbles, he will not fall down,
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\q for Yahweh is holding him with his hand.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 25 I was young and now am old;
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\q I have never seen the righteous person abandoned
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\q or his children begging for bread.
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\q
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\v 26 All the day long he is gracious and lends,
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\q and his children become a blessing.
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\q
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\v 27 Turn away from evil and do what is right;
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\q then you will be safe forever.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 28 For Yahweh loves justice
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\q and does not abandon his faithful followers.
|
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\q They are preserved forever,
|
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\q but the descendants of the wicked will be cut off.
|
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\q
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\v 29 The righteous will inherit the land
|
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\q and live there forever.
|
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\q
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\v 30 The mouth of the righteous person speaks wisdom
|
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\q and increases justice.
|
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\s5
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\q
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\v 31 The law of his God is in his heart;
|
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\q his feet will not slip.
|
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\q
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\v 32 The wicked person watches the righteous person
|
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\q and seeks to kill him.
|
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\q
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\v 33 Yahweh will not abandon him into the evil person's hand
|
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\q or condemn him when he is judged.
|
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\s5
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\q
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\v 34 Wait for Yahweh and keep his way,
|
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\q and he will raise you up to possess the land.
|
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\q You will see when the wicked are cut off.
|
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\s5
|
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\q
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\v 35 I have seen the wicked and terrifying person
|
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\q spread out like a green tree in its native soil.
|
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\q
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\v 36 But when I passed by again, he was not there.
|
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\q I looked for him, but he could not be found.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 37 Observe the man of integrity, and mark the upright;
|
|
\q there is a good future for a man of peace.
|
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\q
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\v 38 Sinners will be totally destroyed;
|
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\q the future for the wicked man is cut off.
|
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\s5
|
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\q
|
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\v 39 Salvation of the righteous comes from Yahweh;
|
|
\q he protects them in the times of trouble.
|
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\q
|
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\v 40 Yahweh helps them and rescues them.
|
|
\q He rescues them from evil men and saves them
|
|
\q because they have taken refuge in him.
|
|
|
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|
\s5
|
|
\c 38
|
|
\m
|
|
\d A psalm of David, to bring to remembrance.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 1 Yahweh, do not rebuke me in your anger;
|
|
\q do not punish me in your wrath.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 2 For your arrows pierce me,
|
|
\q and your hand presses me down.
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 3 My whole body is sick because of your anger;
|
|
\q there is no health in my bones because of my sin.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 4 For my iniquities overwhelm me;
|
|
\q they are a burden too heavy for me.
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
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\q
|
|
\v 5 My wounds are infected and smell
|
|
\q because of my foolish sins.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 6 I am stooped over and humiliated every day;
|
|
\q I go about mourning all day long.
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 7 For within me, I am filled with burning;
|
|
\q there is no health in my flesh.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 8 I am numb and utterly crushed;
|
|
\q I groan because of the anguish of my heart.
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 9 Lord, you understand my heart's deepest yearnings,
|
|
\q and my groanings are not hidden from you.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 10 My heart pounds, my strength fades,
|
|
\q and my eyesight dims.
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 11 My friends and companions shun me because of my condition;
|
|
\q my neighbors stand far off.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 12 Those who seek my life lay snares for me.
|
|
\q They who seek my harm speak destructive words
|
|
\q and say deceitful words all day long.
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 13 But I, I am like a deaf man and hear nothing;
|
|
\q I am like a mute man who says nothing.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 14 I am like a man who does not hear
|
|
\q and who has no reply.
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 15 Surely I wait for you, Yahweh;
|
|
\q you will answer, Lord my God.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 16 I say this so that my enemies will not gloat over me.
|
|
\q If my foot slips, they will do terrible things to me.
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 17 For I am about to stumble,
|
|
\q and I am in constant pain.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 18 I confess my guilt;
|
|
\q I am concerned about my sin.
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 19 But my enemies are numerous;
|
|
\q those who hate me wrongfully are many.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 20 They repay me evil for good;
|
|
\q they hurl accusations at me although I have pursued what is good.
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 21 Do not abandon me, Yahweh;
|
|
\q my God, do not stay far away from me.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 22 Come quickly to help me,
|
|
\q Lord, my salvation.
|
|
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\c 39
|
|
\m
|
|
\d For the chief musician, for Jeduthun. A psalm of David.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 1 I decided, "I will watch what I say
|
|
\q so that I do not sin with my tongue.
|
|
\q I will muzzle my mouth
|
|
\q while in the presence of an evil man."
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 2 I kept silent; I kept back my words even from saying anything good,
|
|
\q and my pain grew worse.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 3 My heart became hot;
|
|
\q when I thought about these things, it burned like a fire.
|
|
\q Then finally I spoke.
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 4 "Yahweh, make me know when will be the end of my life
|
|
\q and the extent of my days.
|
|
\q Show me how transient I am.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 5 See, you have made my days only the width of my hand,
|
|
\q and my lifetime is like nothing before you.
|
|
\q Surely every man is a single breath.
|
|
\qs Selah\qs*
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 6 Surely every man walks about like a shadow.
|
|
\q Surely everyone hurries about
|
|
\q to accumulate riches although they do not know who will receive them.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 7 Now, Lord, for what am I waiting?
|
|
\q You are my only hope.
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 8 Rescue me from my sins;
|
|
\q do not make me the reproach of fools.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 9 I am silent and cannot open my mouth,
|
|
\q because it is you who has done it.
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 10 Stop wounding me;
|
|
\q I am overwhelmed by the blow of your hand.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 11 When you discipline people for sin,
|
|
\q you consume the things they desire like a moth;
|
|
\q surely all people are nothing but vapor.
|
|
\qs Selah\qs*
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 12 Hear my prayer, Yahweh, and listen to me;
|
|
\q listen to my weeping!
|
|
\q Do not be deaf to me,
|
|
\q for I am like a foreigner with you, a refugee like all my ancestors were.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 13 Turn your gaze from me so that I may smile again
|
|
\q before I die."
|
|
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\c 40
|
|
\m
|
|
\d For the chief musician. A psalm of David.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 1 I waited patiently for Yahweh;
|
|
\q he listened to me and heard my cry.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 2 He brought me up out of a horrible pit, out of the miry clay,
|
|
\q and he set my feet on a rock and made my steps secure.
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 3 He has put a new song in my mouth, praise to our God.
|
|
\q Many will see it and honor him
|
|
\q and will trust in Yahweh.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 4 Blessed is the man who makes Yahweh his trust
|
|
\q and does not honor the proud or those who turn away from him to lies.
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 5 Many, Yahweh my God, are the wonderful deeds that you have done,
|
|
\q and your thoughts which are about us cannot be numbered;
|
|
\q if I declared and spoke of them,
|
|
\q they would be more than could be counted.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 6 You have no delight in sacrifice or offering,
|
|
\q but you have opened my ears;
|
|
\q you have not required burnt offerings or sin offerings.
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 7 Then said I, "See, I have come;
|
|
\q it is written about me in the scroll of the document.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 8 I delight to do your will, my God;
|
|
\q your laws are in my heart."
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 9 I have proclaimed good news of your righteousness in the great assembly;
|
|
\q Yahweh, you know that my lips have not kept back from doing this.
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 10 I have not concealed your righteousness in my heart;
|
|
\q I have declared your faithfulness and your salvation;
|
|
\q I have not concealed your covenant faithfulness or your trustworthiness from the great assembly.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 11 Do not keep back your acts of mercy from me, Yahweh;
|
|
\q let your covenant faithfulness and your trustworthiness always preserve me.
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 12 Troubles that cannot be numbered surround me;
|
|
\q my iniquities have caught up with me so that I am no longer able to see anything;
|
|
\q they are more than the hairs on my head,
|
|
\q and my heart has failed me.
|
|
\q
|
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\v 13 Be pleased, Yahweh, to rescue me;
|
|
\q hurry to help me, Yahweh.
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
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\v 14 Let them be ashamed and completely disappointed
|
|
\q who pursue my life to take it away.
|
|
\q Let them be turned back and brought to dishonor,
|
|
\q those who delight in hurting me.
|
|
\q
|
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\v 15 Let them be shocked because of their shame,
|
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\q those who say to me, "Aha, aha!"
|
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|
|
\s5
|
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\q
|
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\v 16 But may all those who seek you rejoice and be glad in you;
|
|
\q let everyone who loves your salvation say continually,
|
|
\q "May Yahweh be praised."
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 17 I am poor and needy;
|
|
\q yet the Lord thinks about me.
|
|
\q You are my help and you come to my rescue;
|
|
\q do not delay, my God.
|
|
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\c 41
|
|
\m
|
|
\d For the chief musician. A psalm of David.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 1 Blessed is he who is concerned for the weak;
|
|
\q in the day of trouble, Yahweh will rescue him.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 2 Yahweh will preserve him and keep him alive,
|
|
\q and he will be blessed on the earth;
|
|
\q Yahweh will not turn him over to the will of his enemies.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 3 Yahweh will support him on the bed of suffering;
|
|
\q you will make his bed of sickness into a bed of healing.
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 4 I said, "Yahweh, have mercy on me!
|
|
\q Heal me, for I have sinned against you."
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 5 My enemies speak evil against me, saying,
|
|
\q 'When will he die and his name perish?'
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 6 If my enemy comes to see me, he says worthless things;
|
|
\q his heart gathers up my disaster for itself;
|
|
\q when he goes away from me, he tells others about it.
|
|
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|
\s5
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\q
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\v 7 All who hate me whisper together against me;
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\q against me they hope for my hurt.
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\q
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\v 8 They say, "An evil disease holds on tightly to him;
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\q now that he is lying down, he will rise up no more."
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\q
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\v 9 Indeed, even my own close friend, in whom I trusted,
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\q who ate my bread,
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\q has lifted up his heel against me.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 10 But you, Yahweh, have mercy on me and raise me up
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\q so that I may pay them back.
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\q
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\v 11 By this I know that you delight in me,
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\q for my enemy does not triumph over me.
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\q
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\v 12 As for me, you support me in my integrity
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\q and will keep me before your face forever.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 13 May Yahweh, the God of Israel be praised
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\q from everlasting to everlasting.
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\q Amen and Amen.
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\s5
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\ms Book Two
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\c 42
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\m
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\d For the chief musician. A maschil of the sons of Korah.
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\q
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\v 1 As the deer pants after streams of water,
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\q so I thirst for you, God.
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\q
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\v 2 I thirst for God, for the living God,
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\q when will I come and appear before God?
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\s5
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\q
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\v 3 My tears have been my food day and night,
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\q while my enemies are always saying to me, "Where is your God?"
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\q
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\v 4 These things I call to mind as I pour out my soul:
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\q how I went with the throng and led them to the house of God
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\q with the voice of joy and praise, a multitude celebrating a festival.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 5 Why are you bowed down, my soul?
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\q Why are you upset within me?
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\q Hope in God, for again I will praise him who is my salvation.
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\q
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\v 6 My God, my soul is bowed down within me,
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\q therefore I call you to mind from the land of the Jordan,
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\q from the three peaks of Mount Hermon, and from the hill of Mizar.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 7 Deep calls to deep at the noise of your waterfalls;
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\q all your waves and your billows have gone over me.
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\q
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\v 8 Yet Yahweh will command his covenant faithfulness in the daytime;
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\q in the night his song will be with me,
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\q a prayer to the God of my life.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 9 I will say to God, my rock, "Why have you forgotten me?
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\q Why do I go mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?"
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\q
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\v 10 As with a sword in my bones, my adversaries rebuke me,
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\q while they always say to me, "Where is your God?"
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\s5
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\q
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\v 11 Why are you bowed down, my soul?
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\q Why are you upset within me?
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\q Hope in God, for again I will praise him who is my salvation and my God.
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\s5
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\c 43
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\m
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\q
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\v 1 Bring me justice, God, and plead my cause against an ungodly nation.
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\q
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\v 2 For you are the God of my strength. Why have you rejected me?
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\q Why do I go about in mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?
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\s5
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\q
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\v 3 Oh, send out your light and your truth, let them lead me.
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\q Let them bring me to your holy hill
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\q and to your dwelling.
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\q
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\v 4 Then I will go to the altar of God,
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\q to God my exceeding joy.
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\q I will praise you with the harp, God, my God.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 5 Why are you bowed down, my soul?
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\q Why are you upset within me?
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\q Hope in God, for again I will praise him who is my salvation and my God.
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\s5
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\c 44
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\m
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\d For the chief musician. A psalm of the sons of Korah. A maschil.
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\q
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\v 1 We have heard with our ears, God,
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\q our fathers have told us
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\q what work you did in their days,
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\q in the days of old.
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\q
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\v 2 You drove out the nations with your hand,
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\q but you planted our people;
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\q you afflicted the peoples,
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\q but you spread our people out in the land.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 3 For they did not obtain the land for their possession by their own sword,
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\q neither did their own arm save them;
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\q but your right hand, your arm, and the light of your face,
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\q because you were favorable to them.
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\q
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\v 4 God, You are my King;
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\q command victory for Jacob.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 5 Through you we will push down our adversaries;
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\q through your name we will tread them under, those who rise up against us.
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\q
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\v 6 For I will not trust in my bow,
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\q neither will my sword save me.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 7 But you have saved us from our adversaries,
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\q and have put to shame those who hate us.
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\q
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\v 8 In God we have made our boast all the day long,
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\q and we will give thanks to your name forever.
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\qs Selah\qs*
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\s5
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\q
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\v 9 But now you have thrown us off and brought us dishonor,
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\q and you do not go out with our armies.
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\q
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\v 10 You make us turn back from the adversary;
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\q and those who hate us take spoil for themselves.
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\q
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\v 11 You have made us like sheep destined for food
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\q and have scattered us among the nations.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 12 You sell your people for nothing;
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\q you have not increased your wealth by doing so.
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\q
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\v 13 You make us a rebuke to our neighbors,
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\q scoffed and mocked by those around us.
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\q
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\v 14 You make us an insult among the nations,
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\q a shaking of the head among the peoples.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 15 All the day long my dishonor is before me,
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\q and the shame of my face has covered me
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\q
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\v 16 because of the voice of him who rebukes and insults,
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\q because of the enemy and the avenger.
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\q
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\v 17 All this has come on us; yet we have not forgotten you
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\q or dealt falsely with your covenant.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 18 Our heart has not turned back;
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\q our steps have not gone from your way.
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\q
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\v 19 Yet you have severely broken us in the place of jackals
|
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\q and covered us with the shadow of death.
|
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\q
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\v 20 If we have forgotten the name of our God
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\q or spread out our hands to a strange god,
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\q
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\v 21 would not God search this out?
|
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\q For he knows the secrets of the heart.
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\q
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\v 22 Indeed, for your sake we are being killed all day long;
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\q we are considered to be sheep for the slaughter.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 23 Awake, why do you sleep, Lord?
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\q Arise, do not throw us off permanently.
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\q
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\v 24 Why do you hide your face
|
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\q and forget our affliction and our oppression?
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\s5
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\q
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\v 25 For we have melted away into the dust;
|
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\q our bodies cling to the earth.
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\q
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\v 26 Rise up for our help
|
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\q and redeem us for the sake of your covenant faithfulness.
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\s5
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\c 45
|
|
\m
|
|
\d For the chief musician; set to Shoshannim. A psalm of the sons of Korah. A maschil. A song of loves.
|
|
\q
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\v 1 My heart overflows on a good subject;
|
|
\q I will read aloud the words I have composed about the king;
|
|
\q my tongue is the pen of a ready writer.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 2 You are fairer than the children of mankind;
|
|
\q grace is poured onto your lips;
|
|
\q therefore we know that God has blessed you forever.
|
|
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\s5
|
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\q
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\v 3 Put your sword on your side, mighty one,
|
|
\q in your glory and your majesty.
|
|
\q
|
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\v 4 In your majesty ride on triumphantly
|
|
\q because of trustworthiness, meekness, and righteousness;
|
|
\q your right hand will teach you fearful things.
|
|
|
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\s5
|
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\q
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\v 5 Your arrows are sharp;
|
|
\q the peoples fall under you;
|
|
\q your arrows are in the hearts of the king's enemies.
|
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\q
|
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\v 6 Your throne, God, is forever and ever;
|
|
\q a scepter of justice is the scepter of your kingdom.
|
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\q
|
|
\v 7 You have loved righteousness and hated wickedness;
|
|
\q therefore God, your God, has anointed you
|
|
\q with the oil of gladness more than your companions.
|
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\s5
|
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\q
|
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\v 8 All your garments smell of myrrh, aloes, and
|
|
cassia;
|
|
\q out of ivory palaces stringed instruments have made you glad.
|
|
\q
|
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\v 9 Kings' daughters are among your honorable women;
|
|
\q at your right hand stands the queen clothed in gold of Ophir.
|
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\s5
|
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\q
|
|
\v 10 Listen, daughter, consider and incline your ear;
|
|
\q forget your own people and your father's house.
|
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\q
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\v 11 In this way the king will desire your beauty;
|
|
\q he is your master; revere him.
|
|
|
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\s5
|
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\q
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\v 12 The daughter of Tyre will be there with a gift;
|
|
\q the rich among the people will beg for your favor.
|
|
\q
|
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\v 13 The royal daughter in the palace is all glorious;
|
|
\q her clothing is worked with gold.
|
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\s5
|
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\q
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\v 14 She will be led to the king in embroidered dress;
|
|
\q the virgins, her companions who follow her,
|
|
\q will be brought to you.
|
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\q
|
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\v 15 They will be led by gladness and rejoicing;
|
|
\q they will enter into the king's palace.
|
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\s5
|
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\q
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\v 16 In the place of your fathers will be your children,
|
|
\q whom you will make princes in all the earth.
|
|
\q
|
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\v 17 I will make your name to be remembered in all generations;
|
|
\q therefore the peoples will give you thanks forever and ever.
|
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|
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\s5
|
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\c 46
|
|
\m
|
|
\d For the chief musician. A psalm of the sons of Korah; set to Alamoth. A song.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 1 God is our refuge and strength,
|
|
\q a very present help in trouble.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 2 Therefore we will not fear, though the earth should change,
|
|
\q though the mountains should be shaken into the heart of the seas,
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 3 though its waters roar and rage, and
|
|
\q though the mountains tremble with their swelling.
|
|
\qs Selah\qs*
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 4 There is a river whose streams make the city of God happy,
|
|
\q the holy place where the Most High dwells.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 5 God is in the middle of her; she will not be moved;
|
|
\q God will help her, and he will do so at the dawn of morning.
|
|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 6 The nations raged and the kingdoms were shaken;
|
|
\q he lifted up his voice, and the earth melted.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 7 Yahweh of hosts is with us;
|
|
\q the God of Jacob is our refuge.
|
|
\qs Selah\qs*
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 8 Come, behold the deeds of Yahweh,
|
|
\q the destruction he has caused on earth.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 9 He makes wars cease to the ends of the earth;
|
|
\q he breaks the bow and cuts the spear into pieces;
|
|
\q he burns up the shields.
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 10 Be quiet and know that I am God;
|
|
\q I will be exalted among the nations; I will be exalted on the earth.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 11 Yahweh of hosts is with us;
|
|
\q the God of Jacob is our refuge.
|
|
\qs Selah\qs*
|
|
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\c 47
|
|
\m
|
|
\d For the chief musician. A psalm of the sons of Korah.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 1 Clap your hands, all you peoples;
|
|
\q shout to God with the sound of triumph.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 2 For Yahweh Most High is terrifying;
|
|
\q he is a great King over all the earth.
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 3 He subdues peoples under us
|
|
\q and nations under our feet.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 4 He chooses our inheritance for us,
|
|
\q the glory of Jacob whom he loved.
|
|
\qs Selah\qs*
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 5 God has gone up with a shout,
|
|
\q Yahweh with the sound of a trumpet.
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 6 Sing praises to God, sing praises;
|
|
\q sing praises to our King, sing praises.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 7 For God is the King over all the earth;
|
|
\q sing praises with understanding.
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 8 God reigns over the nations;
|
|
\q God sits on his holy throne.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 9 The princes of the peoples have gathered together
|
|
\q to the people of the God of Abraham;
|
|
\q for the shields of the earth belong to God;
|
|
\q he is greatly exalted.
|
|
|
|
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\s5
|
|
\c 48
|
|
\m
|
|
\d A song; a psalm of the sons of Korah.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 1 Great is Yahweh and greatly to be praised,
|
|
\q in the city of our God on his holy mountain.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 2 Beautiful in elevation, the joy of the whole earth,
|
|
\q is Mount Zion, on the sides of the north,
|
|
\q the city of the great King.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 3 God has made himself known in her palaces as a refuge.
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
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\q
|
|
\v 4 For, see, the kings assembled themselves;
|
|
\q they passed by together.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 5 They saw it, then they were amazed;
|
|
\q they were dismayed, and they hurried away.
|
|
\q
|
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\v 6 Trembling took hold of them there,
|
|
\q pain as when a woman is in labor.
|
|
\s5
|
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\q
|
|
\v 7 With the east wind
|
|
\q you break the ships of Tarshish.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 8 As we have heard, so have we seen
|
|
\q in the city of Yahweh of hosts, in the city of our God;
|
|
\q God will establish it forever.
|
|
\qs Selah\qs*
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 9 We have thought about your covenant faithfulness, God,
|
|
\q in the middle of your temple.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 10 As your name is, God,
|
|
\q so is your praise to the ends of the earth;
|
|
\q your right hand is full of righteousness.
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 11 Let Mount Zion be glad,
|
|
\q let the daughters of Judah rejoice
|
|
\q because of your righteous decrees.
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
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\q
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|
\v 12 Walk around Mount Zion, go round about her;
|
|
\q count her towers,
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 13 notice well her walls,
|
|
\q and look at her palaces
|
|
\q so that you may tell it to the next generation.
|
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|
\s5
|
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\q
|
|
\v 14 For this God is our God forever and ever;
|
|
\q he will be our guide to death.
|
|
|
|
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|
\s5
|
|
\c 49
|
|
\m
|
|
\d For the chief musician. A psalm of the sons of Korah.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 1 Hear this, all you peoples;
|
|
\q give ear, all you inhabitants of the world,
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 2 both low and high,
|
|
\q rich and poor together.
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
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\q
|
|
\v 3 My mouth will speak wisdom
|
|
\q and the meditation of my heart will be of understanding.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 4 I will incline my ear to a parable;
|
|
\q I will begin my parable with the harp.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 5 Why should I fear the days of evil,
|
|
\q when iniquity surrounds me at my heels?
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 6 Why should I fear those who trust in their wealth
|
|
\q and boast about the amount of their riches?
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 7 It is certain that no one can redeem his brother
|
|
\q or give God a ransom for him,
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 8 For the redemption of one's life is costly,
|
|
\q and no one can pay what we owe.
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 9 No one can live forever
|
|
\q so that his body should not decay.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 10 For he will see decay. Wise men die;
|
|
\q the fool and the brute alike perish
|
|
\q and leave their wealth to others.
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 11 Their inner thought is that their families will
|
|
continue forever,
|
|
\q and the places where they live, to all generations;
|
|
\q they call their lands after their own names.
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
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\q
|
|
\v 12 But man, having wealth, does not remain alive;
|
|
\q he is like the beasts that perish.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 13 This, their way, is their folly;
|
|
\q yet after them, men approve of their sayings.
|
|
\qs Selah\qs*
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 14 Like sheep they are appointed for Sheol,
|
|
\q and death will be their shepherd.
|
|
\q The upright will rule over them in the morning,
|
|
\q and their bodies will be consumed in Sheol,
|
|
\q with no place for them to live.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 15 But God will redeem my life from the power of Sheol;
|
|
\q he will receive me.
|
|
\qs Selah\qs*
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 16 Do not be afraid when one becomes rich,
|
|
\q and the glory of his house increases.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 17 For when he dies he will take nothing away;
|
|
\q his glory will not go down after him.
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 18 He blessed his soul while he lived—
|
|
\q and men praise you when you live for yourself—
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 19 he will go to the generation of his fathers
|
|
\q and they will never see the light again.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 20 One who has wealth but no understanding
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\q is like the beasts, which perish.
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\s5
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\c 50
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\m
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\d A psalm of Asaph.
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\q
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\v 1 The Mighty One, God, Yahweh, has spoken
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\q and called the earth from the rising of the sun to its setting.
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\q
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\v 2 Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty,
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\q God has shone.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 3 Our God comes and does not stay silent;
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\q a fire devours before him,
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\q and it is very stormy around him.
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\q
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\v 4 He calls to the heavens above
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\q and to the earth so that he may judge his people:
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\q
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\v 5 "Gather my faithful ones together to me,
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\q those who have made a covenant with me by sacrifice."
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\s5
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\q
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\v 6 The heavens will declare his righteousness,
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\q for God himself is judge.
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\qs Selah\qs*
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\s5
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\q
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\v 7 "Hear, my people, and I will speak;
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\q I am God, your God.
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\q
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\v 8 I will not reprove you for your sacrifices;
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\q your burnt offerings are always before me.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 9 I will take no bull out of your house,
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\q or male goats out of your folds.
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\q
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\v 10 For every beast of the forest is mine,
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\q and the cattle on a thousand hills.
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\q
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\v 11 I know all the birds of the mountains,
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\q and the wild beasts of the field are mine.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 12 If I were hungry, I would not tell you;
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\q for the world is mine, and everything in it.
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\q
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\v 13 Will I eat the flesh of bulls
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\q or drink the blood of goats?
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\s5
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\q
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\v 14 Offer to God the sacrifice of thanksgiving,
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\q and pay your vows to the Most High.
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\q
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\v 15 Call on me in the day of trouble;
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\q I will rescue you, and you will glorify me."
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\s5
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\q
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\v 16 But to the wicked God says,
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\q "What have you to do with declaring my statutes,
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\q that you have taken my covenant in your mouth,
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\q
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\v 17 since you hate instruction
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\q and throw my words away?
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\s5
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\q
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\v 18 When you see a thief, you agree with him;
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\q you participate with those who commit adultery.
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\q
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\v 19 You give your mouth to evil,
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\q and your tongue expresses deceit.
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\q
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\v 20 You sit and speak against your brother;
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\q you slander your own mother's son.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 21 You have done these things, but I have kept silent,
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\q so you thought that I was someone just like yourself.
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\q But I will reprove you and bring up, right before your eyes, all the things you have done.
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\q
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\v 22 Give this careful consideration, you who forget God,
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\q otherwise I will tear you to pieces,
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\q and there will be no one to come to help you!
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\s5
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\q
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\v 23 The one who offers a sacrifice of thanksgiving praises me,
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\q and to anyone who plans his path in the right way
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\q I will show God's salvation."
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\s5
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\c 51
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\m
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\d For the chief musician. A psalm of David; when Nathan the prophet came to him after he had slept with Bathsheba.
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\q
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\v 1 Have mercy on me, God, because of your covenant faithfulness;
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\q for the sake of the multitude of your merciful actions, blot out my transgressions.
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\q
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\v 2 Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity
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\q and cleanse me from my sin.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 3 For I know my transgressions,
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\q and my sin is always before me.
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\q
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\v 4 Against you, you only, I have sinned
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\q and done what is evil in your sight;
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\q you are right when you speak;
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\q you are correct when you judge.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 5 See, I was born in iniquity;
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\q as soon as my mother conceived me, I was in sin.
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\q
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\v 6 See, you desire trustworthiness in my heart;
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\q in my heart you will make me know wisdom.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 7 Purify me with hyssop, and I will be clean;
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\q wash me, and I will be whiter than snow.
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\q
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\v 8 Make me hear joy and gladness
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\q so that the bones that you have broken may rejoice.
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\q
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\v 9 Hide your face from my sins
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\q and blot out all my iniquities.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 10 Create in me a clean heart, God,
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\q and renew a right spirit within me.
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\q
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\v 11 Do not drive me away from your presence,
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\q and do not take your holy Spirit from me.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 12 Restore to me the joy of your salvation,
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\q and sustain me with a willing spirit.
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\q
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\v 13 Then will I teach transgressors your ways,
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\q and sinners will be converted to you.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 14 Forgive me for shedding blood, God of my salvation,
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\q and I will shout for the joy of your righteousness.
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\q
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\v 15 Lord, open my lips,
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\q and my mouth will express your praise.
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\q
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\v 16 For you do not delight in sacrifice, or I would give it;
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\q you have no pleasure in burnt offerings.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 17 The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit.
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\q You, God, will not despise a broken and a contrite heart.
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\q
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\v 18 Do good in your good pleasure to Zion;
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\q rebuild the walls of Jerusalem.
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\q
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\v 19 Then will you delight in the sacrifices of righteousness,
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\q in burnt offerings and whole burnt offerings;
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\q then our people will offer bulls on your altar.
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\s5
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\c 52
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\m
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\d For the chief musician. A maschil of David; when Doeg the Edomite came and told Saul, and said to him, "David has come to the
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house of Ahimelech."
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\q
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\v 1 Why are you proud of making trouble, you mighty man?
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\q The covenant faithfulness of God comes every day.
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\q
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\v 2 Your tongue plans destruction
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\q like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 3 You love evil more than good
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\q and lying rather than speaking righteousness.
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\qs Selah\qs*
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\s5
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\q
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\v 4 You love all words that devour others,
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\q you deceitful tongue.
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\q
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\v 5 God will likewise destroy you forever;
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\q he will take you up and pluck you out of your tent
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\q and root you out of the land of the living.
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\qs Selah\qs*
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\s5
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\q
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\v 6 The righteous will also see it and fear;
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\q they will laugh at him and say,
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\q
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\v 7 "See, this is a man who did not make God his refuge,
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\q but he trusted in the abundance of his wealth,
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\q and he was strong when he destroyed others."
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\s5
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\q
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\v 8 But as for me, I am like a green olive tree in God's house;
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\q I will trust in the covenant faithfulness of God forever and ever.
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\q
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\v 9 I will give you thanks forever for what you have done.
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\q I will wait for your name, because it is good,
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\q in the presence of your godly people.
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\s5
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\c 53
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\m
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\d For the chief musician; set to Mahalath. A maschil of David.
|
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\q
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\v 1 A fool says in his heart, "There is no God."
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\q They are corrupt and have done abominable iniquity;
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\q there is no one who does good.
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\q
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\v 2 God looks down from heaven on the children of mankind
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\q to see if there are any who understand,
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\q who seek after him.
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\q
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\v 3 They have all turned away. Together they have become corrupt.
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\q There is not one who does good, not even one.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 4 Do those who commit iniquity have no understanding—
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\q those who devour my people as if they were eating bread
|
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\q and they do not call on God?
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\q
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\v 5 They were in great fear, although no reason to fear was there;
|
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\q for God will scatter the bones of whoever will camp against you;
|
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\q such people will be put to shame because God has rejected them.
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\s5
|
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\q
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\v 6 Oh, that the salvation of Israel would come from Zion!
|
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\q When God brings back his people from the captivity,
|
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\q then Jacob will rejoice and Israel will be glad!
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\s5
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\c 54
|
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\m
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|
\d For the chief musician; on stringed instruments. A maschil of David; when the Ziphites came and said to Saul, "Does David not hide himself with us?"
|
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\q
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\v 1 Save me, God, by your name,
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\q and judge me in your might.
|
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\q
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\v 2 Hear my prayer, God;
|
|
\q give ear to the words of my mouth.
|
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\q
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\v 3 For strangers have risen up against me,
|
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\q and pitiless men have sought after my life;
|
|
\q they have not set God before them.
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\qs Selah\qs*
|
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\s5
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\q
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\v 4 See, God is my helper;
|
|
\q the Lord is the one who upholds me.
|
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\q
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\v 5 He will repay my enemies with evil;
|
|
\q in your faithfulness, destroy them!
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\s5
|
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\q
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\v 6 I will sacrifice to you with a freewill offering;
|
|
\q I will give thanks to your name, Yahweh, for it is good.
|
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\q
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\v 7 For he has rescued me from every trouble;
|
|
\q my eye has looked in triumph on my enemies.
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|
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\s5
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\c 55
|
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\m
|
|
\d For the chief musician; on stringed instruments. A maschil of David.
|
|
\q
|
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\v 1 Give ear to my prayer, God;
|
|
\q and do not hide yourself from my plea.
|
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\q
|
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\v 2 Pay attention to me and answer me;
|
|
\q I have no rest in my troubles
|
|
\q
|
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\v 3 because of the voice of my enemies,
|
|
\q because of the oppression of the wicked;
|
|
\q for they bring trouble on me
|
|
\q and persecute me in anger.
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|
\s5
|
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\q
|
|
\v 4 My heart trembles within me,
|
|
\q and the terrors of death have fallen on me.
|
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\q
|
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\v 5 Fearfulness and trembling have come on me,
|
|
\q and horror has overwhelmed me.
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\s5
|
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\q
|
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\v 6 I said, "Oh, if only I had wings like a dove!
|
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\q Then would I fly away and be at rest.
|
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\q
|
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\v 7 See, then I would wander far away;
|
|
\q I would stay in the wilderness.
|
|
\qs Selah\qs*
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
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\q
|
|
\v 8 I would hurry to a shelter
|
|
\q from the stormy wind and tempest."
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 9 Devour them, Lord, confuse their language!
|
|
\q For I have seen violence and strife in the city.
|
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|
|
\s5
|
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\q
|
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\v 10 Day and night they go about on its walls;
|
|
\q iniquity and mischief are in the middle of it.
|
|
\q
|
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\v 11 Wickedness is in the middle of it;
|
|
\q oppression and deceit do not leave its streets.
|
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\s5
|
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\q
|
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\v 12 For it was not an enemy who rebuked me,
|
|
\q then I could have borne it;
|
|
\q neither was it he who hated me who raised himself up against me,
|
|
\q then I would have hidden myself from him.
|
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\q
|
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\v 13 But it was you, a man equal to myself,
|
|
\q my companion and my close friend.
|
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\q
|
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\v 14 We had sweet fellowship together;
|
|
\q we walked in the house of God with the throng.
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\s5
|
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\q
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\v 15 Let death come suddenly on them;
|
|
\q let them go down alive to Sheol,
|
|
\q for wickedness is where they live, right among them.
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\s5
|
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\q
|
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\v 16 As for me, I will call on God,
|
|
\q and Yahweh will save me.
|
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\q
|
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\v 17 In the evening, morning and at noonday I complain and moan;
|
|
\q he will hear my voice.
|
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\q
|
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\v 18 He will safely rescue my life from the battle that was against me,
|
|
\q for those who fought against me were many.
|
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|
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\s5
|
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\q
|
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\v 19 God, the one who rules from eternity,
|
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\q will hear them and humiliate them.
|
|
\qs Selah\qs*
|
|
\q They never change,
|
|
\q and they do not fear God.
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|
|
\s5
|
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\q
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\v 20 My friend has raised his hands against those who were at peace with him;
|
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\q he has not respected the covenant that he had.
|
|
\q
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\v 21 His mouth was smooth as butter,
|
|
\q but his heart was hostile;
|
|
\q his words were softer than oil,
|
|
\q yet they were actually drawn swords.
|
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|
|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
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\v 22 Place your burdens on Yahweh, and he will sustain you;
|
|
\q he will never allow a righteous person to totter.
|
|
\q
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\v 23 But you, God, will bring the wicked down into the pit of destruction;
|
|
\q bloodthirsty and deceitful men will not live even half as long as others,
|
|
\q but I will trust in you.
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\s5
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\c 56
|
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\m
|
|
\d For the chief musician; set to Jonath elem rehokim. A psalm
|
|
of David. A michtam; when the Philistines took him in Gath.
|
|
\q
|
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\v 1 Be merciful to me, God, for men are attacking me!
|
|
\q All the day long those who fight me press their assault.
|
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\q
|
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\v 2 My enemies trample me all day long;
|
|
\q for there are many who arrogantly fight against me.
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\s5
|
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\q
|
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\v 3 When I am afraid,
|
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\q I will put my trust in you.
|
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\q
|
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\v 4 In God, whose word I praise—
|
|
\q in God I have put my trust; I will not be afraid;
|
|
\q what can mere man do to me?
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\s5
|
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\q
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\v 5 All the day long they twist my words;
|
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\q all their thoughts are against me for evil.
|
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\q
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\v 6 They gather themselves together, they hide themselves,
|
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\q and they mark my steps,
|
|
\q just as they have waited for my life.
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\s5
|
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\q
|
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\v 7 Do not let them escape doing iniquity.
|
|
\q Bring down the peoples in your anger, God.
|
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\q
|
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\v 8 You number my wanderings
|
|
\q and put my tears into your bottle;
|
|
\q are they not in your book?
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\s5
|
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\q
|
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\v 9 Then my enemies will turn back on the day that I call to you;
|
|
\q this I know, that God is for me.
|
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\q
|
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\v 10 In God—whose word I praise,
|
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\q in Yahweh—whose word I praise,
|
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\v 11 in God I trust,
|
|
\q I will not be afraid.
|
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\q What can anyone do to me?
|
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|
|
\s5
|
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\q
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\v 12 The duty to fulfill my vows to you is on me, God;
|
|
\q I will give thank offerings to you.
|
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\q
|
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\v 13 For you have rescued my life from death;
|
|
\q you have kept my feet from falling,
|
|
\q so that I may walk before God
|
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\q in the light of the living.
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|
|
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|
\s5
|
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\c 57
|
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\m
|
|
\d For the chief musician; set to Al Tashheth. A psalm
|
|
of David. A michtam; when he fled from Saul, in the cave.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 1 Be merciful to me, God, be merciful to me,
|
|
\q for I take refuge in you until these troubles are over.
|
|
\q I stay under your wings for protection until this destruction is over.
|
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|
\s5
|
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\q
|
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\v 2 I will cry to God Most High,
|
|
\q to God, who does all things for me.
|
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\q
|
|
\v 3 He will send help from heaven and save me,
|
|
\q he is angry with those who crush me.
|
|
\qs Selah\qs*
|
|
\q God will send me his loving kindness and his faithfulness.
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
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\q
|
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\v 4 My life is among lions;
|
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\q I am among those who are ready to devour me.
|
|
\q I am among people whose teeth are spears and arrows,
|
|
\q and whose tongues are sharp swords.
|
|
\q
|
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\v 5 Be exalted, God, above the heavens;
|
|
\q let your glory be above all the earth.
|
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\s5
|
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\q
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\v 6 They spread out a net for my feet;
|
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\q I was distressed.
|
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\q They dug a pit in front of me.
|
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\q They themselves have fallen into the middle of it!
|
|
\qs Selah\qs*
|
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|
|
\s5
|
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\q
|
|
\v 7 My heart is fixed, God, my heart is fixed;
|
|
\q I will sing, yes, I will sing praises.
|
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\q
|
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\v 8 Wake up, my honored heart; wake up, lute and harp;
|
|
\q I will wake up the dawn.
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\s5
|
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\q
|
|
\v 9 I will give thanks to you, Lord, among the peoples;
|
|
\q I will sing praises to you among the nations.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 10 For great is your unfailing love, reaching to the heavens;
|
|
\q and your faithfulness to the clouds.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 11 Be exalted, God, above the heavens;
|
|
\q may your glory be exalted over all the earth.
|
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|
|
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\s5
|
|
\c 58
|
|
\m
|
|
\d For the chief musician; set to Al Tashheth. A psalm
|
|
of David. A michtam.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 1 Do you rulers speak righteousness?
|
|
\q Do you judge uprightly, you people?
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 2 No, you commit wickedness in your heart;
|
|
\q you distribute violence throughout the land with your hands.
|
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|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 3 The wicked go astray even when they are in the womb;
|
|
\q they go astray from birth, speaking lies.
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\q
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\v 4 Their poison is like a snake's poison;
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\q they are like a deaf adder that stops up its ears,
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\q
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\v 5 that pays no attention to the voice of charmers,
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\q no matter how skillful they are.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 6 Break their teeth in their mouths, God;
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\q break out the great teeth of the young lions, Yahweh.
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\q
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\v 7 Let them melt away as water that runs off;
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\q when they shoot their arrows, let them be as though they had no points.
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\q
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\v 8 Let them be like a snail that melts and passes away,
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\q like the untimely-born child of a woman that never sees the sunlight.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 9 Before your pots can feel the thorn's burning heat,
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\q he will take them away with a whirlwind, the green thorns and the burning thorns alike.
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\q
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\v 10 The righteous will rejoice when he sees God's vengeance;
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\q he will wash his feet in the blood of the wicked,
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\q
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\v 11 so that men will say, "Truly, there is a reward for the righteous person;
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\q truly there is a God who judges the earth."
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\s5
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\c 59
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\m
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\d For the chief musician; set to Al Tashheth. A psalm
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of David. A michtam; when Saul sent, and they watched the house to kill him.
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\q
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\v 1 Rescue me from my enemies, my God;
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\q set me on high away from those who rise up against me.
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\q
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\v 2 Keep me safe from the workers of iniquity,
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\q and save me from the bloodthirsty men.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 3 For, see, they wait in ambush to take my life.
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\q The mighty evildoers gather themselves together against me,
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\q but not because of my transgression or my sin, Yahweh.
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\q
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\v 4 They prepare to run at me although I am without fault;
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\q awake and help me and see.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 5 You, Yahweh God of hosts, the God of Israel,
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\q arise and punish all the nations;
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\q do not be merciful to any wicked transgressors.
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\qs Selah\qs*
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\s5
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\q
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\v 6 They return at evening, they howl like dogs
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\q and go around the city.
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\q
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\v 7 See, they belch out with their mouths;
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\q swords are in their lips,
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\q for they say, "Who hears us?"
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\s5
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\q
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\v 8 But you, Yahweh, laugh at them;
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\q you hold all the nations in derision.
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\q
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\v 9 God, my strength, I will pay attention to you;
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\q you are my high tower.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 10 My God will meet me with his covenant faithfulness;
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\q God will let me see my desire on my enemies.
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\q
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\v 11 Do not kill them, or my people will forget.
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\q Scatter them by your power and make them fall, Lord our shield.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 12 For the sins of their mouths and the words of their lips,
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\q let them be captured in their pride,
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\q and for the curses and lies that they express.
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\q
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\v 13 Consume them in wrath, consume them so that they will be no more;
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\q let them know that God rules in Jacob
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\q and to the ends of the earth.
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\qs Selah\qs*
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\s5
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\q
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\v 14 At evening they return,
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\q howling like dogs going around the city.
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\q
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\v 15 They wander about looking for food
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\q and they growl like a dog if they are not satisfied.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 16 But I will sing about your strength,
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\q and in the morning I will sing about your steadfast love!
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\q For you have been my high tower
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\q and a refuge in the day of my distress.
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\q
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\v 17 To you, my strength, I will sing praises;
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\q for God is my high tower, the God of covenant faithfulness.
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\s5
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\c 60
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\m
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\d For the chief musician; set to Shushan Eduth. A michtam of David, for teaching. When he fought with Aram Naharaim and with Aram Zobah, and Joab returned and killed twelve thousand Edomites in the Valley of Salt.
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\q
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\v 1 God, you have cast us off; you have broken through our defenses;
|
|
\q you have been angry; restore us again.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 2 You have made the land tremble; you have torn it apart;
|
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\q heal its fissures, for it is shaking.
|
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\q
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\v 3 You have made your people see difficult things;
|
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\q you have made us drink the wine of staggering.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 4 For those who honor you,
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\q you have set up a banner
|
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\q to be displayed against those who carry the bow.
|
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\qs Selah\qs*
|
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\q
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\v 5 So that those you love may be rescued,
|
|
\q rescue us with your right hand and answer me.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 6 God has spoken in his holiness, "I will rejoice;
|
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\q I will divide Shechem and apportion out the Valley of Succoth.
|
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\q
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\v 7 Gilead is mine, and Manasseh is mine;
|
|
\q Ephraim also is my helmet;
|
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\q Judah is my scepter.
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\s5
|
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\q
|
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\v 8 Moab is my washbasin;
|
|
\q over Edom I will throw my shoe;
|
|
\q I will shout in triumph because of Philistia."
|
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\q
|
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\v 9 Who will bring me into the strong city?
|
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\q Who will lead me to Edom?
|
|
|
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\s5
|
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\q
|
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\v 10 But you, God, have you not rejected us?
|
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\q You do not go into battle with our army.
|
|
\q
|
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\v 11 Give us help against the enemy,
|
|
\q for man's help is futile.
|
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\q
|
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\v 12 We will triumph with God's help;
|
|
\q he will trample down our enemies.
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|
|
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\s5
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\c 61
|
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\m
|
|
\d For the chief musician; on a stringed instrument. A psalm of David.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 1 Hear my cry, God;
|
|
\q attend to my prayer.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 2 From the ends of the earth will I call to you when my heart is overwhelmed;
|
|
\q lead me to the rock that is higher than I.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 3 For you have been a refuge for me,
|
|
\q a strong tower from the enemy.
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 4 Let me live in your tabernacle forever!
|
|
\q Let me take refuge under the shelter of your wings.
|
|
\qs Selah\qs*
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 5 For you, God, have heard my vows,
|
|
\q you have given me the inheritance of those who honor your name.
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
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\v 6 You will prolong the king's life;
|
|
\q his years will be like many generations.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 7 He will remain before God forever.
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
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\q
|
|
\v 8 I will sing praise to your name forever
|
|
\q so that I may perform my vows every day.
|
|
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\c 62
|
|
\m
|
|
\d For the chief musician; after the manner of Jeduthun. A psalm of David.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 1 I wait in silence for God alone;
|
|
\q my salvation comes from him.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 2 He alone is my rock and my salvation;
|
|
\q he is my high tower; I will not be greatly moved.
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 3 How long, all of you, will you attack a man,
|
|
\q that you may tip him over
|
|
\q like a leaning wall or a shaky fence?
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 4 They consult with him only to bring him down from his honorable position;
|
|
\q they love to tell lies;
|
|
\q they bless him with their mouths, but in their hearts they curse him.
|
|
\qs Selah\qs*
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 5 I wait in silence for God alone;
|
|
\q for my hope is set on him.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 6 He alone is my rock and my salvation;
|
|
\q he is my high tower; I will not be moved.
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 7 With God is my salvation and my glory;
|
|
\q the rock of my strength and my refuge are in God.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 8 Trust in him at all times, you people;
|
|
\q pour out your heart before him;
|
|
\q God is a refuge for us.
|
|
\qs Selah\qs*
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 9 Surely men of low standing are vanity, and men of high standing are a lie;
|
|
\q they will weigh lightly in the scales;
|
|
\q weighed together, they are lighter than nothing.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 10 Do not trust in oppression or robbery;
|
|
\q and do not hope uselessly in riches,
|
|
\q for they will bear no fruit; do not fix your heart on them.
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 11 God has spoken once,
|
|
\q twice have I heard this:
|
|
\q power belongs to God.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 12 Also to you, Lord, belongs covenant faithfulness,
|
|
\q for you pay back every person for what he has done.
|
|
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\c 63
|
|
\m
|
|
\d A psalm of David, when he was in the wilderness of Judah.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 1 God, you are my God! I earnestly search for you,
|
|
\q my soul thirsts for you, and my flesh longs for you,
|
|
\q in a dry and weary land where there is no water.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 2 So I have looked on you in the sanctuary,
|
|
\q to see your power and your glory.
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 3 Because your covenant faithfulness is better than life,
|
|
\q my lips will praise you.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 4 So I will bless you while I live;
|
|
\q I will lift up my hands in your name.
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 5 It will be as if I ate a meal of marrow and fatness;
|
|
\q with joyful lips my mouth will praise you,
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 6 when I think about you on my bed
|
|
\q and meditate on you in the night hours.
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 7 For you have been my help,
|
|
\q and in the shadow of your wings I rejoice.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 8 I cling to you;
|
|
\q your right hand supports me.
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 9 But those who seek to destroy my life
|
|
\q will go down into the lowest parts of the earth;
|
|
\v 10 they will be given over to those whose hands use the sword,
|
|
\q and they will become food for the jackals.
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 11 But the king will rejoice in God;
|
|
\q everyone who swears by him will be proud of him,
|
|
\q but the mouth of those who speak lies will be stopped up.
|
|
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\c 64
|
|
\m
|
|
\d For the chief musician. A psalm of David.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 1 Hear my voice, God, listen to my complaint;
|
|
\q preserve my life from fear of my enemies.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 2 Hide me from the secret plotting of evildoers,
|
|
\q from the commotion of the doers of iniquity.
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 3 They have sharpened their tongues like swords;
|
|
\q they have aimed their arrows, bitter words,
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 4 so that they may shoot from secret places at someone who is innocent;
|
|
\q suddenly they shoot at him and fear nothing.
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 5 They encourage themselves in an evil plan;
|
|
\q they consult privately together in order to set traps;
|
|
\q they say, "Who will see us?"
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 6 They invent sinful plans;
|
|
\q "We have finished," they say, "a careful plan."
|
|
\q The inner thoughts and hearts of man are deep.
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 7 But God will shoot them;
|
|
\q suddenly they will be wounded with his arrows.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 8 They will be made to stumble, since their own tongues are against them;
|
|
\q all who see them will wag their heads.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 9 All people will fear
|
|
\q and will declare God's deeds.
|
|
\q They will wisely think about what he has done.
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 10 The righteous will be glad about Yahweh and will take refuge in him;
|
|
\q all the upright in heart will take pride in him.
|
|
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\c 65
|
|
\m
|
|
\d For the chief musician. A psalm. A song of David.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 1 For you, God in Zion, our praise waits;
|
|
\q our vows will be carried out to you.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 2 You who hear prayer,
|
|
\q to you all flesh will come.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 3 Iniquities prevail against us;
|
|
\q as for our transgressions, you will forgive them.
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 4 Blessed is the man whom you choose to bring near to you
|
|
\q so that he may live in your courts.
|
|
\q We will be satisfied with the goodness of your house,
|
|
\q your holy temple.
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 5 In righteousness you will answer us by doing amazing things,
|
|
\q God of our salvation;
|
|
\q you who are hope of all the ends of the earth
|
|
\q and of those who are far across the sea.
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 6 For it is you who made the mountains firm,
|
|
\q you who are belted with strength.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 7 It is you who quiet the roaring of the seas,
|
|
\q the roaring of their waves,
|
|
\q and the commotion of the peoples.
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 8 Those who live in the uttermost parts of the earth are afraid of the evidence of your deeds;
|
|
\q you make the east and the west rejoice.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 9 You come to help the earth; you water it;
|
|
\q you greatly enrich it;
|
|
\q the river of God is full of water;
|
|
\q you provide mankind grain when you have prepared the earth.
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 10 You water its furrows abundantly;
|
|
\q you settle down the furrows' ridges;
|
|
\q you make them soft with rain showers;
|
|
\q you bless the sprouts between them.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 11 You crown the year with your goodness;
|
|
\q the tracks behind your chariot drop fatness down to the earth.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 12 The pastures in the wilderness drip with dew,
|
|
\q and the hills are clothed with joy.
|
|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 13 The pastures are clothed with flocks;
|
|
\q the valleys also are covered over with grain;
|
|
\q they shout for joy, and they sing.
|
|
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\c 66
|
|
\m
|
|
\d For the chief musician. A song, a psalm.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 1 Make a joyful noise to God, all the earth;
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 2 Sing out the glory of his name;
|
|
\q make his praise glorious.
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 3 Say to God, "How terrifying are your deeds!
|
|
\q By the greatness of your power your enemies will submit to you.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 4 All the earth will worship you
|
|
\q and will sing to you;
|
|
\q they will sing to your name."
|
|
\qs Selah\qs*
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 5 Come and see the works of God;
|
|
\q he is fearsome in his deeds toward the sons of mankind.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 6 He turned the sea into dry land;
|
|
\q they went through the river on foot;
|
|
\q there we rejoiced in him.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 7 He rules forever by his might;
|
|
\q his eyes observe the nations;
|
|
\q let not the rebellious exalt themselves.
|
|
\qs Selah\qs*
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 8 Give blessing to God, you people,
|
|
\q let the sound of his praise be heard.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 9 He keeps us among the living,
|
|
\q and he does not permit our feet to slip.
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 10 For you, God, have tested us;
|
|
\q you have tested us as silver is tested.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 11 You brought us into a net;
|
|
\q you laid a heavy burden on our backs.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 12 You made people ride over our heads;
|
|
\q we went through fire and water,
|
|
\q but you brought us out into a spacious place.
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 13 I will come into your house with burnt offerings;
|
|
\q I will pay you my vows
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 14 which my lips promised
|
|
\q and my mouth spoke when I was in distress.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 15 I will offer to you burnt offerings of fat animals
|
|
\q with the sweet aroma of rams;
|
|
\q I will offer bulls and goats.
|
|
\qs Selah\qs*
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 16 Come and listen, all you who fear God,
|
|
\q and I will declare what he has done for my soul.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 17 I cried to him with my mouth,
|
|
\q and he was praised with my tongue.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 18 If I had seen sin within my heart,
|
|
\q the Lord would not have listened to me.
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 19 But God has truly heard;
|
|
\q he has paid attention to the voice of my prayer.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 20 Blessed be God,
|
|
\q who has not turned away my prayer
|
|
\q or his covenant faithfulness from me.
|
|
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\c 67
|
|
\m
|
|
\d For the chief musician; on stringed instruments. A psalm, a song.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 1 May God be merciful to us and bless us
|
|
\q and cause his face to shine on us
|
|
\qs Selah\qs*
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 2 so that your ways may be known on earth,
|
|
\q your salvation among all nations.
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 3 Let the peoples praise you, God;
|
|
\q let all the peoples praise you.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 4 Oh, let the nations be glad and sing for joy,
|
|
\q for you will judge the peoples with justice
|
|
\q and govern the nations on earth.
|
|
\qs Selah\qs*
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
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\v 5 Let the peoples praise you, God;
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\q let all the peoples praise you.
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\q
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\v 6 The earth has yielded its harvest
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\q and God, our God, has blessed us.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 7 God has blessed us,
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\q and all the ends of the earth honor him.
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\s5
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\c 68
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\m
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\d For the chief musician; A psalm of David, a song.
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\q
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\v 1 Let God arise; let his enemies be scattered;
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\q let those also who hate him flee before him.
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\q
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\v 2 As smoke is driven away, so drive them away;
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\q as wax melts before the fire,
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\q so let the wicked perish in the presence of God.
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\q
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\v 3 But let the righteous be glad; let them exult before God;
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\q may they rejoice and be happy.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 4 Sing to God! Sing praises to his name!
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\q Praise the one who rides through the plains of the Jordan River valley!
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\q Yahweh is his name! Rejoice before him!
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\q
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\v 5 A father of the fatherless, a judge of the widows,
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\q is God in the holy place where he lives.
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\q
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\v 6 God puts the lonely into families;
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\q he brings out the prisoners with singing;
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\q but the rebellious live in a parched land.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 7 God, when you went out before your people,
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\q when you marched through the wilderness,
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\qs Selah\qs*
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\q
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\v 8 The earth trembled;
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\q the heavens also dropped rain in God's presence,
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\q in the presence of God when he came to Sinai, in the presence of God, the God of Israel.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 9 You, God, sent a plentiful rain;
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\q you strengthened your inheritance when it was weary.
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\q
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\v 10 Your people lived in it;
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\q You, God, gave from your goodness to the poor.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 11 The Lord gave the orders,
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\q and those who announced them were a great army.
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\q
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\v 12-13 Kings of armies flee, they flee,
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\q and the women waiting at home divide the plunder:
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\q doves covered with silver
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\q with wings of yellow gold.
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\q When some of you people stayed among the sheepfolds, why did you do this?
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\s5
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\q
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\v 14 The Almighty scattered kings there,
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\q it was as when it snowed on Mount Zalmon.
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\q
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\v 15 A mighty mountain is the hill country of Bashan;
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\q a high mountain is the hill country of Bashan.
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\q
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\v 16 Why do you look in envy, you high hill country,
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\q at the mountain which God desires for the place he will live?
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\q Indeed, Yahweh will live in it forever.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 17 The chariots of God are twenty thousand, thousands upon thousands;
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\q the Lord is among them in the holy place, as at Sinai.
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\q
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\v 18 You have ascended on high; you have led away captives;
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\q you have received gifts from among men,
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\q even from those who fought against you,
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\q so that you, Yahweh God, might live there.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 19 Blessed be the Lord, who daily bears our burdens,
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\q the God who is our salvation.
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\qs Selah\qs*
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\q
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\v 20 Our God is a God who saves;
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\q Yahweh the Lord is the one who is able to rescue us from death.
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\q
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\v 21 But God will strike through the heads of his enemies,
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\q through the hairy scalps of those who walk in offenses against him.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 22 The Lord said, "I will bring my enemies back from Bashan;
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\q I will bring them back from the depths of the sea
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\q
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\v 23 so that you may crush your enemies, dipping your foot in blood,
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\q and so that the tongues of your dogs may have their share from your
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enemies."
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\s5
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\q
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\v 24 They have seen your processions, God,
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\q the processions of my God, my King, into the holy place.
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\q
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\v 25 The singers went first, the minstrels followed after,
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\q and in the middle were the unmarried girls playing tambourines.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 26 Bless God in the assemblies;
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\q praise Yahweh, you who are from the fountain of Israel.
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\q
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\v 27 There is first Benjamin, the smallest tribe,
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\q then the leaders of Judah and their multitudes,
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\q the leaders of Zebulun and the leaders of Naphtali.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 28 Your God, Israel, has decreed your strength;
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\q reveal to us your power, God, as you have revealed it in times past.
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\q
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\v 29 Reveal your power to us from your temple at Jerusalem,
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\q where kings bring gifts to you.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 30 Shout in battle against the wild beasts in the reeds,
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\q against the peoples, that multitude of bulls and calves.
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\q Humiliate them and make them bring you gifts;
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\q scatter the peoples who love to wage war.
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\q
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\v 31 Princes will come out of Egypt;
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\q Cush will hurry to reach out with her hands to God.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 32 Sing to God, you kingdoms of the earth;
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\qs Selah\qs*
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\q Sing praises to Yahweh.
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\q
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\v 33 To him who rides on the heaven of heavens, which exist from ancient times;
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\q see, he lifts up his voice with power.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 34 Ascribe strength to God;
|
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\q his majesty is over Israel,
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\q and his strength is in the skies.
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\q
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\v 35 God, you are fearsome in your holy place;
|
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\q the God of Israel—he gives strength and power to his people.
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\q Blessed be God.
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|
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\s5
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\c 69
|
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\m
|
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\d For the chief musician; set to Shoshannim. A psalm of David.
|
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\q
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\v 1 Save me, God;
|
|
\q for the waters have put my life in danger.
|
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\q
|
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\v 2 I sink in deep mire, where there is no place to stand;
|
|
\q I have come into deep waters, where the floods flow over me.
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|
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\s5
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\q
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\v 3 I am weary with my crying; my throat is dry;
|
|
\q my eyes fail while I wait for my God.
|
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\q
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\v 4 Those who hate me without a cause are more than the hairs on my head;
|
|
\q those who would cut me off, being my enemies for wrong reasons, are mighty;
|
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\q what I did not steal, I have to give back.
|
|
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\s5
|
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\q
|
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\v 5 God, you know my foolishness,
|
|
\q and my sins are not hidden from you.
|
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\q
|
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\v 6 Let not those who hope in you be put to shame because of me, Lord Yahweh of hosts;
|
|
\q let not those who seek you be brought to dishonor because of me, God of Israel.
|
|
|
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\s5
|
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\q
|
|
\v 7 For your sake I have borne rebuke;
|
|
\q shame has covered my face.
|
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\q
|
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\v 8 I have become a stranger to my brothers,
|
|
\q an alien to my mother's children.
|
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\q
|
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\v 9 For the zeal of your house has eaten me up,
|
|
\q and the rebukes of those who rebuke you have fallen on me.
|
|
|
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\s5
|
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\q
|
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\v 10 When I wept and did not eat food,
|
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\q they insulted me.
|
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\q
|
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\v 11 When I made sackcloth my clothing,
|
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\q I became the object of a proverb to them.
|
|
\q
|
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\v 12 Those who sit in the city gate talk about me;
|
|
\q I am a song of drunkards.
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 13 But as for me, my prayer is to you, Yahweh, at a time that you will accept;
|
|
\q answer me in the trustworthiness of your salvation.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 14 Pull me out of the mire, and do not let me sink;
|
|
\q let me be taken away from those who hate me and rescued out of the deep waters.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 15 Do not let the floods of water overwhelm me,
|
|
\q neither let the deep swallow me up.
|
|
\q Do not let the pit shut its mouth on me.
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 16 Answer me, Yahweh, for your covenant faithfulness is good;
|
|
\q because your mercies for me are many, turn to me.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 17 Do not hide your face from your servant,
|
|
\q for I am in distress; answer me quickly.
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
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\q
|
|
\v 18 Come to me and redeem me.
|
|
\q Because of my enemies, ransom me.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 19 You know my rebuke, my shame, and my dishonor;
|
|
\q my adversaries are all before you.
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 20 Rebuke has broken my heart; I am full of heaviness;
|
|
\q I looked for someone to take pity, but there was none;
|
|
\q I looked for comforters, but I found none.
|
|
\q
|
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\v 21 They gave me poison for my food;
|
|
\q in my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 22 Let their table before them become a snare;
|
|
\q when they think they are in safety, let it become a trap.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 23 Let their eyes be darkened so that they cannot see;
|
|
\q and always make their loins shake.
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 24 Pour out your indignation on them,
|
|
\q and let the fierceness of your anger overtake them.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 25 Let their place be a desolation;
|
|
\q let no one live in their tents.
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 26 For they persecuted the one you struck down.
|
|
\q They repeated the account of the pain of those you have wounded.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 27 Accuse them of having committed iniquity after iniquity;
|
|
\q do not let them come into your righteous victory.
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 28 Let them be blotted out of The Book of Life
|
|
\q and not be written down along with the righteous.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 29 But I am poor and sorrowful;
|
|
\q let your salvation, God, set me up on high.
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 30 I will praise the name of God with a song
|
|
\q and will exalt him with thanksgiving.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 31 That will please Yahweh better than an ox
|
|
\q or a bull that has horns and hooves.
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 32 The meek have seen it and are glad;
|
|
\q you who seek after God, let your hearts live.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 33 For Yahweh hears the needy
|
|
\q and does not despise his prisoners.
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 34 Let heaven and earth praise him,
|
|
\q the seas and everything that moves in them.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 35 For God will save Zion and will rebuild the cities of Judah;
|
|
\q the people will live there and have it as a possession.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 36 His servants' descendants will inherit it;
|
|
\q and those who love his name will live there.
|
|
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\c 70
|
|
\m
|
|
\d For the chief musician. A psalm of David; to bring to remembrance.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 1 Save me, God!
|
|
\q Yahweh, come quickly and help me.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 2 Let those who try to take my life
|
|
\q be ashamed and humiliated;
|
|
\q let them be turned back and brought to dishonor,
|
|
\q those who take pleasure in my pain.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 3 Let them be turned back because of their shame,
|
|
\q those who say, "Aha, aha."
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 4 Let all those who seek you rejoice and be glad in you;
|
|
\q let those who love your salvation always say,
|
|
\q "May God be praised."
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 5 But I am poor and needy;
|
|
\q hurry to me, God;
|
|
\q you are my help and you rescue me.
|
|
\q Yahweh, do not delay.
|
|
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\c 71
|
|
\m
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 1 In you, Yahweh, I take refuge;
|
|
\q let me never be put to shame.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 2 Rescue me and make me safe in your righteousness;
|
|
\q turn your ear to me and save me.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 3 Be to me a rock for refuge where I may always go;
|
|
\q you have given a command to save me,
|
|
\q for you are my rock and my fortress.
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 4 Rescue me, my God, out of the hand of the wicked,
|
|
\q out of the hand of the unrighteous and cruel.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 5 For you are my hope, Lord Yahweh.
|
|
\q I have trusted in you ever since I was a child.
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 6 By you I have been supported from the womb;
|
|
\q you are he who took me out of my mother's belly;
|
|
\q my praise will be always about you.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 7 I am an example to many people;
|
|
\q you are my strong refuge.
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 8 My mouth will be filled with your praise,
|
|
\q all the day with your honor.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 9 Do not throw me away in my time of old age;
|
|
\q do not abandon me when my strength fails.
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 10 For my enemies are talking about me;
|
|
\q those who watch for my life are plotting together.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 11 They say, "God has forsaken him;
|
|
\q pursue and take him, for there is no one to save him."
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 12 God, do not be far from me;
|
|
\q my God, hurry to help me.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 13 Let them be put to shame and destroyed, those who are hostile to my life;
|
|
\q let them be covered with rebuke and dishonor, those who seek my hurt.
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 14 But I will always hope in you
|
|
\q and will praise you more and more.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 15 My mouth will tell about your righteousness
|
|
\q and your salvation all the day,
|
|
\q although I cannot understand it.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 16 I will come with the mighty acts of the Lord Yahweh;
|
|
\q I will make mention of your righteousness, yours alone.
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 17 God, you have taught me from my youth;
|
|
\q even now I declare your wonderful deeds.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 18 Indeed, even when I am old and gray-headed, God, do not forsake me,
|
|
\q as I have been declaring your strength to the next generation,
|
|
\q your power to everyone who is to come.
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 19 Your righteousness also, God, is very high;
|
|
\q you who have done great things, God, who is like you?
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 20 You who made me see many troubles
|
|
\q will revive us again
|
|
\q and will bring us up again from the depths of the earth.
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 21 May you increase my honor;
|
|
\q turn again and comfort me.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 22 I will also give thanks to you with the harp
|
|
\q for your trustworthiness, my God;
|
|
\q to you I will sing praises with the harp,
|
|
\q Holy One of Israel.
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 23 My lips will shout for joy when I sing praises to you—
|
|
\q even my soul, which you have redeemed.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 24 My tongue will also talk about your righteousness all day long;
|
|
\q for they have been put to shame and are confused, those who sought my hurt.
|
|
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\c 72
|
|
\m
|
|
\d A psalm of Solomon.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 1 Give the king your righteous decrees, God,
|
|
\q your righteousness to the king's son.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 2 May he judge your people with righteousness
|
|
\q and your poor with justice.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 3 May the mountains produce peace for the people;
|
|
\q may the hills produce righteousness.
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 4 May he judge the poor of the people;
|
|
\q may he save the children of the needy
|
|
\q and break in pieces the oppressor.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 5 May they honor you while the sun endures,
|
|
\q and as long as the moon lasts throughout all generations.
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 6 May he come down like rain on the mown grass,
|
|
\q like showers that water the earth.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 7 May the righteous flourish in his days,
|
|
\q and may there be an abundance of peace till the moon is no more.
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 8 May he have dominion from sea to sea,
|
|
\q and from the River to the ends of the earth.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 9 May those who live in the wilderness bow down before him;
|
|
\q may his enemies lick the dust.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 10 May the kings of Tarshish and of the islands render tribute;
|
|
\q may the kings of Sheba and Seba offer gifts.
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 11 Indeed, may all kings fall down before him;
|
|
\q may all nations serve him.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 12 For he helps the needy person who cries out
|
|
\q and the poor person who has no other helper.
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 13 He has pity on the poor and needy,
|
|
\q and he saves the lives of needy people.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 14 He redeems their lives from oppression and violence,
|
|
\q and their blood is precious in his sight.
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 15 May he live! May the gold of Sheba be given to him.
|
|
\q May people always pray for him;
|
|
\q may God bless him all day long.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 16 May there be abundance of grain in the land;
|
|
\q on the mountaintops may their crops wave.
|
|
\q May the fruit of it be like Lebanon;
|
|
\q may the people flourish in the cities like the grass of the field.
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 17 May his name endure forever;
|
|
\q may his name continue as long as the sun;
|
|
\q may people be blessed in him;
|
|
\q may all nations call him blessed.
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 18 May Yahweh God, the God of Israel, be blessed,
|
|
\q who alone does wonderful things.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 19 May his glorious name be blessed forever,
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\q and may the whole earth be filled with his glory.
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\q Amen and Amen.
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\q
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\v 20 The prayers of David son of Jesse are finished.
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\s5
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\ms Book Three
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\c 73
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\m
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\d A psalm of Asaph.
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\q
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\v 1 Surely God is good to Israel,
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\q to those with a pure heart.
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\q
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\v 2 But as for me, my feet almost slipped;
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\q my feet almost slipped out from under me
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\q
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\v 3 because I was envious of the arrogant
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\q when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 4 For they have no pain until their death,
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\q but they are strong and well fed.
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\q
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\v 5 They are free from the burdens of other men;
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\q they are not afflicted like other men.
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\q
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\v 6 Pride adorns them like a necklace around their neck;
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\q violence clothes them like a robe.
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\q
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\v 7 Out of such blindness comes sin;
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\q evil thoughts pass through their hearts.
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\q
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\v 8 They mock and speak wickedly;
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\q in their arrogance they threaten oppression.
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\q
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\v 9 They set their mouth against the heavens,
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\q and their tongues march through the earth.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 10 Therefore his people turn to them
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\q and abundant waters are drained out.
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\q
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\v 11 They say, "How does God know?
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\q Is there knowledge with the Most High?"
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\q
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\v 12 Take notice: these people are wicked;
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\q they are always carefree, becoming richer and richer.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 13 Surely it is in vain that I have guarded my heart
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\q and washed my hands in innocence.
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\q
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\v 14 For all the day long I have been afflicted
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\q and disciplined every morning.
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\q
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\v 15 If I had said, "I will say these things,"
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\q then I would have betrayed this generation of your children.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 16 Though I tried to understand these things,
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\q it was too difficult for me.
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\q
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\v 17 Then I went into God's sanctuary
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\q and came to understand their fate.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 18 Surely you put them in slippery places;
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\q you bring them down to ruin.
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\q
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\v 19 How they become a wilderness in a moment!
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\q They come to an end and are finished in awful terrors.
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\q
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\v 20 They are like a dream after one wakes up;
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\q2 Lord, when you arise, you will think nothing of those dreams.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 21 For my heart was grieved,
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\q and I was deeply wounded.
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\q
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\v 22 I was ignorant and lacked insight;
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\q I was like a senseless animal before you.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 23 Yet I am always with you;
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\q you hold my right hand.
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\q
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\v 24 You will guide me with your advice
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\q and afterward receive me to glory.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 25 Whom have I in heaven but you?
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\q There is no one on earth that I desire but you.
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\q
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\v 26 My flesh and my heart grow weak,
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\q but God is the strength of my heart forever.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 27 Those who are far from you will perish;
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\q you will destroy all those who are unfaithful
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to you.
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\q
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\v 28 But as for me, all I need to do is to approach God.
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\q I have made the Lord Yahweh my refuge.
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\q I will declare all your deeds.
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\s5
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\c 74
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\m
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\d A maschil of Asaph.
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\q
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\v 1 God, why have you rejected us forever?
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\q Why does your anger burn against the sheep of your pasture?
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\q
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\v 2 Call to mind your people, whom you purchased in ancient times,
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\q the tribe whom you have redeemed to be your own heritage,
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\q and Mount Zion, where you live.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 3 Come look at the complete ruins,
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\q all the damage that the enemy has done in the holy place.
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\q
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\v 4 Your adversaries roared in the middle of your appointed place;
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\q they set up their battle flags.
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\q
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\v 5 They hacked away with axes
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\q as in a thick forest.
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\q
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\v 6 They smashed and broke down all the engravings;
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\q they broke them with axes and hammers.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 7 They set your sanctuary on fire;
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\q they desecrated where you live, knocking it
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to the ground.
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\q
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\v 8 They said in their hearts, "We will destroy them all."
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\q They burned up all of your meeting places in the land.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 9 We do not see any more signs;
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\q there is no prophet any more,
|
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\q and no one among us knows how long this will last.
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\q
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\v 10 How long, God, will the enemy throw insults at you?
|
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\q Will the enemy blaspheme your name forever?
|
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\q
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\v 11 Why do you hold back your hand, your right hand?
|
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\q Take your right hand from your garment and destroy them.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 12 Yet God has been my king from ancient times,
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\q bringing salvation on the earth.
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\q
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\v 13 You divided the sea by your strength;
|
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\q you smashed the heads of the sea monsters in the waters.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 14 You crushed the heads of leviathan;
|
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\q you fed him to those living in the wilderness.
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\q
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\v 15 You broke open springs and streams;
|
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\q you dried up flowing rivers.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 16 The day is yours, and the night is yours also;
|
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\q you set the sun and moon in place.
|
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\q
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\v 17 You have set all the borders of the earth;
|
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\q you have made summer and winter.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 18 Call to mind how the enemy hurled insults at you, Yahweh,
|
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\q and that a foolish people has blasphemed your name.
|
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\q
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\v 19 Do not hand over the life of your dove to a wild animal.
|
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\q Do not forget the life of your oppressed people forever.
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\s5
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\q
|
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\v 20 Remember your covenant,
|
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\q for the dark regions of the land are full of places of violence.
|
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\q
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\v 21 Do not let the oppressed be turned back in shame;
|
|
\q let the poor and oppressed praise your name.
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\s5
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\q
|
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\v 22 Arise, God; defend your own honor;
|
|
\q call to mind how fools insult you all day long.
|
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\q
|
|
\v 23 Do not forget the voice of your adversaries
|
|
\q or the uproar of those who continually defy you.
|
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\s5
|
|
\c 75
|
|
\m
|
|
\d For the chief musician; set to Al Tashheth. A psalm of Asaph, a song.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 1 We give thanks to you, God;
|
|
\q we give thanks, for you reveal your presence;
|
|
\q people tell of your wondrous works.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 2 At the appointed time I will judge fairly.
|
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\q
|
|
\v 3 Though the earth and all the inhabitants shake in fear,
|
|
\q I make steady the earth's pillars.
|
|
\qs Selah\qs*
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
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\q
|
|
\v 4 I said to the arrogant, "Do not be arrogant,"
|
|
\q and to the wicked, "Do not lift up the horn.
|
|
\q
|
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\v 5 Do not lift up your horn to the heights;
|
|
\q do not speak with an insolent neck."
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 6 It is not from the east or from the west,
|
|
\q and it is not from the wilderness that lifting up comes.
|
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|
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\s5
|
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\q
|
|
\v 7 But God is the judge;
|
|
\q he brings down and he lifts up.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 8 For Yahweh holds in his hand a cup of foaming wine,
|
|
\q which is mixed with spices, and pours it out.
|
|
\q Surely all the wicked of the earth will drink it to the last drop.
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
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\q
|
|
\v 9 But I will continually tell what you have done;
|
|
\q I will sing praises to the God of Jacob.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 10 He says, "I will cut off all the horns of the wicked,
|
|
\q but the horns of the righteous will be raised up."
|
|
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\c 76
|
|
\m
|
|
\d For the chief musician, on stringed instruments. A psalm of Asaph, a song.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 1 God has made himself known in Judah;
|
|
\q his name is great in Israel.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 2 His tent is in Salem;
|
|
\q his dwelling place is in Zion.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 3 There he broke the arrows of the bow,
|
|
\q the shield, the sword, and the other weapons of war.
|
|
\qs Selah\qs*
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 4 You shine brightly and reveal your glory,
|
|
\q as you descend from the mountains, where you killed your victims.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 5 The bravehearted were plundered;
|
|
\q they fell asleep.
|
|
\q All the warriors were helpless.
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 6 At your rebuke, God of Jacob,
|
|
\q both rider and horse fell asleep.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 7 You, yes you, are to be feared;
|
|
\q who can stand in your sight when you are angry?
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 8 From heaven you made your judgment heard;
|
|
\q the earth was afraid and silent
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 9 when you, God, arose to execute judgment
|
|
\q and to save all the oppressed of the earth.
|
|
\qs Selah\qs*
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 10 Surely your angry judgment against humanity will bring you praise;
|
|
\q you gird yourself with what is left of your anger.
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 11 Make vows to Yahweh your God and keep them.
|
|
\q May all who surround him bring gifts to him who is to be feared.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 12 He cuts off the spirit of the princes;
|
|
\q he is feared by the kings of the earth.
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\c 77
|
|
\m
|
|
\d For the chief musician; after the manner of Jeduthun. A psalm of Asaph.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 1 I will call out with my voice to God;
|
|
\q I will call with my voice to God, and my God will hear me.
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 2 In the day of my trouble I sought the Lord;
|
|
\q at night I stretched my hands out, and they would not become tired.
|
|
\q My soul refused to be comforted.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 3 I thought of God as I groaned;
|
|
\q I thought about him as I grew faint.
|
|
\qs Selah\qs*
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 4 You held my eyes open;
|
|
\q I was too troubled to speak.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 5 I thought about the days of old,
|
|
\q about times long past.
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 6 During the night I called to mind the song I once sang.
|
|
\q I thought carefully
|
|
\q and tried to understand what had happened.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 7 Will the Lord reject me forever?
|
|
\q Will he never again show me favor?
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 8 Was his covenant faithfulness gone forever?
|
|
\q Had his promise failed forever?
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 9 Had God forgotten to be gracious?
|
|
\q Had his anger shut off his compassion?
|
|
\qs Selah\qs*
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 10 I said, "This is my sorrow:
|
|
\q the changing of the right hand of the Most High toward us."
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 11 But I will call to mind your deeds, Yahweh;
|
|
\q I will think about your wonderful deeds of old.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 12 I will ponder all your deeds
|
|
\q and will reflect on them.
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 13 Your way, God, is holy;
|
|
\q what god compares to our great God?
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 14 You are the God who does wonders;
|
|
\q you have revealed your strength among the peoples.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 15 You gave your people victory by your great power—
|
|
\q the descendants of Jacob and Joseph.
|
|
\qs Selah\qs*
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 16 The waters saw you, God;
|
|
\q the waters saw you, and they were afraid;
|
|
\q the depths trembled.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 17 The clouds poured down water;
|
|
\q the cloudy skies gave voice;
|
|
\q your arrows flew about.
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 18 Your thunderous voice was heard in the wind;
|
|
\q the lightning lit up the world;
|
|
\q the earth trembled and shook.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 19 Your path went through the sea
|
|
\q and your way through the surging waters,
|
|
\q but your footprints were not seen.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 20 You led your people like a flock
|
|
\q by the hand of Moses and Aaron.
|
|
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\c 78
|
|
\m
|
|
\d A maschil of Asaph.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 1 Hear my teaching, my people,
|
|
\q listen to the words of my mouth.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 2 I will open my mouth in parables;
|
|
\q I will sing about hidden things about the past.
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 3 These are things that we have heard and learned,
|
|
\q things that our ancestors have told us.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 4 We will not keep them from their descendants.
|
|
\q We will tell the next generation about the praiseworthy deeds of Yahweh,
|
|
\q his strength, and the wonders that he has done.
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 5 For he established covenant decrees in Jacob
|
|
\q and appointed a law in Israel.
|
|
\q He commanded our ancestors
|
|
\q that they were to teach them to their children.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 6 He commanded this so that the generation to come might know his decrees, the children not yet born,
|
|
\q who should tell them in turn to their own children.
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 7 Then they would place their hope in God
|
|
\q and not forget his deeds
|
|
\q but keep his commandments.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 8 Then they would not be like their ancestors,
|
|
\q who were a stubborn and rebellious generation,
|
|
\q a generation whose hearts were not right,
|
|
\q and whose spirits were not committed and faithful to God.
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 9 The Ephraimites were armed with bows,
|
|
\q but they turned back on the day of battle.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 10 They did not keep the covenant with God,
|
|
\q and they refused to obey his law.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 11 They forgot his deeds,
|
|
\q the wonderful things that he had shown them.
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 12 They forgot the marvelous things he did in the sight of their ancestors
|
|
\q in the land of Egypt, in the land of Zoan.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 13 He divided the sea and led them across it;
|
|
\q he made the waters to stand like walls.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 14 In the daytime he led them with a cloud
|
|
\q and all the night with the light of fire.
|
|
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|
\s5
|
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\q
|
|
\v 15 He split the rocks in the wilderness,
|
|
\q and he gave them water abundantly, enough to fill the depths of the sea.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 16 He made streams flow out of the rock
|
|
\q and made the water flow like rivers.
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 17 Yet they continued to sin against him,
|
|
\q rebelling against the Most High in the wilderness.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 18 They challenged God in their hearts
|
|
\q by asking for food to satisfy their appetites.
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
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\v 19 They spoke against God;
|
|
\q they said, "Can God really lay out a table for us in the wilderness?
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 20 See, when he struck the rock, waters gushed out
|
|
\q and streams overflowed.
|
|
\q But can he give bread also?
|
|
\q Will he provide meat for his people?"
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 21 When Yahweh heard this, he was angry;
|
|
\q so his fire burned against Jacob,
|
|
\q and his anger attacked Israel,
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 22 because they did not believe in God
|
|
\q and did not trust in his salvation.
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 23 Yet he commanded the skies above
|
|
\q and opened the doors of the sky.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 24 He rained down manna for them to eat,
|
|
\q and gave them the grain from heaven.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 25 People ate the bread of angels.
|
|
\q He sent them food in abundance.
|
|
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|
\s5
|
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\q
|
|
\v 26 He caused the east wind to blow in the sky,
|
|
\q and by his power he guided the south wind.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 27 He rained down meat on them like dust,
|
|
\q birds as numerous as the sands of the sea.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 28 They fell in the middle of their camp,
|
|
\q all around their tents.
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
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\q
|
|
\v 29 So they ate and were full.
|
|
\q He gave them what they craved.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 30 But they had not yet filled up;
|
|
\q their food was still in their mouths.
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 31 Then God's anger attacked them
|
|
\q and killed the strongest of them.
|
|
\q He brought down the young men of Israel.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 32 Despite this, they continued to sin
|
|
\q and did not believe his wonderful deeds.
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 33 Therefore God cut short their days;
|
|
\q their years were filled with terror.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 34 Whenever God afflicted them, they would start to seek him,
|
|
\q and they would return and look earnestly for him.
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 35 They would call to mind that God was their rock
|
|
\q and that the Most High God was their rescuer.
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\q
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\v 36 But they would flatter him with their mouth
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\q and lie to him with their words.
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\q
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\v 37 For their hearts were not firmly fixed on him,
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\q and they were not faithful to his covenant.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 38 Yet he, being merciful, forgave their iniquity and did not destroy
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them.
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\q Yes, many times he held back his anger
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\q and did not stir up all his wrath.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 39 He called to mind that they were made of flesh,
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\q a wind that passes away and does not return.
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\q
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\v 40 How often they rebelled against him in the wilderness
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\q and grieved him in the barren regions!
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\q
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\v 41 Again and again they challenged God
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\q and offended the Holy One of Israel.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 42 They did not think about his power,
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\q how he had rescued them from the enemy
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\q
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\v 43 when he performed his terrifying signs in Egypt
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\q and his wonders in the region of Zoan.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 44 He turned the Egyptians' rivers to blood
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\q so that they could not drink from their streams.
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\q
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\v 45 He sent swarms of flies that devoured them
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\q and frogs that overran their land.
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\q
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\v 46 He gave their crops to the grasshopper
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\q and their labor to the locust.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 47 He destroyed their vines with hail
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\q and their sycamore trees with more hail.
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\q
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\v 48 He rained hail on their cattle
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\q and hurled lightning bolts at their livestock.
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\q
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\v 49 The fierceness of his anger lashed out against them.
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\q He sent wrath, fury, and trouble
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\q like agents who bring disaster.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 50 He leveled a path for his anger;
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\q he did not spare them from death
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\q but gave them over to the plague.
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\q
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\v 51 He killed all the firstborn in Egypt,
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\q the firstborn of their strength in the tents of Ham.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 52 He led his own people out like sheep
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\q and guided them through the wilderness like a flock.
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\q
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\v 53 He led them secure and unafraid,
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\q but the sea overwhelmed their enemies.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 54 Then he brought them to the border of his holy land,
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\q to this mountain that his right hand acquired.
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\q
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\v 55 He drove out the nations from before them
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\q and assigned them their inheritance.
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\q He settled the tribes of Israel in their tents.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 56 Yet they challenged and defied the Most High God
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\q and did not keep his solemn commands.
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\q
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\v 57 They were unfaithful and acted treacherously like their fathers;
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\q they were as undependable as a faulty bow.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 58 For they made him angry with their high places
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\q and provoked him to jealous anger with their idols.
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\q
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\v 59 When God heard this, he was angry
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\q and completely rejected Israel.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 60 He abandoned the sanctuary of Shiloh,
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\q the tent where he had lived among people.
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\q
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\v 61 He allowed his strength to be captured
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\q and gave his glory into the enemy's hand.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 62 He handed his people over to the sword,
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\q and he was angry with his heritage.
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\q
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\v 63 Fire devoured their young men,
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\q and their young women had no wedding songs.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 64 Their priests fell by the sword,
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\q and their widows could not weep.
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\q
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\v 65 Then the Lord awakened as one from sleep,
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\q like a warrior who shouts because of wine.
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\q
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\v 66 He drove his adversaries back;
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\q he put them to everlasting shame.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 67 He rejected the tent of Joseph,
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\q and he did not chose the tribe of Ephraim.
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\q
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\v 68 He chose the tribe of Judah
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\q and Mount Zion that he loved.
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\q
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\v 69 He built his sanctuary like the heavens,
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\q like the earth that he has established forever.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 70 He chose David, his servant,
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\q and took him from the sheepfolds.
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\q
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\v 71 He took him from following the ewes with their young, and he brought him
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\q to be shepherd of Jacob, his people, and of Israel, his heritage.
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\q
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\v 72 David shepherded them with the integrity of his heart,
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\q and he guided them with the skill of his hands.
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\s5
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\c 79
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\m
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\d A psalm of Asaph.
|
|
\q
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\v 1 God, foreign nations have come into your inheritance;
|
|
\q they have defiled your holy temple;
|
|
\q they have turned Jerusalem into a heap of ruins.
|
|
\q
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\v 2 They have given the dead bodies of your servants as food to the birds of the skies,
|
|
\q the bodies of your faithful people to the beasts of the earth.
|
|
\q
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\v 3 They have shed their blood like water around Jerusalem,
|
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\q and there was none to bury them.
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|
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\s5
|
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\q
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\v 4 We have become a reproach for our neighbors,
|
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\q mocking and derision to those who are around us.
|
|
\q
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\v 5 How long, Yahweh? Will you stay angry forever?
|
|
\q How long will your jealous anger burn like fire?
|
|
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\s5
|
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\q
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\v 6 Pour out your wrath on the nations that do not know you
|
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\q and on the kingdoms that do not call upon your name.
|
|
\q
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\v 7 For they have devoured Jacob
|
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\q and destroyed his villages.
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|
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\s5
|
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\q
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\v 8 Do not hold the sins of our forefathers against us;
|
|
\q may your merciful actions come to us,
|
|
\q for we are very low.
|
|
\q
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\v 9 Help us, God of our salvation, for the sake of the glory of your name;
|
|
\q save us and forgive our sins for your name's sake.
|
|
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\s5
|
|
\q
|
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\v 10 Why should the nations say, "Where is their God?"
|
|
\q May the blood of your servants that was shed
|
|
\q be avenged on the nations before our eyes.
|
|
\q
|
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\v 11 May the groans of the prisoners come before you;
|
|
\q with the greatness of your power keep the children of death alive.
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
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\v 12 Pay back into the laps of our neighboring countries seven times as much
|
|
\q as the insults with which they have insulted you, Lord.
|
|
\q
|
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\v 13 So we your people and sheep of your pasture
|
|
\q will give you thanks forever.
|
|
\q We will tell your praises to all generations.
|
|
|
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\s5
|
|
\c 80
|
|
\m
|
|
\d For the chief musician, set to the Shoshannim Eduth style. A psalm of Asaph.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 1 Pay attention, Shepherd of Israel,
|
|
\q you who lead Joseph like a flock;
|
|
\q you who sit above the cherubim, shine on us!
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 2 In the sight of Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh, stir up your power;
|
|
\q come and save us.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 3 God, restore us;
|
|
\q make your face shine on us, and we will be saved.
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 4 Yahweh God of hosts,
|
|
\q how long will you be angry at your people when they pray?
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 5 You have fed them with the bread of tears
|
|
\q and given them tears to drink in great quantities.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 6 You make us something for our neighbors to argue over,
|
|
\q and our enemies laugh about us among themselves.
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 7 God of hosts, restore us;
|
|
\q make your face shine on us, and we will be saved.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 8 You brought a vine out of Egypt;
|
|
\q you drove out nations and transplanted it.
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 9 You cleared the land for it;
|
|
\q it took root and filled the land.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 10 The mountains were covered with its shade,
|
|
\q the cedars of God by its branches.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 11 It sent out its branches as far as the sea
|
|
\q and its shoots to the Euphrates River.
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 12 Why have you broken down its walls
|
|
\q so that all they who pass by pluck its fruit.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 13 The boars out of the forest ruin it,
|
|
\q and the beasts of the field feed on it.
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 14 Turn back, God of hosts;
|
|
\q look down from heaven and take notice and take care of this vine.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 15 This is the root that your right hand planted,
|
|
\q the shoot that you made to grow.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 16 It has been burned and cut down;
|
|
\q they perish because of your rebuke.
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 17 May your hand be on the man of your right hand,
|
|
\q on the son of man whom you made strong for yourself.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 18 Then we will not turn away from you;
|
|
\q revive us, and we will call on your name.
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 19 Yahweh God of hosts, restore us;
|
|
\q make your face shine on us, and we will be saved.
|
|
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\c 81
|
|
\m
|
|
\d For the chief musician; set to the Gittith style. A psalm of Asaph.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 1 Sing aloud to God our strength;
|
|
\q shout out for joy to the God of Jacob.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 2 Sing a song and play the tambourine,
|
|
\q the pleasant lyre with the harp.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 3 Blow the ram's horn on the day of the new moon,
|
|
\q on the day of the full moon, when our feast day begins.
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 4 For it is a statute for Israel,
|
|
\q a decree given by the God of Jacob.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 5 He issued it as a regulation in Joseph
|
|
\q when he went against the land of Egypt,
|
|
\q where I heard a voice that I did not recognize:
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 6 "I removed the burden from his shoulder;
|
|
\q his hands were freed from holding the basket.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 7 In your distress you called out, and I helped you;
|
|
\q I answered you from a dark thundercloud.
|
|
\q I tested you at the waters of Meribah.
|
|
\qs Selah\qs*
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 8 Listen, my people, for I will warn you,
|
|
\q Israel, if you would only listen to me!
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 9 There must be no foreign god among you;
|
|
\q you must not worship any foreign god.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 10 I am Yahweh your God,
|
|
\q who brought you out of the land of Egypt.
|
|
\q Open your mouth wide, and I will fill it.
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 11 But my people did not listen to my words;
|
|
\q Israel did not obey me.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 12 So I gave them over to their own stubborn way
|
|
\q so that they might do what seemed right to them.
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 13 Oh, that my people would listen to me;
|
|
\q1 oh, that my people would walk in my paths.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 14 Then I would quickly subdue their enemies
|
|
\q and turn my hand against their oppressors.
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 15 May those who hate Yahweh cringe in fear before him!
|
|
\q May they be humiliated forever.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 16 I would feed Israel with the finest wheat;
|
|
\q I would satisfy you with honey out of the rock."
|
|
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\c 82
|
|
\m
|
|
\d A psalm of Asaph.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 1 God stands in the divine assembly;
|
|
\q in the midst of the gods he renders judgment.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 2 How long will you judge unjustly
|
|
\q and show favoritism to the wicked?
|
|
\qs Selah\qs*
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 3 Defend the poor and fatherless;
|
|
\q maintain the rights of the afflicted and destitute.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 4 Rescue the poor and needy;
|
|
\q take them out of the hand of the wicked.
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 5 They neither know nor understand;
|
|
\q they wander around in the darkness;
|
|
\q all the foundations of the earth crumble.
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 6 I said, "You are gods,
|
|
\q and all of you sons of the Most High.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 7 Nevertheless you will die like men
|
|
\q and fall like one of the princes."
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 8 Arise, God, judge the earth,
|
|
\q for you have an inheritance in all the nations.
|
|
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\c 83
|
|
\m
|
|
\d A song. A psalm of Asaph.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 1 God, do not be silent!
|
|
\q Do not ignore us and remain unmoved, God.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 2 Look, your enemies are making a commotion,
|
|
\q and those who hate you have raised their heads.
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 3 They conspire against your people
|
|
\q and plan together against your protected ones.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 4 They have said, "Come, and let us destroy them as a nation.
|
|
\q Then the name of Israel will no longer be remembered."
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 5 They have schemed together with one strategy;
|
|
\q against you they have made an alliance.
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 6 This includes the tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites,
|
|
\q and the people of Moab and the Hagrites, who plot together with
|
|
\v 7 Gebal, Ammon, Amalek;
|
|
\q it also includes Philistia and the inhabitants of Tyre.
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 8 Assyria also is allied with them;
|
|
\q they are helping the descendants of Lot.
|
|
\qs Selah\qs*
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 9 Do to them as you did to Midian,
|
|
\q as you did to Sisera and to Jabin at the Kishon River.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 10 They perished at Endor
|
|
\q and became like manure for the earth.
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 11 Make their nobles like Oreb and Zeeb,
|
|
\q and all their princes like Zebah and Zalmunna.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 12 They said, "Let us take for ourselves
|
|
\q the pastures of God."
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 13 My God, make them like the whirling dust,
|
|
\q like chaff before the wind,
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 14 like the fire that burns the forest,
|
|
\q and like the flame that sets the mountains on fire.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 15 Chase them with your strong wind,
|
|
\q and terrify them with your windstorm.
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 16 Fill their faces with shame
|
|
\q so that they might seek your name, Yahweh.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 17 May they be put to shame and be terrified forever;
|
|
\q may they perish in disgrace.
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 18 Then they will know that you alone, Yahweh,
|
|
\q are the Most High over all the earth.
|
|
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\c 84
|
|
\m
|
|
\d For the chief musician; set to the Gittith style. A psalm of the sons of Korah.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 1 How lovely is the place where you live,
|
|
\q Yahweh of hosts!
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 2 I long for the courts of Yahweh, my desire for it has made me exhausted.
|
|
\q My heart and all of my being call out to the living God.
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 3 Even the sparrow has found her a house
|
|
\q and the swallow a nest for herself where she may lay her young
|
|
\q near your altars, Yahweh of hosts,
|
|
\q my King, and my God.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 4 Blessed are they who live in your house;
|
|
\q they praise you continually.
|
|
\qs Selah\qs*
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 5 Blessed is the man whose strength is in you,
|
|
\q in whose heart are the highways up to Zion.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 6 Passing through the Valley of Tears, they find springs of water to drink.
|
|
\q The early rains cover it with blessings.
|
|
\f + \ft Some versions have \fqa with pools of water \fqa* . \f*
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 7 They go from strength to strength;
|
|
\q every one of them appears before God in Zion.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 8 Yahweh God of hosts, hear my prayer;
|
|
\q God of Jacob, listen to what I am saying!
|
|
\qs Selah\qs*
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 9 God, watch over our shield;
|
|
\q show concern for your anointed.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 10 For one day in your courts is better than a thousand elsewhere.
|
|
\q I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God,
|
|
\q than to live within the tents of the wicked.
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 11 For Yahweh God is our sun and shield;
|
|
\q Yahweh will give grace and glory;
|
|
\q he does not withhold any good thing from those who walk in integrity.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 12 Yahweh of hosts,
|
|
\q blessed is the man who trusts in you.
|
|
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\c 85
|
|
\m
|
|
\d For the chief musician. A psalm of the sons of Korah.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 1 Yahweh, you have showed favor to your land;
|
|
\q you have restored the well-being of Jacob.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 2 You have forgiven the sin of your people;
|
|
\q you have covered all their sin.
|
|
\qs Selah\qs*
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 3 You have withdrawn all your wrath;
|
|
\q you have turned back from your hot anger.
|
|
\q
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\v 4 Restore us, God of our salvation,
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\q and let go of your displeasure with us.
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\q
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\v 5 Will you be angry with us forever?
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\q Will you remain angry throughout future generations?
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\s5
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\q
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\v 6 Will you not revive us again?
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\q Then your people will rejoice in you.
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\q
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\v 7 Show us your covenant faithfulness, Yahweh,
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\q grant us your salvation.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 8 I will listen to what Yahweh God says,
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\q for he will make peace with his people, his faithful followers.
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\q Yet they must not turn again to foolish ways.
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\q
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\v 9 Surely his salvation is near to those who fear him;
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\q then glory will remain in our land.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 10 Covenant faithfulness and trustworthiness have met together;
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\q righteousness and peace have kissed each other.
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\q
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\v 11 Trustworthiness springs up from the ground,
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\q and righteousness looks down from the sky.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 12 Yes, Yahweh will give his good blessings,
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\q and our land will yield its crops.
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\q
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\v 13 Righteousness will go before him
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\q and make a way for his footsteps.
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\s5
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\c 86
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\m
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\d A prayer of David.
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\q
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\v 1 Listen, Yahweh, and answer me,
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\q for I am poor and oppressed.
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\q
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\v 2 Protect me, for I am loyal;
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\q my God, save your servant who trusts in you.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 3 Be merciful to me, Lord,
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\q for I cry out to you all day long.
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\q
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\v 4 Make your servant glad,
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\q for to you, Lord, I pray.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 5 You, Lord, are good, and ready to forgive,
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\q and you show great mercy to all those who cry out to you.
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\q
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\v 6 Yahweh, listen to my prayer;
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\q hear the sound of my pleas.
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\q
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\v 7 In the day of my trouble I call on you,
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\q for you will answer me.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 8 There is no one who compares to you among the gods, Lord.
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\q There are no deeds like your deeds.
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\q
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\v 9 All the nations that you have made will come and bow before you, Lord.
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\q They will honor your name.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 10 For you are great and do wonderful things;
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\q you only are God.
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\q
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\v 11 Teach me your ways, Yahweh. Then I will walk in your truth.
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\q Unite my heart to reverence you.
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\q
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\v 12 Lord my God, I will praise you with my whole heart;
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\q I will glorify your name forever.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 13 For great is your covenant faithfulness toward me;
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\q you have rescued my life from the depths of Sheol.
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\q
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\v 14 God, the arrogant have risen up against me.
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\q A gang of violent men seek my life.
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\q They have no regard for you.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 15 But you, Lord, are a merciful and gracious God,
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\q slow to anger, and abundant in covenant faithfulness and trustworthiness.
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\q
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\v 16 Turn toward me and have mercy on me;
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\q give your strength to your servant;
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\q save the son of your servant woman.
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\q
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\v 17 Show me a sign of your favor.
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\q Then those who hate me will see it and be put to shame
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\q because you, Yahweh, have helped me and comforted me.
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\s5
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\c 87
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\m
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\d A psalm of the sons of Korah; a song.
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\q
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\v 1 On the holy mount stands the city he founded;
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\q
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\v 2 Yahweh loves the gates of Zion
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\q more than all the tents of Jacob.
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\q
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\v 3 Glorious things are said of you, city of God.
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\qs Selah\qs*
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\s5
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\q
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\v 4 "I mention Rahab and Babylon to my followers.
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\q See, there are Philistia, and Tyre, along with Cush—
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\q and will say, 'This one was born there.'"
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\s5
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\q
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\v 5 Of Zion it will be said,
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"Each of these was born in her;
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\q and the Most High himself will establish her."
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\q
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\v 6 Yahweh writes in the census book of the nations,
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\q "This one was born there."
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\qs Selah\qs*
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\s5
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\q
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\v 7 So also the singers and the dancers say together,
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\q "All my fountains are in you."
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\s5
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\c 88
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\m
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\d A song, a psalm of the sons of Korah; for the chief musician; set to the Mahalath Leannoth style. A maschil of Heman the Ezrahite.
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\q
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\v 1 Yahweh, God of my salvation,
|
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\q I cry out day and night before you.
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\q
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\v 2 Listen to my prayer;
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\q pay attention to my cry.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 3 For I am filled with troubles,
|
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\q and my life has reached Sheol.
|
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\q
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\v 4 People treat me like those who go down into the pit;
|
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\q I am a man with no strength.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 5 I am abandoned among the dead;
|
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\q I am like the dead who lie in the grave,
|
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\q about whom you care no more
|
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\q because they are cut off from your power.
|
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\q
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\v 6 You place me in the lowest part of the pit,
|
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\q in the dark and deep places.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 7 Your wrath lies heavy on me,
|
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\q and all your waves crash over me.
|
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\qs Selah\qs*
|
|
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\s5
|
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\q
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\v 8 Because of you, my acquaintances avoid me.
|
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\q You have made me a shocking sight to them.
|
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\q I am hemmed in and I cannot escape.
|
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\s5
|
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\q
|
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\v 9 My eyes grow weary from trouble;
|
|
\q All day long I call out to you, Yahweh;
|
|
\q I spread out my hands to you.
|
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\q
|
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\v 10 Will you do wonders for the dead?
|
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\q Will those who have died rise and praise you?
|
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\qs Selah\qs*
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
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\q
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\v 11 Will your covenant faithfulness be proclaimed in the grave,
|
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\q your loyalty in the place of the dead?
|
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\q
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\v 12 Will your wonderful deeds be known in the darkness,
|
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\q or your righteousness in the place of forgetfulness?
|
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\s5
|
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\q
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\v 13 But I cry to you, Yahweh;
|
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\q in the morning my prayer comes before you.
|
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\q
|
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\v 14 Yahweh, why do you reject me?
|
|
\q Why do you hide your face from me?
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
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\q
|
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\v 15 I have always been afflicted and on the verge of death since my youth.
|
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\q I have suffered from your terrors; I am in despair.
|
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\q
|
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\v 16 Your angry actions have passed over me,
|
|
\q and your terrifying deeds have annihilated me.
|
|
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\s5
|
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\q
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\v 17 They surround me like water all the day long;
|
|
\q they have all encircled me.
|
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\q
|
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\v 18 You have removed every friend and acquaintance from me.
|
|
\q My only acquaintance is the darkness.
|
|
|
|
|
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\s5
|
|
\c 89
|
|
\m
|
|
\d A maschil of Ethan the Ezrahite.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 1 I will sing of Yahweh's acts of covenant faithfulness forever.
|
|
\q I will proclaim your truthfulness to future generations.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 2 For I have said, "Covenant faithfulness has been established forever;
|
|
\q your truthfulness you have established in the heavens."
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
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\q
|
|
\v 3 "I have made a covenant with my chosen one,
|
|
\q I have made an oath to David my servant.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 4 I will establish your descendants forever,
|
|
\q and I will establish your throne through all generations."
|
|
\qs Selah\qs*
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 5 The heavens praise your wonders, Yahweh;
|
|
\q your truthfulness is praised in the assembly of the holy ones.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 6 For who in the skies can be compared to Yahweh?
|
|
\q Who among the sons of the gods is like Yahweh?
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 7 He is a God who is greatly honored in the council of the holy ones
|
|
\q and is awesome among all who surround him.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 8 Yahweh God of hosts,
|
|
\q who is strong like you, Yahweh?
|
|
\q Your truthfulness surrounds you.
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 9 You rule the raging sea;
|
|
\q when the waves surge, you calm them.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 10 You crushed Rahab as one who is killed.
|
|
\q You scattered your enemies with your strong arm.
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 11 The heavens belong to you, and the earth also.
|
|
\q You made the world and all it contains.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 12 You created the north and the south.
|
|
\q Tabor and Hermon rejoice in your name.
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 13 You have a mighty arm
|
|
\q and a strong hand, and your right hand is high.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 14 Righteousness and justice are the foundation of your throne.
|
|
\q Covenant faithfulness and trustworthiness come before you.
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 15 Blessed are the people who worship you!
|
|
\q Yahweh, they walk in the light of your face.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 16 They rejoice in your name all day long,
|
|
\q and in your righteousness they exalt you.
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 17 You are their majestic strength,
|
|
\q and by your favor we are victorious.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 18 For our shield belongs to Yahweh;
|
|
\q our king belongs to the Holy One of Israel.
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 19 Long ago you spoke in a vision to your faithful ones \f +\ft Many mss have the singular \fqa faithful one\fqa* instead of \fqa faithful ones.\f*;
|
|
\q you said, "I have set a crown on a mighty one\f + \ft The MT has \fqa I will place help upon a warrior\fqa*. Some translate the word for \fqa help \fqa* as \fqa crown, which is followed by the ULB here.\f*"
|
|
\q I have raised up one chosen from among the people.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 20 I have chosen David my servant;
|
|
\q with my holy oil have I anointed him.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 21 My hand will support him;
|
|
\q my arm will strengthen him.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 22 No enemy will deceive him;
|
|
\q no son of wickedness will oppress him.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 23 I will crush his enemies before him;
|
|
\q I will kill those who hate him.
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 24 My truth and my covenant faithfulness will be with him;
|
|
\q by my name he will be victorious.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 25 I will place his hand over the sea
|
|
\q and his right hand over the rivers.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 26 He will call out to me, 'You are my Father,
|
|
\q my God, and the rock of my salvation.'
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 27 I also will place him as my firstborn son,
|
|
\q the most exalted of the kings of the earth.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 28 I will extend my covenant faithfulness to him forever;
|
|
\q and my covenant with him will be secure.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 29 I will make his descendants endure forever
|
|
\q and his throne as enduring as the skies above.
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 30 If his children forsake my law
|
|
\q and do not walk in my regulations,
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 31 if they break my rules
|
|
\q and do not keep my commands,
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 32 then will I punish their rebellion with a rod
|
|
\q and their iniquity with blows.
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 33 But I will not remove my steadfast love from him
|
|
\q or be unfaithful to my promise.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 34 I will not break my covenant
|
|
\q or change the words of my lips.
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 35 Once and for all I have
|
|
sworn by my holiness—
|
|
\q I will not lie to David:
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 36 his descendants will continue forever
|
|
\q and his throne as long as the sun before me.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 37 It will be established forever like the moon,
|
|
\q the faithful witness in the sky."
|
|
\qs Selah\qs*
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 38 But you have refused and rejected;
|
|
\q you have been angry with your anointed king.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 39 You have renounced the covenant of your servant.
|
|
\q You have desecrated his crown on the ground.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 40 You have broken down all his walls.
|
|
\q You have ruined his strongholds.
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 41 All who pass by have robbed him.
|
|
\q He has become an object of disgust to his neighbors.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 42 You have raised the right hand of his enemies;
|
|
\q you have made all his enemies rejoice.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 43 You turn back the edge of his sword
|
|
\q and have not made him stand when in battle.
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 44 You have brought his splendor to an end;
|
|
\q you have brought down his throne to the ground.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 45 You have shortened the days of his youth.
|
|
\q You have covered him with shame.
|
|
\qs Selah\qs*
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 46 How long, Yahweh? Will you hide yourself, forever?
|
|
\q How long will your anger burn like fire?
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 47 Oh, think about how short my time is,
|
|
\q and for what uselessness you have created all the children of mankind!
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 48 Who can live and not die,
|
|
\q or rescue his own life from the hand of Sheol?
|
|
\qs Selah\qs*
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 49 Lord, where are your former acts of covenant faithfulness
|
|
\q that you swore to David in your truthfulness?
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 50 Call to mind, Lord, the mocking directed against your servants
|
|
\q and how I bear in my heart so many insults from the nations.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 51 Your enemies hurl insults, Yahweh;
|
|
\q they mock the footsteps of your anointed one.
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 52 Blessed be Yahweh forever.
|
|
\q Amen and Amen.
|
|
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\ms Book Four
|
|
\c 90
|
|
\m
|
|
\d A prayer of Moses the man of God.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 1 Lord, you have been our refuge
|
|
\q throughout all generations.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 2 Before the mountains were formed,
|
|
\q or you formed the earth and the world,
|
|
\q from everlasting to everlasting, you are God.
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 3 You return man to dust,
|
|
\q and you say, "Return, you descendants of mankind."
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 4 For a thousand years in your sight
|
|
\q are as yesterday when it is past,
|
|
\q and as a watch in the night.
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 5 You sweep them away as with a flood and they sleep;
|
|
\q in the morning they are like the grass that sprouts up.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 6 In the morning it blooms and grows up;
|
|
\q in the evening it withers and dries up.
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 7 Truly, we are consumed in your anger,
|
|
\q and in your wrath we are terrified.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 8 You have set our iniquities before you,
|
|
\q our hidden sins in the light of your presence.
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 9 Our life passes away under your wrath;
|
|
\q our years quickly pass like a sigh.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 10 Our years are seventy,
|
|
\q or even eighty if we are healthy;
|
|
\q but even our best years are marked by trouble and sorrow.
|
|
\q Yes, they pass quickly, and we fly away.
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 11 Who knows the intensity of your anger,
|
|
\q and your wrath that is equal to the fear of you?
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 12 So teach us to consider our life
|
|
\q so that we might live wisely.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 13 Turn back, Yahweh! How long will it be?
|
|
\q Have pity on your servants.
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 14 Satisfy us in the morning with your covenant faithfulness
|
|
\q so that we may rejoice and be glad all our days.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 15 Make us glad in proportion to the days you afflicted us
|
|
\q and to the years we have experienced trouble.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 16 Let your servants see your work,
|
|
\q and let our children see your majesty.
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 17 May the favor of the Lord our God be ours;
|
|
\q prosper the work of our hands;
|
|
\q indeed, prosper the work of our hands.
|
|
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\c 91
|
|
\m
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 1 He who lives in the shelter of the Most High
|
|
\q will stay in the shadow of the Almighty.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 2 I will say of Yahweh, "He is my refuge and my fortress,
|
|
\q my God, in whom I trust."
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 3 For he will rescue you from the snare of the hunter
|
|
\q and from the deadly plague.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 4 He will cover you with his wings,
|
|
\q and under his wings you will find refuge.
|
|
\q His trustworthiness is a shield and protection.
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 5 You will not be afraid of terror in the night,
|
|
\q or of the arrow that flies by day,
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 6 or of the plague that roams around in the darkness,
|
|
\q or of the disease that comes at noontime.
|
|
\q
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\v 7 A thousand may fall at your side
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\q and ten thousand at your right hand,
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\q but it will not reach you.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 8 You will only observe
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\q and see the punishment of the wicked.
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\q
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\v 9 For Yahweh is my refuge!
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\q Make the Most High your refuge also.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 10 No evil will overtake you;
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\q no affliction will come near your home.
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\q
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\v 11 For he will direct his angels to protect you,
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\q to guard you in all your ways.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 12 They will lift you up with their hand
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\q so that you will not hit your foot on a stone.
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\q
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\v 13 You will crush lions and adders under your feet;
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\q you will trample on young lions and serpents.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 14 Because he is devoted to me, I will rescue him.
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\q I will protect him because he is loyal to me.
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\q
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\v 15 When he calls to me, I will answer him.
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\q I will be with him in trouble;
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\q I will give him victory and will honor him.
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\q
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\v 16 I will satisfy him with long life
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\q and show him my salvation.
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\s5
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\c 92
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\m
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\d A psalm, a song for the Sabbath day.
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\q
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\v 1 It is a good thing to give thanks to Yahweh
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\q and to sing praises to your name, Most High,
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\q
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\v 2 to proclaim your covenant faithfulness in the morning
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\q and your truthfulness every night,
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\q
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\v 3 with a harp of ten strings
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\q and with the melody of the lyre.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 4 For you, Yahweh, have made me glad through your deeds.
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\q I will sing for joy because of the deeds of your hands.
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\q
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\v 5 How great are your deeds, Yahweh!
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\q Your thoughts are very deep.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 6 A brutish person does not know,
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\q nor does a fool understand this:
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\q
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\v 7 When the wicked sprout like the grass,
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\q and even when all the evildoers thrive,
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\q still they are doomed to eternal destruction.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 8 But you, Yahweh, will reign forever.
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\q
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\v 9 Indeed, look at your enemies, Yahweh!
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\q Indeed, look at your enemies. They will perish!
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\q All those who do evil will be scattered.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 10 You have lifted up my horn like the horn of the wild ox;
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\q I am anointed with fresh oil.
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\q
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\v 11 My eyes have seen the downfall of my enemies;
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\q my ears have heard of the doom of my evil foes.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 12 The righteous will flourish like the palm tree;
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\q they will grow like a cedar in Lebanon.
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\q
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\v 13 They are planted in the house of Yahweh;
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\q they flourish in the courts of our God.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 14 They bear fruit even when they are old;
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\q they stay fresh and green,
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\q
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\v 15 to proclaim that Yahweh is just.
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\q He is my rock, and there is no unrighteousness in him.
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\s5
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\c 93
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\q
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\v 1 Yahweh reigns; he is robed in majesty;
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\q Yahweh has clothed and girded himself with strength.
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\q The world is firmly established; it cannot be moved.
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\q
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\v 2 Your throne is established from ancient times;
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\q you are from everlasting.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 3 The oceans rise, Yahweh;
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\q they have lifted up their voice;
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\q the oceans' waves crash and roar.
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\q
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\v 4 Above the crashing of many waves,
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\q the mighty breakers of the sea,
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\q Yahweh on high is mighty.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 5 Your solemn commands are very trustworthy;
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\q holiness adorns your house,
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\q Yahweh, forever.
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\s5
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\c 94
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\m
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\q
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\v 1 Yahweh, God who avenges,
|
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\q God who avenges, shine over us.
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\q
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\v 2 Rise up, judge of the earth,
|
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\q give to the proud what they deserve.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 3 How long will the wicked, Yahweh,
|
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\q how long will the wicked rejoice?
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\q
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\v 4 They pour out their arrogant words;
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\q all those who do evil boast.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 5 They crush your people, Yahweh;
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\q they afflict the nation that belongs to you.
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\q
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\v 6 They kill the widow and foreigner who lives in their country,
|
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\q and they murder the fatherless.
|
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\q
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\v 7 They say, "Yahweh will not see,
|
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\q the God of Jacob does not take notice of it."
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\s5
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\q
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\v 8 Understand, you stupid people!
|
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\q You fools, when will you ever learn?
|
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\q
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\v 9 He who made the ear, does he not hear?
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\q He who formed the eye, does he not see?
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\s5
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\q
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\v 10 He who disciplines the nations, does he not correct?
|
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\q He is the one who gives knowledge to man.
|
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\q
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\v 11 Yahweh knows the thoughts of men,
|
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\q that they are vapor.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 12 Blessed is the one whom you instruct, Yahweh,
|
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\q the one whom you teach from your law.
|
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\q
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\v 13 You give him rest in times of trouble
|
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\q until a pit is dug for the wicked.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 14 For Yahweh will not forsake his people
|
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\q or abandon his inheritance.
|
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\q
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\v 15 For judgment will again be righteous;
|
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\q and all the upright in heart will follow it.
|
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\q
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\v 16 Who will rise up to defend me against the evildoers?
|
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\q Who will stand up for me against the wicked?
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\s5
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\q
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\v 17 Unless Yahweh had been my help,
|
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\q I would soon be lying down in the place of silence.
|
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\q
|
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\v 18 When I said, "My foot is slipping,"
|
|
\q Your covenant faithfulness, Yahweh, held me up.
|
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\q
|
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\v 19 When cares within me are many, your consolations make me happy.
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\s5
|
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\q
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\v 20 Can a throne of destruction be allied with you,
|
|
\q one who creates injustice by statute?
|
|
\q
|
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\v 21 They conspire together to take the life of the righteous
|
|
\q and they condemn the innocent to death.
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
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\q
|
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\v 22 But Yahweh has been my high tower,
|
|
\q and my God has been the rock of my refuge.
|
|
\q
|
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\v 23 He will bring on them their own iniquity
|
|
\q and will cut them off in their own wickedness.
|
|
\q Yahweh our God will cut them off.
|
|
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\c 95
|
|
\m
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 1 Oh come, let us sing to Yahweh;
|
|
\q let us sing joyfully to the rock of our salvation.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 2 Let us enter his presence with thanksgiving;
|
|
\q let us sing to him with psalms of praise.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 3 For Yahweh is a great God
|
|
\q and a great King superior to all gods.
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 4 In his hand are the depths of the earth;
|
|
\q the heights of the mountains are his.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 5 The sea is his, for he made it,
|
|
\q and his hands formed the dry land.
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 6 Oh come, let us worship and bow down;
|
|
\q let us kneel before Yahweh, our creator:
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 7 For he is our God,
|
|
\q and we are the people of his pasture and the sheep of his hand.
|
|
\q Today—oh, that you would hear his voice!
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 8 "Do not harden your heart, as at Meribah,
|
|
\q or as on the day of Massah in the wilderness,
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 9 where your forefathers tested me
|
|
\q and tried me, though they had seen my deeds.
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 10 For forty years I was angry with that generation
|
|
\q and said, 'This is a people whose hearts wander astray;
|
|
\q they have not known my ways.'
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 11 Therefore I vowed in my anger
|
|
\q that they would never enter into my resting place."
|
|
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\c 96
|
|
\m
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 1 Oh, sing to Yahweh a new song;
|
|
\q sing to Yahweh, all the earth.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 2 Sing to Yahweh, bless his name;
|
|
\q announce his salvation day after day.
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 3 Declare his glory among the nations,
|
|
\q his marvelous deeds among all the nations.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 4 For Yahweh is great and is to be praised greatly.
|
|
\q He is to be feared above all other gods.
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 5 For all the gods of the nations are idols,
|
|
\q but it is Yahweh who made the heavens.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 6 Splendor and majesty are in his presence.
|
|
\q Strength and beauty are in his sanctuary.
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 7 Ascribe to Yahweh, you clans of peoples,
|
|
\q ascribe praise to Yahweh for his glory and strength.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 8 Give to Yahweh the glory that his name deserves.
|
|
\q Bring an offering and come into his courts.
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 9 Bow down to Yahweh in the splendor of holiness;
|
|
\q tremble before him, all the earth.
|
|
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 10 Say among the nations, "Yahweh reigns."
|
|
\q The world also is established; it cannot be shaken.
|
|
\q He judges the peoples fairly.
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 11 Let the heavens be glad, and let the earth rejoice;
|
|
\q let the sea roar and that which fills it shout with joy.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 12 Let the fields rejoice and all that is in them.
|
|
\q Then let all the trees in the forest shout for joy
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 13 before Yahweh, for he is coming.
|
|
\q He is coming to judge the earth.
|
|
\q He will judge the world with righteousness
|
|
\q and the peoples with his faithfulness.
|
|
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\c 97
|
|
\m
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 1 Yahweh reigns; let the earth rejoice;
|
|
\q let the many coastlands be glad.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 2 Clouds and darkness surround him.
|
|
\q Righteousness and justice are the foundation of his throne.
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 3 Fire goes before him
|
|
\q and consumes his adversaries on every side.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 4 His lightning lights up the world;
|
|
\q the earth sees and trembles.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 5 The mountains melt like wax before Yahweh,
|
|
\q the Lord of the whole earth.
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 6 The skies declare his justice,
|
|
\q and all the nations see his glory.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 7 All those who worship carved figures will be shamed,
|
|
\q those who boast in worthless idols—
|
|
\q bow down to him, all you gods!
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 8 Zion heard and was glad,
|
|
\q and the towns of Judah rejoiced
|
|
\q because of your righteous decrees, Yahweh.
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 9 For you, Yahweh, are most high above all the earth.
|
|
\q You are exalted far above all gods.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 10 You who love Yahweh, hate evil!
|
|
\q He protects the lives of his saints,
|
|
\q and he takes them out of the hand of the wicked.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 11 Light is sown for the righteous
|
|
\q and gladness for those with honest hearts.
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 12 Be glad in Yahweh, you righteous;
|
|
\q and give thanks when you remember his holiness.
|
|
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\c 98
|
|
\m
|
|
\d A psalm.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 1 Oh, sing to Yahweh a new song,
|
|
\q for he has done marvelous things;
|
|
\q his right hand and his holy arm have given him victory.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 2 Yahweh has made known his salvation;
|
|
\q he has openly showed his justice to all the nations.
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 3 He calls to mind his covenant loyalty and faithfulness for the house of Israel;
|
|
\q all the ends of the earth will see the victory of our God.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 4 Shout for joy to Yahweh, all the earth;
|
|
\q burst into song, sing for joy, and sing praises.
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 5 Sing praises to Yahweh with the harp,
|
|
\q with the harp and melodious song.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 6 With trumpets and the sound of the horn,
|
|
\q make a joyful noise before the King, Yahweh.
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 7 Let the sea shout and everything in it,
|
|
\q the world and those who live in it!
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 8 Let the rivers clap their hands,
|
|
\q and let the mountains shout for joy.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 9 Yahweh is coming to judge the earth;
|
|
\q he will judge the world with righteousness
|
|
\q and the nations with fairness.
|
|
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\c 99
|
|
\m
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 1 Yahweh reigns; let the nations tremble.
|
|
\q He sits enthroned above the cherubim; the earth quakes.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 2 Yahweh is great in Zion;
|
|
\q he is exalted above all the nations.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 3 Let them praise your great and awesome name;
|
|
\q he is holy.
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 4 The king is strong, and he loves justice.
|
|
\q You have established fairness;
|
|
\q you have done righteousness and justice in Jacob.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 5 Praise Yahweh our God
|
|
\q and worship at his footstool.
|
|
\q He is holy.
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 6 Moses and Aaron were among his priests,
|
|
\q and Samuel was among those who prayed to him.
|
|
\q They prayed to Yahweh, and he answered them.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 7 He spoke to them from the pillar of cloud.
|
|
\q They kept his solemn commands
|
|
\q and the statutes that he gave them.
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 8 You answered them, Yahweh our God.
|
|
\q A forgiving God you were to them,
|
|
\q but one who punished their sinful deeds.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 9 Praise Yahweh our God,
|
|
\q and worship at his holy hill,
|
|
\q for Yahweh our God is holy.
|
|
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\c 100
|
|
\m
|
|
\d A psalm of thanksgiving.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 1 Shout joyfully to Yahweh, all the earth.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 2 Serve Yahweh with gladness;
|
|
\q come before his presence with joyful singing.
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 3 Know that Yahweh is God;
|
|
\q he made us, and we are his.
|
|
\q We are his people and the sheep of his pasture.
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 4 Enter into his gates with thanksgiving
|
|
\q and into his courts with praise.
|
|
\q Give thanks to him and bless his name.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 5 For Yahweh is good; his covenant faithfulness endures forever
|
|
\q and his truthfulness through all generations.
|
|
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\c 101
|
|
\m
|
|
\d A psalm of David.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 1 I will sing of covenant faithfulness and justice;
|
|
\q to you, Yahweh, I will sing praises.
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 2 I will walk in the way of integrity.
|
|
\q Oh, when will you come to me?
|
|
\q I will walk with integrity within my house.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 3 I will not put wrongdoing before my eyes;
|
|
\q I hate worthless evil;
|
|
\q it will not cling to me.
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 4 Perverse people will leave me;
|
|
\q I am not loyal to evil.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 5 I will destroy whoever secretly slanders his neighbor.
|
|
\q I will not tolerate anyone who has a proud demeanor and an arrogant attitude.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 6 I will look to the faithful of the land to sit at my side.
|
|
\q Those who walk in the way of integrity may serve me.
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 7 Deceitful people will not remain within my house;
|
|
\q liars will not be welcome before my eyes.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 8 Morning by morning I will destroy all the wicked from the land;
|
|
\q I will remove all evildoers from the city of Yahweh.
|
|
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\c 102
|
|
\m
|
|
\d A prayer of the afflicted when he is overwhelmed and pours out his lament before Yahweh.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 1 Hear my prayer, Yahweh;
|
|
\q hear my cry to you.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 2 Do not hide your face from me in my time of trouble.
|
|
\q Listen to me.
|
|
\q When I call out to you, answer me quickly.
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 3 For my days pass away like smoke,
|
|
\q and my bones burn like fire.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 4 My heart is crushed, and I am like grass that has withered.
|
|
\q I forget to eat any food.
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
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\q
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\v 5 With my continual groaning,
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\q I have become very thin.
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\q
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\v 6 I am like a pelican of the wilderness;
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\q I have become like an owl in the ruins.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 7 I lie awake like a solitary bird,
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\q alone on the housetop.
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\q
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\v 8 My enemies taunt me all day long;
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\q those who mock me use my name in curses.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 9 I eat ashes like bread
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\q and mix my drink with tears.
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\q
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\v 10 Because of your raging anger,
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\q you have lifted me up to throw me down.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 11 My days are like a shadow that fades,
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\q and I have withered like grass.
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\q
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\v 12 But you, Yahweh, live forever,
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\q and your fame is for all generations.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 13 You will rise up and have mercy on Zion.
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\q Now is the time to have mercy upon her;
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\q the appointed time has come.
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\q
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\v 14 For your servants hold her stones dear
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\q and feel compassion for the dust of her ruins.
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\q
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\v 15 The nations will respect your name, Yahweh,
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\q and all the kings of the earth will honor your glory.
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\q
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\v 16 Yahweh will rebuild Zion
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\q and will appear in his glory.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 17 At that time, he will respond to the prayer of the destitute;
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\q he will not reject their prayer.
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\q
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\v 18 This will be written for future generations,
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\q and a people not yet born will praise Yahweh.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 19 For he has looked down from the holy heights;
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\q from heaven Yahweh has viewed the earth,
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\q
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\v 20 to hear the groaning of the prisoners,
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\q to release those who were condemned to death.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 21 Then men will proclaim the name of Yahweh in Zion
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\q and his praise in Jerusalem
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\q
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\v 22 when the peoples and kingdoms gather together
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\q to serve Yahweh.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 23 He has taken away my strength in the middle of life.
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\q He has shortened my days.
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\q
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\v 24 I said, "My God, do not take me away in the middle of life;
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\q you are here throughout all generations.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 25 In ancient times you set the earth in place;
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\q the heavens are the work of your hands.
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\q
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\v 26 They will perish, but you will remain;
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\q they will all grow old like a garment;
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\q like clothing, you will remove them, and they will disappear.
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\q
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\v 27 But you are the same,
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\q and your years will have no end.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 28 The children of your servants will live on,
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\q and their descendants will live in your presence."
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\s5
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\c 103
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\m
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\d A psalm of David.
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\q
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\v 1 I give praise to Yahweh with all my life,
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\q and with all that is within me, I give praise to his holy name.
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\q
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\v 2 I give praise to Yahweh with all my life,
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\q and I remember all of his good deeds.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 3 He forgives all your sins;
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\q he heals all your diseases.
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\q
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\v 4 He redeems your life from destruction;
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\q he crowns you with covenant faithfulness and acts of tender mercy.
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\q
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\v 5 He satisfies your life with good things
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\q so that your youth is renewed like the eagle.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 6 Yahweh does what is fair
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\q and does acts of justice for all who are oppressed.
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\q
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\v 7 He made known his ways to Moses,
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\q his deeds to the descendants of Israel.
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\q
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\v 8 Yahweh is merciful and gracious;
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\q he is patient; he has great covenant loyalty.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 9 He will not always discipline;
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\q he is not always angry.
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\q
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\v 10 He does not deal with us as our sins deserve
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\q or repay us for what our sins demand.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 11 For as the skies are high above the earth,
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\q so great is his covenant faithfulness toward those who honor him.
|
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\q
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\v 12 As far as the east is from the west,
|
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\q this is how far he has removed the guilt of our sins from us.
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\q
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\v 13 As a father has compassion on his children,
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\q so Yahweh has compassion on those who honor him.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 14 For he knows how we are formed;
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\q he knows that we are dust.
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\q
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\v 15 As for man, his days are like grass;
|
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\q he flourishes like a flower in a field.
|
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\q
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\v 16 The wind blows over it, and it disappears,
|
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\q and no one can even tell where it once grew.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 17 But the covenant faithfulness of Yahweh is from everlasting to everlasting on those who honor him.
|
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\q His righteousness extends to their descendants.
|
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\q
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\v 18 They keep his covenant
|
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\q and remember to obey his instructions.
|
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\q
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\v 19 Yahweh has established his throne in the heavens,
|
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\q and his kingdom rules over everyone.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 20 Give praise to Yahweh, you his angels,
|
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\q you mighty ones who are strong and do his word,
|
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\q and obey the sound of his word.
|
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\q
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\v 21 Give praise to Yahweh, all his hosts,
|
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\q you are his servants who carry out his will.
|
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\q
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\v 22 Give praise to Yahweh, all his creatures,
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\q in all the places where he reigns.
|
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\q I will give praise to Yahweh with all my life.
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\s5
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\c 104
|
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\m
|
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\q
|
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\v 1 I give praise to Yahweh with all my life,
|
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\q Yahweh my God, you are very magnificent;
|
|
\q you are clothed with splendor and majesty.
|
|
\q
|
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\v 2 You cover yourself with light as with a garment;
|
|
\q you spread out the heavens like a tent curtain.
|
|
\q
|
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\v 3 You lay the beams of your chambers on the clouds;
|
|
\q you make the clouds your chariot;
|
|
\q you walk on the wings of the wind.
|
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\s5
|
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\q
|
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\v 4 He makes the winds his messengers,
|
|
\q flames of fire his servants.
|
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\q
|
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\v 5 He laid the foundations of the earth,
|
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\q and it will never be moved.
|
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\s5
|
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\q
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\v 6 You covered the earth with water like a garment;
|
|
\q the water covered the mountains.
|
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\q
|
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\v 7 Your rebuke made the waters recede;
|
|
\q at the sound of your thunderous voice they fled.
|
|
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\s5
|
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\q
|
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\v 8 The mountains rose, and the valleys spread out
|
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\q into the places that you had appointed for them.
|
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\q
|
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\v 9 You have set a boundary for them that they will not cross;
|
|
\q they will not cover the earth again.
|
|
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|
\s5
|
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\q
|
|
\v 10 He made springs flow into the valleys;
|
|
\q the streams flow between the mountains.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 11 They supply water for all the animals of the field;
|
|
\q the wild donkeys quench their thirst.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 12 By the riverbanks the birds build their nests;
|
|
\q they sing among the branches.
|
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|
|
\s5
|
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\q
|
|
\v 13 He waters the mountains from his water chambers in the sky.
|
|
\q The earth is filled with the fruit of his labor.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 14 He makes the grass grow for the cattle
|
|
\q and plants for man to cultivate
|
|
\q so that man may produce food from the earth.
|
|
\q
|
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\v 15 He makes wine to make man happy,
|
|
\q oil to make his face shine,
|
|
\q and food to sustain his life.
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 16 The trees of Yahweh get plenty of rain;
|
|
\q the cedars of Lebanon which he planted.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 17 There the birds make their nests.
|
|
\q The stork makes the cypress tree her home.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 18 The wild goats live on the high mountains;
|
|
\q the mountain heights are a refuge for the hyraxes.
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
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\q
|
|
\v 19 He appointed the moon to mark the seasons;
|
|
\q the sun knows its time for setting.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 20 You make the darkness of the night
|
|
\q when all the beasts of the forest come out.
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
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\v 21 The young lions roar for their prey
|
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\q and seek their food from God.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 22 When the sun rises, they retreat
|
|
\q and sleep in their dens.
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
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\q
|
|
\v 23 Meanwhile, people go out to their work
|
|
\q and labor away until the evening.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 24 Yahweh, how many and varied are your works!
|
|
\q With wisdom you made them all;
|
|
\q the earth overflows with your works.
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 25 Over there is the sea, deep and wide,
|
|
\q teeming with innumerable creatures,
|
|
\q both small and great.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 26 The ships travel there,
|
|
\q and Leviathan is also there, which you formed to play in the sea.
|
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|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 27 All these look to you to give them
|
|
\q their food on time.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 28 When you give to them, they gather;
|
|
\q when you open your hand, they are satisfied.
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 29 When you hide your face, they are troubled;
|
|
\q if you take away their breath, they die
|
|
\q and return to dust.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 30 When you send out your Spirit, they are created,
|
|
\q and you renew the countryside.
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 31 May the glory of Yahweh last forever;
|
|
\q may Yahweh enjoy his creation.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 32 He looks down on the earth, and it shakes;
|
|
\q he touches the mountains, and they smoke.
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 33 I will sing to Yahweh all my life;
|
|
\q I will sing praise to my God as long as I live.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 34 May my thoughts be sweet to him;
|
|
\q I will rejoice in Yahweh.
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 35 May sinners vanish from the earth,
|
|
\q and let the wicked be no more.
|
|
\q I give praise to Yahweh with all my life.
|
|
\q Praise Yahweh.
|
|
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\c 105
|
|
\m
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 1 Give thanks to Yahweh, call on his name;
|
|
\q make known his deeds among the nations.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 2 Sing to him, sing praises to him;
|
|
\q speak of all his marvelous deeds.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 3 Boast in his holy name;
|
|
\q let the heart of those who seek Yahweh rejoice.
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 4 Seek Yahweh and his strength;
|
|
\q seek his presence continually.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 5 Recall the marvelous things he has done,
|
|
\q his miracles and the decrees from his mouth,
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 6 you descendants of Abraham his servant,
|
|
\q you people of Jacob, his chosen ones.
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 7 He is Yahweh, our God.
|
|
\q His decrees are on all the earth.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 8 He keeps in mind his covenant forever,
|
|
\q the word that he commanded for a thousand generations.
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 9 He calls to mind the covenant that he made with Abraham
|
|
\q and his oath to Isaac.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 10 This is what he confirmed to Jacob as a statute
|
|
\q and to Israel as an everlasting covenant.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 11 He said, "I will give you the land of Canaan
|
|
\q as your share of your inheritance."
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 12 He said this when they were only few in number,
|
|
\q so very few, and were strangers in the land.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 13 They went from nation to nation
|
|
\q and from one kingdom to another.
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 14 He did not allow anyone to oppress them;
|
|
\q he rebuked kings for their sakes.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 15 He said, "Do not touch my anointed ones,
|
|
\q and do not harm my prophets."
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 16 He called for a famine on the land;
|
|
\q he cut off the whole supply of bread.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 17 He sent a man ahead of them;
|
|
\q Joseph was sold as a servant.
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 18 His feet were bound by shackles;
|
|
\q on his neck was put an iron collar,
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 19 until what he had said came to pass.
|
|
\q The word of Yahweh tested him.
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 20 The king sent servants to release him;
|
|
\q the ruler of the people set him free.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 21 He put him in charge of his house
|
|
\q as ruler of all his possessions
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 22 to instruct his princes as he wished
|
|
\q and to teach his elders wisdom.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 23 Then Israel came into Egypt,
|
|
\q and Jacob lived for a time in the land of Ham.
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
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\q
|
|
\v 24 Yahweh made his people fruitful,
|
|
\q and made them stronger than their enemies.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 25 He caused their enemies to hate his people,
|
|
\q to mistreat his servants.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 26 He sent Moses, his servant,
|
|
\q and Aaron, whom he had chosen.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 27 They performed his signs among the Egyptians,
|
|
\q his wonders in the land of Ham.
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 28 He sent darkness and made that land dark,
|
|
\q but its people did not obey his commands.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 29 He turned their water into blood
|
|
\q and killed their fish.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 30 Their land swarmed with frogs,
|
|
\q even in the rooms of their rulers.
|
|
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|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 31 He spoke, and swarms of flies and gnats came
|
|
\q throughout their country.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 32 He turned their rain into hail,
|
|
\q with fire flaming on their land.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 33 He destroyed their vines and fig trees;
|
|
\q he broke the trees of their country.
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 34 He spoke, and the locusts came,
|
|
\q so many locusts.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 35 The locusts ate up all of the vegetation in their land;
|
|
\q They ate up all the crops of the ground.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 36 He killed every firstborn in their land,
|
|
\q the firstfruits of all their strength.
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 37 He brought the Israelites out with silver and gold;
|
|
\q none of his tribes stumbled on the way.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 38 Egypt was glad when they went away,
|
|
\q for the Egyptians were afraid of them.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 39 He spread a cloud for a covering
|
|
\q and made a fire to light up the night.
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 40 The Israelites asked for food, and he brought quail
|
|
\q and satisfied them with bread from heaven.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 41 He split the rock, and waters gushed from it;
|
|
\q they flowed in the wilderness like a river.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 42 For he called to mind his holy promise
|
|
\q that he made to Abraham his servant.
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 43 He led his people out with joy,
|
|
\q his chosen with shouts of triumph.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 44 He gave them the lands of the nations;
|
|
\q they took possession of the wealth of the peoples
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 45 so that they might keep his statutes
|
|
\q and obey his laws.
|
|
\q Praise Yahweh.
|
|
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\c 106
|
|
\m
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 1 Praise Yahweh.
|
|
\q Give thanks to Yahweh, for he is good,
|
|
\q for his covenant faithfulness endures forever.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 2 Who can recount the mighty acts of Yahweh
|
|
\q or proclaim in full all his praiseworthy deeds?
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 3 Blessed are those who do what is right,
|
|
\q and whose deeds are always just.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 4 Call me to mind, Yahweh, when you show favor to your people;
|
|
\q help me when you save them.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 5 Then I will see the prosperity of your chosen,
|
|
\q rejoice in the gladness of your nation,
|
|
\q and glory with your inheritance.
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 6 We have sinned like our ancestors;
|
|
\q we have done wrong, and we have done evil.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 7 Our fathers did not appreciate your marvelous deeds in Egypt;
|
|
\q they ignored your many acts of covenant faithfulness;
|
|
\q they were rebellious at the sea, the Sea of Reeds.
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 8 Nevertheless, he saved them for his name's sake
|
|
\q so that he might reveal his power.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 9 He rebuked the Sea of Reeds, and it dried up.
|
|
\q Then he led them through the depths, as through a wilderness.
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 10 He saved them from the hand of those who hated them,
|
|
\q and he rescued them from the hand of the enemy.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 11 But the waters covered their adversaries;
|
|
\q not one of them survived.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 12 Then they believed his words,
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\q and they sang his praise.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 13 But they quickly forgot what he had done;
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\q they did not wait for his instructions.
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\q
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\v 14 They had insatiable cravings in the wilderness,
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\q and they challenged God in the desert.
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\q
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\v 15 He gave them their request,
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\q but sent a disease that consumed their bodies.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 16 In the camp they became jealous of Moses
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\q and Aaron, the holy priest of Yahweh.
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\q
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\v 17 The earth opened and swallowed up Dathan
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\q and covered the followers of Abiram.
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\q
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\v 18 Fire broke out among them;
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\q the fire consumed the wicked.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 19 They made a calf at Horeb
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\q and worshiped a cast metal figure.
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\q
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\v 20 They traded the glory of God
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\q for the image of a bull that eats grass.
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\q
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\v 21 They forgot God their Savior,
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\q who had done great deeds in Egypt.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 22 He had done wonderful things in the land of Ham
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\q and mighty acts at the Sea of Reeds.
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\q
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\v 23 So he said he would destroy them—
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\q had not Moses, his chosen one, stood in the breach before him,
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\q to turn away his anger from destroying them.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 24 Then they despised the fruitful land;
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\q they did not believe his promise,
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\q
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\v 25 but grumbled in their tents,
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\q and did not obey Yahweh.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 26 Therefore he raised his hand and swore to them
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\q that he would let them die in the desert,
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\q
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\v 27 scatter their descendants among the nations,
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\q and scatter them in foreign lands.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 28 They worshiped the Baal of Peor
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\q and ate the sacrifices offered to the dead.
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\q
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\v 29 They provoked him to anger with their actions,
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\q and a plague broke out among them.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 30 Then Phinehas rose to intervene,
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\q and the plague subsided.
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\q
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\v 31 It was counted to him as a righteous deed
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\q to all generations forever.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 32 They also angered Yahweh at the waters of Meribah,
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\q and Moses suffered because of them.
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\q
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\v 33 They made Moses bitter,
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\q and he spoke rashly.
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\q
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\v 34 They did not destroy the nations
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\q as Yahweh had commanded them,
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\q
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\v 35 but they mingled with the nations
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\q and learned their ways
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\q
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\v 36 and worshiped their idols,
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\q which became a snare to them.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 37 They sacrificed their sons and their daughters to demons.
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\q
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\v 38 They shed innocent blood,
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\q the blood of their sons and of their daughters,
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\q whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan,
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\q desecrating the land with blood.
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\q
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\v 39 They were defiled by their deeds;
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\q in their actions they were like prostitutes.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 40 So Yahweh was angry with his people,
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\q and he despised his own people.
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\q
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\v 41 He gave them into the hand of the nations,
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\q and those who hated them ruled over them.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 42 Their enemies oppressed them,
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\q and they were brought into subjection to their authority.
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\q
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\v 43 Many times he came to help them,
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\q but they kept rebelling
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\q and were brought low by their own sin.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 44 Nevertheless, he paid attention to their distress
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\q when he heard their cry for help.
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\q
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\v 45 He called to mind his covenant with them
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\q and relented because of his steadfast love.
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\q
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\v 46 He caused all their conquerers
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\q to have pity on them.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 47 Save us, Yahweh, our God.
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\q Gather us from among the nations
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\q so that we may give thanks to your holy name
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\q and glory in your praises.
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\q
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\v 48 May Yahweh, the God of Israel, be praised
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\q from everlasting to everlasting.
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\q All the people said, "Amen."
|
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\q Praise Yahweh.
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\s5
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\ms Book Five
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\c 107
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\q
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\v 1 Give thanks to Yahweh, for he is good,
|
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\q and his covenant faithfulness endures forever.
|
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\q
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\v 2 Let the redeemed of Yahweh speak out,
|
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\q those he has rescued from the hand of the enemy.
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\q
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\v 3 He has gathered them out of foreign lands,
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\q from the east and from the west,
|
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\q from the north and from the south.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 4 They wandered in the wilderness on a desert road
|
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\q and found no city in which to live.
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\q
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\v 5 Because they were hungry and thirsty,
|
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\q they fainted from exhaustion.
|
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\q
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\v 6 Then they called out to Yahweh in their trouble,
|
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\q and he rescued them out of their distress.
|
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\q
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\v 7 He led them by a direct path
|
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\q so that they would go to a city to live in.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 8 Oh that people would praise Yahweh for his covenant faithfulness
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\q and for the amazing things he has done for humanity!
|
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\q
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\v 9 For he satisfies the longings of those who are thirsty,
|
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\q and the desires of those who are hungry he fills up with good things.
|
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\q
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\v 10 Some sat in darkness and in gloom,
|
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\q prisoners in affliction and chains.
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\s5
|
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\q
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\v 11 This was because they had rebelled against God's word
|
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\q and rejected the instruction of the Most High.
|
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\q
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\v 12 He humbled their hearts through hardship;
|
|
\q they stumbled and there was no one to help them up.
|
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\q
|
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\v 13 Then they called out to Yahweh in their trouble,
|
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\q and he brought them out of their distress.
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\s5
|
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\q
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\v 14 He brought them out of darkness and gloom
|
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\q and broke their bonds.
|
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\q
|
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\v 15 Oh that people would praise Yahweh for his covenant faithfulness
|
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\q and for the amazing things he has done for humanity!
|
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\q
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\v 16 For he has broken the gates of bronze
|
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\q and cut through the bars of iron.
|
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\s5
|
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\q
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\v 17 They were foolish in their rebellious ways
|
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\q and afflicted because of their sins.
|
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\q
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\v 18 They lost their desire to eat any food,
|
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\q and they came close to the gates of death.
|
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\q
|
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\v 19 Then they called out to Yahweh in their trouble,
|
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\q and he brought them out of their distress.
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\s5
|
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\q
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\v 20 He sent his word and healed them,
|
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\q and he rescued them from their destruction.
|
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\q
|
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\v 21 Oh that people would praise Yahweh for his covenant faithfulness
|
|
\q and for the amazing things he has done for humanity!
|
|
\q
|
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\v 22 Let them offer the sacrifices of thanksgiving
|
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\q and proclaim his deeds in singing.
|
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\s5
|
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\q
|
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\v 23 Some travel on the sea in ships
|
|
\q and do business overseas.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 24 These saw the deeds of Yahweh
|
|
\q and his wonders on the seas.
|
|
|
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\s5
|
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\q
|
|
\v 25 For he commanded and aroused the windstorm
|
|
\q that stirs up the seas.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 26 They reached up to the sky; they went down to the depths.
|
|
\q Their lives melted away in distress.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 27 They swayed and staggered like drunkards
|
|
\q and were at their wits' end.
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
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\q
|
|
\v 28 Then they called out to Yahweh in their trouble,
|
|
\q and he brought them out of their distress.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 29 He calmed the storm,
|
|
\q and the waves were stilled.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 30 Then they rejoiced because the sea was calm,
|
|
\q and he brought them to their desired harbor.
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
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\q
|
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\v 31 Oh that people would praise Yahweh for his covenant faithfulness
|
|
\q and for the amazing things he has done for humanity!
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 32 Let them exalt him in the assembly of the people
|
|
\q and praise him in the council of the elders.
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 33 He turns rivers into a wilderness,
|
|
\q springs of water into dry land,
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 34 and a fruitful land into a barren place
|
|
\q because of the wickedness of its people.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 35 He turns the wilderness into a pool of water
|
|
\q and dry land into springs of water.
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
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\q
|
|
\v 36 He settles the hungry there,
|
|
\q and they build a city to live in.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 37 They build a city to plant fields in, to plant vineyards,
|
|
\q and to bring in an abundant harvest.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 38 He blesses them so they are very numerous.
|
|
\q He does not let their cattle decrease in number.
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 39 They were diminished and brought low
|
|
\q by painful distress and suffering.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 40 He pours contempt on the leaders
|
|
\q and causes them to wander in the wilderness, where there are no roads.
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 41 But he protects the needy from affliction
|
|
\q and cares for his families like a flock.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 42 The upright will see this and rejoice,
|
|
\q and all wickedness shuts its mouth.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 43 Whoever is wise should take note of these things
|
|
\q and meditate on Yahweh's acts of covenant faithfulness.
|
|
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\c 108
|
|
\m
|
|
\d A song, a psalm of David.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 1 My heart is fixed, God;
|
|
\q I will sing, yes, I will sing praises also with my honored heart.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 2 Wake up, lute and harp;
|
|
\q I will wake up the dawn.
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 3 I will give thanks to you, Yahweh, among the peoples;
|
|
\q I will sing praises to you among the nations.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 4 For your covenant faithfulness is great above the heavens;
|
|
\q and your trustworthiness reaches to the skies.
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 5 Be exalted, God, above the heavens,
|
|
\q and may your glory be exalted over all the earth.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 6 So that those you love may be rescued,
|
|
\q rescue us with your right hand and answer me.
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 7 God has spoken in his holiness; "I will rejoice;
|
|
\q I will divide Shechem and apportion out the Valley of Succoth.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 8 Gilead is mine, and Manasseh is mine;
|
|
\q Ephraim also is my helmet;
|
|
\q Judah is my scepter.
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 9 Moab is my washbasin;
|
|
\q over Edom I will throw my shoe;
|
|
\q I will shout in triumph because of Philistia.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 10 Who will bring me into the strong city?
|
|
\q Who will lead me to Edom?"
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 11 God, have you not rejected us?
|
|
\q You do not go into battle with our army.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 12 Give us help against the enemy,
|
|
\q for man's help is futile.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 13 We will triumph with God's help;
|
|
\q he will trample down our enemies.
|
|
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\c 109
|
|
\m
|
|
\d For the chief musician. A psalm of David.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 1 God whom I praise, do not be silent,
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 2 For the wicked and deceitful attack me;
|
|
\q they speak lies against me.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 3 They surround me and say hateful things,
|
|
\q and they attack me without cause.
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 4 In return for my love they slander me,
|
|
\q but I pray for them.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 5 They repay me evil for good,
|
|
\q and they hate my love.
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 6 Appoint a wicked man over such an enemy as these people;
|
|
\q appoint an accuser to stand at his right hand.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 7 When he is judged, may he be found guilty;
|
|
\q may his prayer be considered sinful.
|
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|
|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 8 May his days be few;
|
|
\q may another take his office.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 9 May his children be fatherless,
|
|
\q and may his wife be a widow.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 10 May his children wander about and beg,
|
|
\q asking for handouts as they leave their ruined home.
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 11 May the creditor take all he owns;
|
|
\q may strangers plunder what he earns.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 12 May no one extend any kindness to him;
|
|
\q may no one have pity on his fatherless children.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 13 May his children be cut off;
|
|
\q may their name be blotted out in the next generation.
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 14 May his ancestors' sins be mentioned to Yahweh;
|
|
\q and may the sin of his mother not be forgotten.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 15 May their guilt always be before Yahweh;
|
|
\q may Yahweh cut off their memory from the earth.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 16 May Yahweh do this because this man never bothered to show any covenant faithfulness,
|
|
\q but instead harassed the oppressed, the needy,
|
|
\q and the disheartened to death.
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 17 He loved cursing; may it come back upon him.
|
|
\q He hated blessing; may no blessing come to him.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 18 He clothed himself with cursing as his garment,
|
|
\q and his curse came into his inner being like water,
|
|
\q like oil into his bones.
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
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\q
|
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\v 19 May his curses be to him like the clothes he wears to cover himself,
|
|
\q like the belt he always wears.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 20 May this be the reward of my accusers from Yahweh,
|
|
\q of those who say evil things about me.
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 21 Yahweh my Lord, deal kindly with me for your name's sake.
|
|
\q Because your covenant faithfulness is good, save me.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 22 For I am oppressed and needy,
|
|
\q and my heart is wounded within me.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 23 I am fading away like the shadow of the evening;
|
|
\q I am shaken off like a locust.
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
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\v 24 My knees are weak from fasting;
|
|
\q I am turning to skin and bones.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 25 I am disdained by my accusers;
|
|
\q when they see me, they shake their heads.
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 26 Help me, Yahweh my God;
|
|
\q save me by your covenant faithfulness.
|
|
\q
|
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\v 27 May they know that this is your doing,
|
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\q that you, Yahweh, have done this.
|
|
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|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 28 Though they curse me, please bless me;
|
|
\q when they attack, may they be put to shame,
|
|
\q but may your servant rejoice.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 29 May my adversaries be clothed with shame;
|
|
\q may they wear their shame like a robe.
|
|
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|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 30 With my mouth I give great thanks to Yahweh;
|
|
\q I will praise him in the midst of a crowd.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 31 For he will stand at the right hand of the one who is needy,
|
|
\q to save him from those who judge him.
|
|
|
|
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|
\s5
|
|
\c 110
|
|
\m
|
|
\d A psalm of David.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 1 Yahweh says to my master, "Sit at my right hand
|
|
\q until I make your enemies your footstool."
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 2 Yahweh will hold out the scepter of your strength from Zion;
|
|
\q rule among your enemies.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 3 Your people will follow you in holy garments
|
|
\q of their own free will on the day of your power;
|
|
\q from the womb of the dawn your youth will be to you like the dew.
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 4 Yahweh has sworn, and will not change:
|
|
\q "You are a priest forever,
|
|
\q after the manner of Melchizedek."
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 5 The Lord is at your right hand.
|
|
\q He will kill kings on the day of his anger.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 6 He will judge the nations;
|
|
\q he will fill the battlegrounds with dead bodies;
|
|
\q he will kill the leaders in many countries.
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 7 He will drink of the brook along the road,
|
|
\q and then he will lift his head up high after victory.
|
|
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\c 111
|
|
\m
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 1 Praise Yahweh.
|
|
\q I will give thanks to Yahweh with my whole heart
|
|
\q in the assembly of the upright, in their gathering.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 2 The works of Yahweh are great,
|
|
\q eagerly awaited by all those who desire them.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 3 His work is majestic and glorious,
|
|
\q and his righteousness endures forever.
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 4 He does wonderful things that will be remembered;
|
|
\q Yahweh is gracious and merciful.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 5 He gives food to his faithful followers.
|
|
\q He will always call to mind his covenant.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 6 He showed his powerful works to his people
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\q in giving them the inheritance of the nations.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 7 The works of his hands are trustworthy and just;
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\q all his instructions are reliable.
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\q
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\v 8 They are established forever,
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\q to be observed faithfully and properly.
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\q
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\v 9 He gave victory to his people;
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\q he ordained his covenant forever;
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\q holy and awesome is his name.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 10 To honor Yahweh is the beginning of wisdom;
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\q those who carry out his instructions have good understanding.
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\q His praise endures forever.
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\s5
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\c 112
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\m
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\q
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\v 1 Praise Yahweh.
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\q Blessed is the man who obeys Yahweh,
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\q who greatly delights in his commandments.
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\q
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\v 2 His descendants will be powerful on earth;
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\q the descendants of the godly man will be blessed.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 3 Wealth and riches are in his house;
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\q his righteousness will endure forever.
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\q
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\v 4 Light shines in the darkness for the godly person;
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\q he is gracious, merciful, and just.
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\q
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\v 5 It goes well for the man who deals graciously and lends money,
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\q who conducts his affairs with honesty.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 6 For he will never be moved;
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\q the righteous person will be remembered forever.
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\q
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\v 7 He does not fear bad news;
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\q he is confident, trusting in Yahweh.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 8 His heart is tranquil, without fear,
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\q until he looks in triumph over his adversaries.
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\q
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\v 9 He generously gives to the poor;
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\q his righteousness endures forever;
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\q he will be exalted with honor.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 10 The wicked person will see this and be angry;
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\q he will gnash with his teeth and melt away;
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\q the desire of the wicked people will perish.
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\s5
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\c 113
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\m
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\q
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\v 1 Praise Yahweh.
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\q Praise him, you servants of Yahweh;
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\q praise the name of Yahweh.
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\q
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\v 2 Blessed be the name of Yahweh,
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\q both now and forevermore.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 3 From the rising of the sun to its setting,
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\q Yahweh's name should be praised.
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\q
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\v 4 Yahweh is exalted above all nations,
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\q and his glory reaches above the skies.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 5 Who is like Yahweh our God,
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\q who has his seat on high,
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\q
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\v 6 who looks down
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\q at the sky and at the earth?
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\s5
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\q
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\v 7 He raises up the poor out of the dirt
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\q and lifts up the needy from the ash heap,
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\q
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\v 8 so that he may seat him with princes,
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\q with the princes of his people.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 9 He gives a home to the barren woman of the house,
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\q he makes her a joyful mother of children.
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\q Praise Yahweh!
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\s5
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\c 114
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\m
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\q
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\v 1 When Israel left Egypt,
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\q the house of Jacob from that foreign people,
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\q
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\v 2 Judah became his holy place,
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\q Israel his kingdom.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 3 The sea looked and fled;
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\q the Jordan turned back.
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\q
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\v 4 The mountains skipped like rams,
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\q the hills skipped like lambs.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 5 Why did you flee, sea?
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\q Jordan, why did you turn back?
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\q
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\v 6 Mountains, why did you skip like rams?
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\q You little hills, why did you skip like lambs?
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\q
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\v 7 Tremble, earth, before the Lord,
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\q at the presence of the God of Jacob.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 8 He turned the rock into a pool of water,
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\q the hard rock into a spring of water.
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\s5
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\c 115
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\m
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\q
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\v 1 Not to us, Yahweh, not to us,
|
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\q but to your name bring honor,
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\q for your covenant faithfulness and for your trustworthiness.
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\q
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\v 2 Why should the nations say,
|
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\q "Where is their God?"
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\s5
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\q
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\v 3 Our God is in heaven;
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\q he does whatever he pleases.
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\q
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\v 4 The nations' idols are silver and gold,
|
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\q the work of men's hands.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 5 Those idols have mouths, but they do not speak;
|
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\q they have eyes, but they do not see;
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\q
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\v 6 they have ears, but they do not hear;
|
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\q they have noses, but they do not smell.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 7 Those idols have hands, but do not feel;
|
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\q they have feet, but they cannot walk;
|
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\q nor do they speak from their mouths.
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\q
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\v 8 Those who make them are like them,
|
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\q as is everyone who trusts in them.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 9 Israel, trust in Yahweh;
|
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\q he is your help and shield.
|
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\q
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\v 10 House of Aaron, trust in Yahweh;
|
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\q he is your help and shield.
|
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\q
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\v 11 You who honor Yahweh, trust in him;
|
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\q he is your help and shield.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 12 Yahweh takes notice of us and will bless us;
|
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\q he will bless the family of Israel;
|
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\q he will bless the family of Aaron.
|
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\q
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\v 13 He will bless those who honor him,
|
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\q both young and old.
|
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\q
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\v 14 May Yahweh increase your numbers more and more,
|
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\q yours and your descendants'.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 15 May you be blessed by Yahweh,
|
|
\q who made heaven and earth.
|
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\q
|
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\v 16 The heavens belong to Yahweh;
|
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\q but the earth he has given to mankind.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 17 The dead do not praise Yahweh,
|
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\q nor do any who go down into silence;
|
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\q
|
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\v 18 But we will bless Yahweh
|
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\q now and forevermore.
|
|
\q Praise Yahweh.
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\s5
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\c 116
|
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\m
|
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\q
|
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\v 1 I love Yahweh because he hears
|
|
\q my voice and my pleas for mercy.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 2 Because he listened to me,
|
|
\q I will call on him as long as I live.
|
|
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\s5
|
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\q
|
|
\v 3 The cords of death surrounded me,
|
|
\q and the snares of Sheol confronted me;
|
|
\q I felt anguish and sorrow.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 4 Then I called on the name of Yahweh:
|
|
\q "Please Yahweh, rescue my life."
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
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\q
|
|
\v 5 Yahweh is merciful and fair;
|
|
\q our God is compassionate.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 6 Yahweh protects the naive;
|
|
\q I was brought low, and he saved me.
|
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|
\s5
|
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\q
|
|
\v 7 My soul can return to its resting place,
|
|
\q for Yahweh has been good to me.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 8 For you rescued my life from death,
|
|
\q my eyes from tears,
|
|
\q and my feet from stumbling.
|
|
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|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 9 I will serve Yahweh
|
|
\q in the land of the living.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 10 I believed in him, even when I said,
|
|
\q "I am greatly afflicted."
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 11 In my confusion I said,
|
|
\q "All men are liars."
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 12 How can I repay Yahweh
|
|
\q for all his kindnesses to me?
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 13 I will raise the cup of salvation,
|
|
\q and call on the name of Yahweh.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 14 I will fulfill my vows to Yahweh
|
|
\q in the presence of all his people.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 15 Precious in the sight of Yahweh
|
|
\q is the death of his saints.
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 16 Yahweh, indeed, I am your servant;
|
|
\q I am your servant, the son of your servant woman;
|
|
\q you have taken away my bonds.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 17 I will offer to you the sacrifice of thanksgiving
|
|
\q and will call on the name of Yahweh.
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 18 I will fulfill my vows to Yahweh
|
|
\q in the presence of all his people,
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 19 in the courts of Yahweh's house,
|
|
\q in your midst, Jerusalem.
|
|
\q Praise Yahweh.
|
|
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\c 117
|
|
\m
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 1 Praise Yahweh, all you nations;
|
|
\q exalt him, all you peoples.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 2 For his covenant faithfulness is great toward us,
|
|
\q and the trustworthiness of Yahweh endures forever.
|
|
\q Praise Yahweh.
|
|
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\c 118
|
|
\m
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 1 Give thanks to Yahweh, for he is good,
|
|
\q for his covenant faithfulness endures forever.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 2 Let Israel say,
|
|
\q "His covenant faithfulness endures forever."
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 3 Let the house of Aaron say,
|
|
\q "His covenant faithfulness endures forever."
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 4 Let the loyal followers of Yahweh say,
|
|
\q "His covenant faithfulness endures for ever."
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 5 In my distress I called out to Yahweh;
|
|
\q Yahweh answered me and set me free.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 6 Yahweh is with me; I will not be afraid;
|
|
\q what can man do to me?
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 7 Yahweh is on my side as my helper;
|
|
\q I will look in triumph on those who hate me.
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 8 It is better to take shelter in Yahweh
|
|
\q than to put confidence in man.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 9 It is better to take refuge in Yahweh
|
|
\q than to put one's trust in a princes.
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 10 All the nations surrounded me;
|
|
\q in Yahweh's name I cut them off.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 11 They surrounded me; yes, they surrounded me;
|
|
\q in Yahweh's name I cut them off.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 12 They surrounded me like bees;
|
|
\q they disappeared as quickly as fire among thorns;
|
|
\q in Yahweh's name I cut them off.
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 13 They attacked me to knock me down,
|
|
\q but Yahweh helped me.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 14 Yahweh is my strength and joy,
|
|
\q and he is the one who rescues me.
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 15 The joyful shout of victory is heard in the tents of the righteous;
|
|
\q the right hand of Yahweh conquers.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 16 The right hand of Yahweh is exalted;
|
|
\q the right hand of Yahweh conquers.
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
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\q
|
|
\v 17 I will not die, but live
|
|
\q and declare the deeds of Yahweh.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 18 Yahweh has punished me harshly;
|
|
\q but he has not handed me over to death.
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 19 Open to me the gates of righteousness;
|
|
\q I will enter them and I will give thanks to Yahweh.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 20 This is the gate of Yahweh;
|
|
\q the righteous enter through it.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 21 I will give thanks to you, for you answered me,
|
|
\q and you have become my salvation.
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
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\q
|
|
\v 22 The stone that the builders rejected
|
|
\q has become the cornerstone.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 23 This is Yahweh's doing;
|
|
\q it is marvelous in our eyes.
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 24 This is the day on which Yahweh has acted;
|
|
\q we will rejoice and be glad in it.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 25 Please, Yahweh, give us victory!
|
|
\q Please, Yahweh, give us success!
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
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\q
|
|
\v 26 Blessed is he who comes in the name of Yahweh;
|
|
\q we bless you from the house of Yahweh.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 27 Yahweh is God, and he has given us light;
|
|
\q bind the sacrifice with cords to the horns of the altar.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 28 You are my God, and I will give thanks to you;
|
|
\q you are my God; I will exalt you.
|
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|
\s5
|
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\q
|
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\v 29 Oh, give thanks to Yahweh; for he is good;
|
|
\q for his covenant faithfulness endures forever.
|
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|
|
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\s5
|
|
\c 119
|
|
\m
|
|
\d ALEPH.
|
|
\m
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 1 Blessed are those whose ways are blameless,
|
|
\q who walk in the law of Yahweh.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 2 Blessed are they who keep his solemn commands,
|
|
\q who seek him with all their heart.
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 3 They do no wrong;
|
|
\q they walk in his ways.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 4 You have commanded us to keep your instructions
|
|
\q so that we should carefully observe them.
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 5 Oh, that I would be firmly established
|
|
\q in the observance of your statutes!
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 6 Then I would not be put to shame
|
|
\q when I think of all your commandments.
|
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|
|
\s5
|
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\q
|
|
\v 7 I will give thanks to you with an upright heart
|
|
\q when I learn your righteous decrees.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 8 I will observe your statutes;
|
|
\q do not leave me alone.
|
|
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|
\s5
|
|
\d BETH.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 9 How can a young person keep his path pure?
|
|
\q By obeying your word.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 10 With my whole heart I seek you;
|
|
\q Do not let me stray from your commandments.
|
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|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 11 I have stored up your word in my heart
|
|
\q so that I might not sin against you.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 12 Blessed you are, Yahweh;
|
|
\q teach me your statutes.
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
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\q
|
|
\v 13 With my mouth I have declared
|
|
\q all the righteous decrees that you have revealed.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 14 I rejoice in the way of your covenant decrees
|
|
\q more than in all riches.
|
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|
|
\s5
|
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\q
|
|
\v 15 I will meditate on your instructions
|
|
\q and pay attention to your ways.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 16 I delight in your statutes;
|
|
\q I will not forget your word.
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\d GIMEL.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 17 Be kind to your servant so that I may live
|
|
\q and keep your word.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 18 Open my eyes so that I may see
|
|
\q marvelous things in your law.
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
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\q
|
|
\v 19 I am a foreigner in the land;
|
|
\q do not hide your commandments from me.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 20 My desires are crushed by the longing to know
|
|
\q your righteous decrees at all times.
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 21 You rebuke the proud, who are cursed,
|
|
\q who wander from your commandments.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 22 Spare me from disgrace and humiliation,
|
|
\q for I have obeyed your covenant decrees.
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 23 Though rulers plot and slander me,
|
|
\q your servant meditates on your statutes.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 24 Your covenant decrees are my delight,
|
|
\q and they are my counselors.
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\d DALETH.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 25 My life clings to the dust!
|
|
\q Give me life by your word.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 26 I told you my ways, and you answered me;
|
|
\q teach me your statutes.
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
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\q
|
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\v 27 Make me understand the ways of your instructions,
|
|
\q so that I can meditate on your wondrous teachings.
|
|
\q
|
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\v 28 I am overwhelmed with grief!
|
|
\q Strengthen me by your word.
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 29 Turn from me the path of deceit;
|
|
\q graciously teach me your law.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 30 I have chosen the way of faithfulness;
|
|
\q I have always kept your righteous decrees before me.
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 31 I cling to your covenant decrees;
|
|
\q Yahweh, do not let me be shamed.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 32 I will run in the path of your commandments,
|
|
\q for you enlarge my heart to do so.
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\d HE.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 33 Teach me, Yahweh, the way of your statutes,
|
|
\q and I will keep them to the end.
|
|
\q
|
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\v 34 Give me understanding, and I will keep your law;
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\q I will observe it with all my heart.
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\q
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\v 35 Guide me in the path of your commandments,
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\q for I delight to walk in it.
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\q
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\v 36 Direct my heart toward your covenant decrees
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\q and away from unrighteous gain.
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\q
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\v 37 Turn my eyes from looking at worthless things;
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\q revive me in your ways.
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\q
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\v 38 Carry out for your servant your promise
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\q that you made to those who honor you.
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\q
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\v 39 Take away the insults I dread,
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\q for your righteous judgments are good.
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\q
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\v 40 See, I have longed for your instructions;
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\q revive me in your righteousness.
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\s5
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\d VAV.
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\q
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\v 41 Yahweh, give me your unfailing love—
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\q your salvation, according to your promise;
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\q
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\v 42 then I will have a reply for the one who mocks me,
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\q for I trust in your word.
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\q
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\v 43 Do not take the word of truth from my mouth,
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\q for my hope is in your righteous decrees.
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\q
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\v 44 I will observe your law continually,
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\q forever and ever.
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\q
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\v 45 I will walk securely,
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\q for I seek your instructions.
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\q
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\v 46 I will speak of your solemn commands before kings
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\q and will not be ashamed.
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\q
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\v 47 I delight in your commandments,
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\q which I love dearly.
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\q
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\v 48 I will lift up my hands to your commandments, which I love;
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\q I will meditate on your statutes.
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\d ZAYIN.
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\q
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\v 49 Call to mind your promise to your servant
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\q because you have given me hope.
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\q
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\v 50 This is my comfort in my affliction:
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\q that your promise has kept me alive.
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\q
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\v 51 The proud have scoffed at me,
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\q yet I have not turned away from your law.
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\q
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\v 52 I have thought about your righteous decrees from ancient times, Yahweh,
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\q and I comfort myself.
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\q
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\v 53 Hot anger has taken hold of me
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\q because of the wicked who reject your law.
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\q
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\v 54 Your statutes have been my songs
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\q in the house where I temporarily live.
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\q
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\v 55 I think about your name during the night, Yahweh,
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\q and I keep your law.
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\q
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\v 56 This has been my practice
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\q because I have observed your instructions.
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\s5
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\d HETH.
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\q
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\v 57 Yahweh is my portion;
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\q I have determined to observe your words.
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\q
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\v 58 I earnestly request your favor with my whole heart;
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\q be merciful to me, as your word promised.
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\q
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\v 59 I examined my ways
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\q and turned my feet to your covenant decrees.
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\q
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\v 60 I hurry and do not delay
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\q to keep your commandments.
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\q
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\v 61 The cords of the wicked have ensnared me;
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\q I have not forgotten your law.
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\q
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\v 62 At midnight I rise to give thanks to you
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\q because of your righteous decrees.
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\q
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\v 63 I am a companion of all who honor you,
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\q to all who observe your instructions.
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\q
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\v 64 The earth, Yahweh, is full of your covenant faithfulness;
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\q teach me your statutes.
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\s5
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\d TETH.
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\q
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\v 65 You have done good to your servant,
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\q Yahweh, by means of your word.
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\q
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\v 66 Teach me proper discernment and understanding,
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\q for I have believed in your commandments.
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\q
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\v 67 Before I was afflicted I went astray,
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\q but now I observe your word.
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\q
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\v 68 You are good, and you are one who does good;
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\q teach me your statutes.
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\q
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\v 69 The arrogant have smeared me with lies,
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\q but I keep your instructions with my whole heart.
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\q
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\v 70 Their hearts are hardened,
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\q but I delight in your law.
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\q
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\v 71 It is good for me that I have suffered
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\q so that I would learn your statutes.
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\q
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\v 72 Instruction from your mouth is more precious to me
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\q than thousands of pieces of gold and silver.
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\s5
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\d YOD.
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\q
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\v 73 Your hands have made and fashioned me;
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\q give me understanding so that I may learn your commandments.
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\q
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\v 74 Those who honor you will be glad when they see me
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\q because I find hope in your word.
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\q
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\v 75 I know, Yahweh, that your decrees are just,
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\q and that in faithfulness you afflicted me.
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\q
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\v 76 Let your covenant faithfulness comfort me,
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\q as you promised your servant.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 77 Show me compassion so that I may live,
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\q for your law is my delight.
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\q
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\v 78 Let the proud be put to shame,
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\q for they have slandered me;
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\q but I will meditate on your instructions.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 79 May those who honor you turn to me,
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\q those who know your covenant decrees.
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\q
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\v 80 May my heart be blameless with respect to your statutes
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\q so that I may not be put to shame.
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\s5
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\d KAPH.
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\q
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\v 81 I faint with longing that you might rescue me!
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\q I hope in your word.
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\q
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\v 82 My eyes long to see your promise;
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\q when will you comfort me?
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\s5
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\q
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\v 83 For I have become like a wineskin in the smoke;
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\q I do not forget your statutes.
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\q
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\v 84 How long must your servant endure this;
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\q when will you judge those who persecute me?
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\s5
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\q
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\v 85 The proud have dug pits for me,
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\q defying your law.
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\q
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\v 86 All your commandments are reliable;
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\q those people persecute me wrongfully; help me.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 87 They have almost made an end to me on earth,
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\q but I do not reject your instructions.
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\q
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\v 88 By your steadfast love, keep me alive,
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\q so that I may obey your commands.
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\d LAMEDH.
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\q
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\v 89 Yahweh, your word stands forever;
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\q your word is established firmly in heaven.
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\q
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\v 90 Your faithfulness lasts for all generations;
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\q you have established the earth, and it remains.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 91 All things continue to this day, just as you said in your righteous decrees,
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\q for all things are your servants.
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\q
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\v 92 If your law had not been my delight,
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\q I would have perished in my affliction.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 93 I will never forget your instructions,
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\q for through them you have kept me alive.
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\q
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\v 94 I am yours; save me,
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\q for I seek your instructions.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 95 The wicked prepare to destroy me,
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\q but I will seek to understand your covenant decrees.
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\q
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\v 96 I have seen that everything has its limits,
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\q but your commandments are broad, beyond limits.
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\s5
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\d MEM.
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\q
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\v 97 Oh how I love your law!
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\q It is my meditation all day long.
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\q
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\v 98 Your commandments make me wiser than my enemies,
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\q for your commandments are always with me.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 99 I have more understanding than all my teachers,
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\q for I meditate on your covenant decrees.
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\q
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\v 100 I understand more than those older than I am;
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\q this is because I have kept your instructions.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 101 I have kept my feet back from every evil path
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\q so that I might observe your word.
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\q
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\v 102 I have not turned aside from your righteous decrees,
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\q for you have instructed me.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 103 How sweet are your words to my taste,
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\q yes, sweeter than honey to my mouth!
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\q
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\v 104 Through your instructions I gain discernment;
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\q therefore I hate every false way.
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\s5
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\d NUN.
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\q
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\v 105 Your word is a lamp to my feet
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\q and a light for my path.
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\q
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\v 106 I have sworn and have confirmed it,
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\q that I will observe your righteous decrees.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 107 I am very afflicted;
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\q keep me alive, Yahweh, as you have promised in your word.
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\q
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\v 108 Yahweh, please accept the freewill offerings of my mouth,
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\q and teach me your righteous decrees.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 109 My life is always in my hand,
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\q yet I do not forget your law.
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\q
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\v 110 The wicked have set a snare for me,
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\q but I have not strayed from your instructions.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 111 I claim your covenant decrees as my heritage forever,
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\q for they are the joy of my heart.
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\q
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\v 112 My heart is set on obeying your statutes
|
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\q forever to the very end.
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\s5
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\d SAMEKH.
|
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\q
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\v 113 I hate those who have a double mind,
|
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\q but I love your law.
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\q
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\v 114 You are my hiding place and my shield;
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\q I hope in your word.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 115 Get away from me, you evil doers,
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\q so that I may observe the commandments of my God.
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\q
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\v 116 Sustain me by your word so that I may live
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\q and not be ashamed of my hope.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 117 Support me, and I will be safe;
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\q I will always meditate on your statutes.
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\q
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\v 118 You reject all those who stray from your statutes,
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\q for those people are deceptive and unreliable.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 119 You remove all the wicked of the earth like slag;
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\q therefore I love your solemn commands.
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\q
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\v 120 My body trembles in fear of you,
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\q and I am afraid of your righteous decrees.
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\s5
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\d AYIN.
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\q
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\v 121 I do what is just and right;
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\q do not abandon me to my oppressors.
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\q
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\v 122 Guarantee the welfare of your servant;
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\q do not let the proud oppress me.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 123 My eyes grow tired as I wait for your salvation
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\q and for your righteous word.
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\q
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\v 124 Show your servant your covenant faithfulness,
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\q and teach me your statutes.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 125 I am your servant; give me understanding
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\q so that I may know your covenant decrees.
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\q
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\v 126 It is time for Yahweh to act,
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\q for people have broken your law.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 127 Truly I love your commandments
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\q more than gold, more than fine gold.
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\q
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\v 128 Therefore I carefully follow all your instructions,
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\q and I hate every path of falsehood.
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\s5
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\d PE.
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\q
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\v 129 Your rules are wonderful,
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\q that is why I obey them.
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\q
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\v 130 The unfolding of your words gives light;
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\q it gives understanding to the untrained.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 131 I open my mouth and pant,
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\q for I long for your commandments.
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\q
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\v 132 Turn to me and have mercy on me,
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\q as you always do for those who love your name.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 133 Direct my footsteps by your word;
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\q do not let any sin rule me.
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\q
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\v 134 Redeem me from human oppression
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\q so that I may observe your instructions.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 135 Let your face shine on your servant,
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\q and teach me your statutes.
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\q
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\v 136 Streams of tears run down from my eyes
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\q because people do not observe your law.
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\s5
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\d TSADHE.
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\q
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\v 137 You are righteous, Yahweh,
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\q and your decrees are fair.
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\q
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\v 138 You have given your covenant decrees righteously
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\q and faithfully.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 139 Anger has destroyed me
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\q because my adversaries forget your words.
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\q
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\v 140 Your word has been tested very much,
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\q and your servant loves it.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 141 I am insignificant and despised,
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\q yet I do not forget your instructions.
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\q
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\v 142 Your justice is forever right,
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\q and your law is trustworthy.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 143 Though distress and anguish have found me,
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\q your commandments are still my delight.
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\q
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\v 144 Your covenant decrees are righteous forever;
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\q give me understanding that I may live.
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\s5
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\d QOPH.
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\q
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\v 145 I cried out with my whole heart, "Answer me, Yahweh,
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\q I will keep your statutes.
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\q
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\v 146 I call to you; save me,
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\q and I will observe your covenant decrees."
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\s5
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\q
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\v 147 I rise before the dawn of the morning and cry for help.
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\q I hope in your words.
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\q
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\v 148 My eyes are open before the night watches change
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\q so that I might meditate on your word.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 149 Hear my voice in your covenant faithfulness;
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\q keep me alive, Yahweh, as you have promised in your righteous decrees.
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\q
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\v 150 Those who are persecuting me are coming closer to me,
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\q but they are far from your law.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 151 You are near, Yahweh,
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\q and all your commandments are trustworthy.
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\q
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\v 152 Long ago I learned from your covenant decrees
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\q that you had set them in place forever.
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\s5
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\d RESH.
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\q
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\v 153 Look on my affliction and help me,
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\q for I do not forget your law.
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\q
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\v 154 Plead my cause and redeem me;
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\q keep me, as you have promised in your word.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 155 Salvation is far from the wicked,
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\q for they do not love your statutes.
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\q
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\v 156 Great are your merciful actions, Yahweh;
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\q keep me alive, as you always do.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 157 My persecutors and my foes are many,
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\q yet I have not turned from your covenant decrees.
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\q
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\v 158 I view the treacherous with disgust
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\q because they do not keep your word.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 159 See how I love your instructions;
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\q keep me alive, Yahweh, as you have promised by your covenant faithfulness.
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\q
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\v 160 The essence of your word is truth;
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\q every one of your righteous decrees lasts forever.
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\s5
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\d SHIN.
|
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\q
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\v 161 Princes persecute me without cause,
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\q but my heart stands in awe of your word.
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\q
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\v 162 I rejoice at your word
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\q like one who finds great plunder.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 163 I hate and despise falsehood,
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\q but I love your law.
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\q
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\v 164 Seven times a day I praise you
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\q because of your righteous decrees.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 165 Great peace they have, those who love your law;
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\q nothing makes them stumble.
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\q
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\v 166 I hope for your salvation, Yahweh,
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\q and I obey your commandments.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 167 I observe your solemn commands,
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\q and I love them greatly.
|
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\q
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\v 168 I keep your instructions and your solemn commands,
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\q for you are aware of everything I do.
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\s5
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\d TAV.
|
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\q
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\v 169 Listen to my cry for help, Yahweh;
|
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\q give me understanding into your word.
|
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\q
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\v 170 May my plea come before you;
|
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\q help me, as you have promised in your word.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 171 May my lips pour out praise,
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\q for you teach me your statutes.
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\q
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\v 172 Let my tongue sing about your word,
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\q for all your commandments are right.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 173 May your hand help me,
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\q for I have chosen your instructions.
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\q
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\v 174 I long for your rescue, Yahweh,
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\q and your law is my delight.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 175 May I live and praise you,
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\q and may your righteous decrees help me.
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\q
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\v 176 I have wandered off like a lost sheep;
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\q seek your servant,
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\q for I have not forgotten your commandments.
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\s5
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\c 120
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\m
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\d A song of ascents.
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\q
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\v 1 In my distress I called out to Yahweh,
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\q and he answered me.
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\q
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\v 2 Rescue my life, Yahweh, from those who lie with their lips
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\q and deceive with their tongues.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 3 How will he punish you, and what more will he do to you,
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\q you who have a lying tongue?
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\q
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\v 4 He will punish you with the arrows of a warrior
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\q sharpened over burning coals of the broom tree.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 5 Woe is me because I temporarily live in Meshech;
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\q I lived previously among the tents of Kedar.
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\q
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\v 6 For too long I have lived
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\q with those who hate peace.
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\q
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\v 7 I am for peace,
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\q but when I speak, they are for war.
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\s5
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\c 121
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\m
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\d A song of ascents.
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\q
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\v 1 I will lift up my eyes to the mountains.
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\q From where will my help come?
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\q
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\v 2 My help comes from Yahweh,
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\q who made heaven and earth.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 3 He will not allow your foot to slip;
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\q he who protects you will not slumber.
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\q
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\v 4 See, the guardian of Israel
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\q never slumbers or sleeps.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 5 Yahweh is your guardian;
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\q Yahweh is the shade at your right hand.
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\q
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\v 6 The sun will not harm you by day,
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\q nor the moon by night.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 7 Yahweh will protect you from all harm,
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\q and he will protect your life.
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\q
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\v 8 Yahweh will protect you in all you do
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\q now and forevermore.
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\s5
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\c 122
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\m
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\d A song of ascents, of David.
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\q
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\v 1 I was glad when they said to me,
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\q "Let us go to the house of Yahweh."
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\q
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\v 2 Jerusalem, our feet are standing
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\q within your gates!
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\q
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\v 3 Jerusalem, built
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\q as a city carefully planned!
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\s5
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\q
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\v 4 The tribes go up to Jerusalem—the tribes of Yahweh—
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\q as a testimony for Israel,
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\q to give thanks to the name of Yahweh.
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\q
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\v 5 There thrones of judgment were set,
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\q thrones of the house of David.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 6 Pray for the peace of Jerusalem!
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\q "May those who love you have peace.
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\q
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\v 7 May there be peace within the walls that defend you,
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\q and may they have peace within your fortresses."
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\s5
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\q
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\v 8 For the sake of my brothers and my friends
|
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\q I will say, "May there be peace within you."
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\q
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\v 9 For the sake of the house of Yahweh our God,
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\q I will seek good for you.
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\s5
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\c 123
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\m
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\d A song of ascents.
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\q
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\v 1 To you I lift up my eyes,
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\q you who are enthroned in the heavens.
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|
\q
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\v 2 See, as the eyes of servants look to their master's hand,
|
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\q as the eyes of a maid look to her mistress's hand,
|
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\q so our eyes look to Yahweh our God
|
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\q until he has mercy on us.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 3 Have mercy on us, Yahweh, have mercy on us,
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\q for we are filled with humiliation.
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\q
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\v 4 We are more than full
|
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\q of the scoffing of the insolent
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\q and with the contempt of the proud.
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\s5
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\c 124
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\m
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\d A song of ascents; of David.
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\q
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\v 1 "If Yahweh had not been on our side,"
|
|
\q let Israel say now,
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\q
|
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\v 2 "if it had not been Yahweh who was on our side
|
|
\q when men rose up against us,
|
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\q
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\v 3 then they would have swallowed us up alive
|
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\q when their anger raged against us.
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\s5
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\q
|
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\v 4 The water would have swept us away;
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\q the torrent would have overwhelmed us.
|
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\q
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|
\v 5 Then the raging waters would have drowned us."
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\s5
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\q
|
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\v 6 Blessed be Yahweh,
|
|
\q who has not allowed us to be torn by their teeth.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 7 We have escaped like a bird out of the snare of the fowlers;
|
|
\q the snare has been broken, and we have escaped.
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|
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\s5
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\q
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|
\v 8 Our help is in Yahweh,
|
|
\q who made heaven and earth.
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|
|
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\s5
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\c 125
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\m
|
|
\d A song of ascents.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 1 Those who trust in Yahweh
|
|
\q are like Mount Zion, unshakable, forever enduring.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 2 As the mountains surround Jerusalem,
|
|
\q so Yahweh surrounds his people
|
|
\q now and forever.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 3 The scepter of wickedness must not rule in the land of the righteous.
|
|
\q Otherwise the righteous might do what is wrong.
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
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\q
|
|
\v 4 Do good, Yahweh, to those who are good
|
|
\q and to those who are upright in their hearts.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 5 But as for those who turn aside to their crooked ways,
|
|
\q Yahweh will lead them away with the evildoers.
|
|
\q May peace be on Israel.
|
|
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\c 126
|
|
\m
|
|
\d A song of ascents.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 1 When Yahweh restored the fortunes of Zion,
|
|
\q we were like those who dream.
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 2 Then our mouths were filled with laughter
|
|
\q and our tongues with singing.
|
|
\q Then they said among the nations,
|
|
\q "Yahweh has done great things for them."
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 3 Yahweh did great things for us;
|
|
\q how glad we were!
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 4 Restore our fortunes, Yahweh,
|
|
\q like the streams in the Negev.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 5 Those who sow in tears will reap with shouts of joy.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 6 He who goes out weeping, carrying seed for sowing,
|
|
\q will return again with shouts of joy, bringing his sheaves with
|
|
him.
|
|
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\c 127
|
|
\m
|
|
\d A song of ascents, of Solomon.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 1 Unless Yahweh builds the house,
|
|
\q they work uselessly, those who build it.
|
|
\q Unless Yahweh guards the city,
|
|
\q the watchman stands guard uselessly.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 2 It is useless for you to rise up early,
|
|
\q to come home late,
|
|
\q or to eat the bread of hard work,
|
|
\q for Yahweh provides for his beloved as they sleep.
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 3 See, children are a heritage from Yahweh,
|
|
\q and the fruit of the womb is a reward from him.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 4 Like arrows in the hand of a warrior,
|
|
\q so are the children of one's youth.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 5 How blessed is the man that has his quiver full of them.
|
|
\q He will not be put to shame
|
|
\q when he confronts his enemies in the gate.
|
|
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\c 128
|
|
\m
|
|
\d A song of ascents.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 1 Blessed is everyone who honors Yahweh,
|
|
\q who walks in his ways.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 2 What your hands provide, you will enjoy;
|
|
\q you will be blessed and prosper.
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 3 Your wife will be like a fruitful vine
|
|
\q in your house;
|
|
\q your children will be like olive plants
|
|
\q as they sit around your table.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 4 Yes, indeed, the man will be blessed
|
|
\q who honors Yahweh.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 5 May Yahweh bless you from Zion;
|
|
\q may you see the prosperity of Jerusalem all the days of your life.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 6 May you live to see your children's children.
|
|
\q May peace be on Israel.
|
|
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\c 129
|
|
\m
|
|
\d A song of ascents.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 1 "Often since my youth they have attacked me,"
|
|
\q let Israel say.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 2 "Often since my youth they have attacked me,
|
|
\q yet they have not defeated me.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 3 The plowers plowed on my back;
|
|
\q they made their furrows long.
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 4 Yahweh is righteous;
|
|
\q he has cut the ropes of the wicked."
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 5 May they all be put to shame and turned back,
|
|
\q those who hate Zion.
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 6 May they be like the grass on the housetops
|
|
\q that withers before it grows up,
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 7 that cannot fill the reaper's hand
|
|
\q or the chest of the one who binds sheaves.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 8 May those who pass by not say,
|
|
\q "May the blessing of Yahweh be on you;
|
|
\q we bless you in the name of Yahweh."
|
|
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\c 130
|
|
\m
|
|
\d A song of ascents.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 1 Out of the depths I cry to you, Yahweh.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 2 Lord, hear my voice;
|
|
\q let your ears be attentive
|
|
\q to my pleas for mercy.
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 3 If you, Yahweh, would mark iniquities,
|
|
\q Lord, who could stand?
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 4 But there is forgiveness with you,
|
|
\q that you may be revered.
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 5 I wait for Yahweh, my soul waits,
|
|
\q and in his word I hope.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 6 My soul waits for the Lord
|
|
\q more than watchmen wait for the morning.
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 7 Israel, hope in Yahweh.
|
|
\q Yahweh is merciful,
|
|
\q and he is very willing to forgive.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 8 It is he who will redeem Israel
|
|
\q from all his sins.
|
|
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\c 131
|
|
\m
|
|
\d A song of ascents; of David.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 1 Yahweh, my heart is not proud or my eyes haughty.
|
|
\q I do not have great hopes for myself
|
|
\q or concern myself with things that are beyond me.
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 2 Indeed I have stilled and quieted my soul;
|
|
\q like a weaned child with his mother,
|
|
\q my soul within me is like a weaned child.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 3 Israel, hope in Yahweh
|
|
\q now and forever.
|
|
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\c 132
|
|
\m
|
|
\d A song of ascents.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 1 Yahweh, for David's sake call to mind
|
|
\q all his afflictions.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 2 Call to mind how he swore to Yahweh,
|
|
\q how he vowed to the Mighty One of Jacob.
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 3 He said, "I will not enter my house
|
|
\q or get into my bed,
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 4 I will not give sleep to my eyes
|
|
\q or rest to my eyelids
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 5 until I find a place for Yahweh,
|
|
\q a tabernacle for the Mighty One of Jacob."
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 6 See, we heard about it in Ephrathah;
|
|
\q we found it in the fields of Jaar.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 7 We will go into God's tabernacle;
|
|
\q we will worship at his footstool.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 8 Arise, Yahweh, to your resting place,
|
|
\q you and the ark of your strength!
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 9 May your priests be clothed with integrity;
|
|
\q may your faithful ones shout for joy.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 10 For your servant David's sake,
|
|
\q do not turn away from your anointed king.
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 11 Yahweh swore a sure oath to David,
|
|
\q a sure oath that he will not revoke:
|
|
\q "I will place one of your descendants on your throne.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 12 If your sons keep my covenant
|
|
\q and the laws that I will teach them,
|
|
\q their children also will sit on your throne forevermore."
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 13 Certainly Yahweh has chosen Zion,
|
|
\q he has desired her for his seat.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 14 "This is my resting place forever.
|
|
\q I will live here, for I desire her.
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 15 I will abundantly bless her with provisions.
|
|
\q I will satisfy her poor with bread.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 16 I will clothe her priests with salvation,
|
|
\q her faithful ones will shout aloud for joy.
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 17 There I will make a horn to sprout for David
|
|
\q and set up a lamp for my anointed one.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 18 I will clothe his enemies with shame,
|
|
\q but on him his crown will shine."
|
|
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\c 133
|
|
\m
|
|
\d A song of ascents, of David.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 1 Behold, how good and how pleasant it is
|
|
\q for brothers to live together!
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 2 It is like fine oil on the head
|
|
\q pouring down on the beard—
|
|
\q Aaron's beard,
|
|
\q and then it pours down on the collar of his robes.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 3 It is like the dew of Hermon
|
|
\q which falls on the mountains of Zion.
|
|
\q For there Yahweh commanded the blessing—
|
|
\q life forevermore.
|
|
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\c 134
|
|
\m
|
|
\d A song of ascents.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 1 Come, bless Yahweh, all you servants of Yahweh,
|
|
\q you who serve during the night in Yahweh's house.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 2 Lift up your hands to the holy place
|
|
\q and bless Yahweh.
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 3 May Yahweh bless you from Zion,
|
|
\q he who made heaven and earth.
|
|
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\c 135
|
|
\m
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 1 Praise Yahweh.
|
|
\q Praise the name of Yahweh.
|
|
\q Praise him, you servants of Yahweh,
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 2 you who stand in Yahweh's house,
|
|
\q in the courtyards of the house of our God.
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 3 Praise Yahweh, for he is good;
|
|
\q sing praises to his name, for it is pleasant to do so.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 4 For Yahweh has chosen Jacob for himself,
|
|
\q Israel as his possession.
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 5 I know that Yahweh is great,
|
|
\q that our Lord is above all gods.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 6 Whatever Yahweh desires, he does
|
|
\q in heaven, on earth, in the seas and all the ocean depths.
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 7 He brings the clouds from far away,
|
|
\q making lightning bolts accompany the rain
|
|
\q and bringing the wind out of his storehouse.
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 8 He killed the firstborn of Egypt,
|
|
\q both of man and animals.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 9 He sent signs and wonders into your midst, Egypt,
|
|
\q against Pharaoh and all his servants.
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 10 He attacked many nations
|
|
\q and killed mighty kings,
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 11 Sihon king of the Amorites
|
|
\q and Og king of Bashan
|
|
\q and all the kingdoms of Canaan.
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 12 He gave us their land as an inheritance,
|
|
\q an inheritance to Israel his people.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 13 Your name, Yahweh, endures forever;
|
|
\q your renown, Yahweh, endures throughout all generations.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 14 For Yahweh defends his people
|
|
\q and has compassion on his servants.
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 15 The nations' idols are silver and gold,
|
|
\q the work of men's hands.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 16 Those idols have mouths, but they do not speak;
|
|
\q they have eyes, but they do not see;
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 17 they have ears, but they do not hear,
|
|
\q nor is there breath in their mouths.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 18 Those who make them are like them,
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\q as is everyone who trusts in them.
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\q
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\v 19 Descendants of Israel, bless Yahweh;
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\q descendants of Aaron, bless Yahweh.
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\q
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\v 20 Descendants of Levi, bless Yahweh;
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\q you who honor Yahweh, bless Yahweh.
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\q
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\v 21 Blessed be Yahweh in Zion,
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\q he who lives in Jerusalem.
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\q Praise Yahweh.
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\s5
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\c 136
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\m
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\q
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\v 1 Oh, give thanks to Yahweh; for he is good,
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\q for his covenant faithfulness endures forever.
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\q
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\v 2 Oh, give thanks to the God of gods,
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\q for his covenant faithfulness endures forever.
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\q
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\v 3 Oh, give thanks to the Lord of lords,
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\q for his covenant faithfulness endures forever.
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\q
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\v 4 Give thanks to him who alone does great wonders,
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\q for his covenant faithfulness endures forever—
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\q
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\v 5 to him who by wisdom made the heavens,
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\q for his covenant faithfulness endures forever.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 6 Give thanks to him who spread out the earth above the waters,
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\q for his covenant faithfulness endures forever—
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\q
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\v 7 to him who made great lights,
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\q for his covenant faithfulness endures forever.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 8 Give thank to him who gave the sun to rule by day,
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\q for his covenant faithfulness endures forever—
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\q
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\v 9 the moon and stars to rule by night,
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\q for his covenant faithfulness endures forever.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 10 Give thanks to him who killed the firstborn of Egypt,
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\q for his covenant faithfulness endures forever—
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\q
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\v 11 and brought out Israel from among them,
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\q for his covenant faithfulness endures forever—
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\q
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\v 12 with a strong hand and a raised arm,
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\q for his covenant faithfulness endures forever.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 13 Give thanks to him who divided the Sea of Reeds,
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\q for his covenant faithfulness endures forever—
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\q
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\v 14 and made Israel to pass through the middle of it,
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\q for his covenant faithfulness endures forever—
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\q
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\v 15 but overthrew Pharaoh and his army in the Sea of Reeds,
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\q for his covenant faithfulness endures forever.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 16 Give thanks to him who led his people through the wilderness,
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\q for his covenant faithfulness endures forever—
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\q
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\v 17 to him who killed great kings,
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\q for his covenant faithfulness endures forever.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 18 Give thanks to him who killed famous kings,
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\q for his covenant faithfulness endures forever—
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\q
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\v 19 Sihon king of the Amorites,
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\q for his covenant faithfulness endures forever—
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\q
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\v 20 and Og king of Bashan,
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\q for his covenant faithfulness endures forever.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 21 Give thanks to him who gave their land as an inheritance,
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\q for his covenant faithfulness endures forever—
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\q
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\v 22 an inheritance to Israel his servant,
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\q for his covenant faithfulness endures forever—
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\q
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\v 23 to him who called us to mind and helped us in our humiliation,
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\q for his covenant faithfulness endures forever.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 24 Give thanks to him who has given us victory over our enemies,
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\q for his covenant faithfulness endures forever—
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\q
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\v 25 who gives food to all living beings,
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\q for his covenant faithfulness endures forever.
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\q
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\v 26 Oh, give thanks to the God of heaven,
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\q for his covenant faithfulness endures forever.
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\s5
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\c 137
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\m
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\q
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\v 1 By the rivers of Babylon
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\q we sat down and wept
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\q when we thought about Zion.
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\q
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\v 2 On the poplars there
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\q we hung our harps.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 3 There our captors required songs from us,
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\q and those who mocked us required us to be happy, saying,
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\q "Sing us one of the songs of Zion."
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\q
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\v 4 How could we sing a song about Yahweh
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\q in a foreign land?
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\s5
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\q
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\v 5 If I ignore the memory of you, Jerusalem,
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\q let my right hand forget her skill.
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\q
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\v 6 Let my tongue cling to the roof of my mouth
|
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\q if I think about you no more,
|
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\q if I do not prefer Jerusalem
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\q more than my greatest delights.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 7 Call to mind, Yahweh, what the Edomites did
|
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\q on the day Jerusalem fell.
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\q They said, "Tear it down, tear it down
|
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\q to its foundations."
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\s5
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\q
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\v 8 Daughter of Babylon, soon to be destroyed—
|
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\q may the person be blessed, whoever pays you back
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\q for what you have done to us.
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\q
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\v 9 May the person be blessed, whoever takes and dashes your little ones
|
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\q against a rock.
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\s5
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\c 138
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\m
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|
\d A psalm of David.
|
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\q
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\v 1 I will give you thanks with my whole heart;
|
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\q before the gods I will sing praises to you.
|
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\q
|
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\v 2 I will bow down toward your holy temple
|
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\q and give thanks to your name for your covenant faithfulness and for your trustworthiness.
|
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\q You have made your word and your name more important than anything else.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 3 On the day that I called you, you answered me;
|
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\q you encouraged and strengthened my soul.
|
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\q
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\v 4 All the kings of the earth will give you thanks, Yahweh,
|
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\q for they will hear the words from your mouth.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 5 Indeed, they will sing of the deeds of Yahweh,
|
|
\q for great is the glory of Yahweh.
|
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\q
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\v 6 For though Yahweh is high, yet he cares for the lowly,
|
|
\q but the proud he knows from far off.
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\s5
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\q
|
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\v 7 Though I walk in the middle of danger, you will preserve my life;
|
|
\q you will reach out with your hand against the anger of my enemies,
|
|
\q and your right hand will save me.
|
|
\q
|
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\v 8 Yahweh is with me to the end;
|
|
\q your covenant faithfulness, Yahweh, endures forever.
|
|
\q Do not forsake the ones whom your hands have made.
|
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|
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\s5
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\c 139
|
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\m
|
|
\d For the chief musician. A psalm of David.
|
|
\q
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\v 1 Yahweh, you have examined me, and you know me.
|
|
\q
|
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\v 2 You know when I sit down and when I get up;
|
|
\q you understand my thoughts from far away.
|
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\s5
|
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\q
|
|
\v 3 You observe my path and my lying down;
|
|
\q you are familiar with all my ways.
|
|
\q
|
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\v 4 For before there is a word on my tongue,
|
|
\q you know it completely, Yahweh.
|
|
\q
|
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\v 5 Behind me and before me you surround me
|
|
\q and place your hand upon me.
|
|
\q
|
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\v 6 Such knowledge is too much for me;
|
|
\q it is too high, and I cannot reach it.
|
|
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\s5
|
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\q
|
|
\v 7 Where can I go from your Spirit?
|
|
\q Where can I flee from your presence?
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 8 If I ascend up to the heavens, you are there;
|
|
\q if I make my bed in Sheol, behold, you are there.
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 9 If I fly away on the wings of the morning
|
|
\q and go to live in the uttermost parts across the sea,
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 10 even there your hand will lead me,
|
|
\q your right hand will hold on to me.
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 11 If I said, "Surely the darkness will cover me,
|
|
\q and the light will become night around me,"
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 12 even the darkness would not be dark to you.
|
|
\q The night would shine like the day,
|
|
\q for the darkness and the light are both alike to you.
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 13 You formed my inner parts;
|
|
\q you formed me in my mother's womb.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 14 I will praise you,
|
|
\q for I am wonderfully made.
|
|
\q My soul knows this very well.
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 15 My bones were not hidden from you
|
|
\q when I was made in private,
|
|
\q when I was intricately made in the depths of the earth.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 16 You saw me inside the womb;
|
|
\q all the days assigned to me were recorded
|
|
\q in your book even before the first one happened.
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 17 How precious are your thoughts to me, God!
|
|
\q How vast is their sum!
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 18 If I tried to count them, they would be more in number than the sand.
|
|
\q When I awake, I am still with you.
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 19 If only you would kill the wicked, God;
|
|
\q get away from me, you violent men.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 20 They rebel against you and act deceitfully;
|
|
\q your enemies tell lies.
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 21 Do I not hate those, Yahweh, who hate you?
|
|
\q Do I not despise those who rise up against you?
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 22 I hate them completely;
|
|
\q they have become my enemies.
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 23 Examine me, God, and know my heart;
|
|
\q test me and know my thoughts.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 24 See if there is any wicked way in me,
|
|
\q and lead me in the everlasting way.
|
|
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\c 140
|
|
\m
|
|
\d For the chief musician. A psalm of David.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 1 Yahweh, rescue me from the wicked;
|
|
\q preserve me from violent men.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 2 They plan evil in their hearts;
|
|
\q they cause battles every day.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 3 Their tongues wound like serpents;
|
|
\q vipers' poison is on their lips.
|
|
\qs Selah\qs*
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 4 Keep me from the hands of the wicked, Yahweh;
|
|
\q preserve me from violent men
|
|
\q who plan to knock me over.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 5 The proud have set a trap for me;
|
|
\q they have spread a net;
|
|
\q they have set a snare for me.
|
|
\qs Selah\qs*
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 6 I said to Yahweh, "You are my God;
|
|
\q listen to my cries for mercy."
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 7 Yahweh, my Lord, you are powerfully able to save me;
|
|
\q you shield my head in the day of battle.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 8 Yahweh, do not grant the desires of the wicked;
|
|
\q do not let their plots succeed.
|
|
\qs Selah\qs*
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 9 Those who surround me raise their heads;
|
|
\q let the mischief of their own lips cover them.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 10 Let burning coals fall on them;
|
|
\q throw them into the fire,
|
|
\q into bottomless pits, never more to rise.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 11 May men of tongues not be made secure on the earth;
|
|
\q may evil hunt down the violent man to strike him dead.
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 12 I know that Yahweh will judge in favor of the afflicted,
|
|
\q and that he will give justice to the needy.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 13 Surely the righteous people will give thanks to your name;
|
|
\q the upright people will live in your presence.
|
|
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\c 141
|
|
\m
|
|
\d A psalm of David.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 1 Yahweh, I am crying out to you; come quickly to me.
|
|
\q Listen to me when I call to you.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 2 May my prayer be like incense before you;
|
|
\q may my lifted hands be like the evening sacrifice.
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 3 Yahweh, place a guard over my mouth;
|
|
\q guard the door of my lips.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 4 Do not let my heart desire any evil thing
|
|
\q or participate in sinful activities
|
|
\q with men who behave wickedly.
|
|
\q May I not eat any of their delicacies.
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 5 Let a righteous man hit me; it will be a kindness to me.
|
|
\q Let him correct me; it will be like oil on my head;
|
|
\q may my head not refuse to accept it.
|
|
\q But my prayer is always against their wicked deeds.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 6 Their leaders will be thrown down from the top of cliffs;
|
|
\q they will hear that my own words are pleasant.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 7 They will have to say, "As when one plows and breaks up the ground,
|
|
\q so our bones have been scattered at the mouth of Sheol."
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 8 Surely my eyes are on you, Yahweh, Lord;
|
|
\q in you I take refuge; do not leave my soul defenseless.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 9 Protect me from the snares that they have laid for me,
|
|
\q from the traps of evildoers.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 10 Let the wicked fall into their own nets
|
|
\q while I escape.
|
|
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\c 142
|
|
\m
|
|
\d A maschil of David, when he was in the cave; a prayer.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 1 With my voice I cry out for help to Yahweh;
|
|
\q with my voice I plead for Yahweh's favor.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 2 I pour out my lament before him;
|
|
\q I tell him my troubles.
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 3 When my spirit is weak within me,
|
|
\q you know my path.
|
|
\q In the way that I walk
|
|
\q they have hidden a trap for me.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 4 I look to my right and and see
|
|
\q that there is no one who cares about me.
|
|
\q There is no escape for me;
|
|
\q no one cares about my life.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 5 I called out to you, Yahweh;
|
|
\q I said, "You are my refuge,
|
|
\q my portion in the land of the living.
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 6 Listen to my call,
|
|
\q for I have been brought very low;
|
|
\q rescue me from my persecutors,
|
|
\q for they are stronger than I.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 7 Bring my soul out of prison
|
|
\q so that I may give thanks to your name.
|
|
\q The righteous will gather around me
|
|
\q because you have been good to me."
|
|
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\c 143
|
|
\m
|
|
\d A psalm of David.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 1 Hear my prayer, Yahweh; listen to my pleas.
|
|
\q Because of your faithfulness and righteousness, answer me!
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 2 Do not enter into judgment with your servant,
|
|
\q for in your sight no one is righteous.
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 3 The enemy has pursued my soul;
|
|
\q he has pushed me down to the ground;
|
|
\q he has made me to live in darkness like those who have been dead for ages.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 4 My spirit is overwhelmed within me;
|
|
\q my heart despairs.
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 5 I call to mind the old days;
|
|
\q I meditate on all your deeds;
|
|
\q I reflect on your accomplishments.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 6 I spread my hands out to you in prayer;
|
|
\q my soul thirsts for you in a parched land.
|
|
\qs Selah\qs*
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 7 Answer me quickly, Yahweh, because my spirit faints.
|
|
\q Do not hide your face from me,
|
|
\q or I will become like those who go down into the pit.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 8 Let me hear your covenant faithfulness in the morning,
|
|
\q for I trust in you.
|
|
\q Show me the way where I should walk,
|
|
\q for I lift up my soul to you.
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 9 Rescue me from my enemies, Yahweh;
|
|
\q I flee to you to hide.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 10 Teach me to do your will,
|
|
\q for you are my God.
|
|
\q May your good Spirit
|
|
\q lead me in the land of uprightness.
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 11 Yahweh, for your name's sake, keep me alive;
|
|
\q in your righteousness bring my soul out of trouble.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 12 In your covenant faithfulness cut off my enemies
|
|
\q and destroy all the enemies of my life,
|
|
\q for I am your servant.
|
|
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\c 144
|
|
\m
|
|
\d A psalm of David.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 1 Blessed be Yahweh, my rock,
|
|
\q who trains my hands for war
|
|
\q and my fingers for battle.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 2 You are my covenant faithfulness and my fortress,
|
|
\q my high tower and the one who rescues me,
|
|
\q my shield and the one in whom I take refuge,
|
|
\q the one who subdues nations under me.
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 3 Yahweh, what is man that you take notice of him
|
|
\q or the son of man that you think about him?
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 4 Man is like a breath;
|
|
\q his days are like a passing shadow.
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 5 Cause the sky to sink and come down, Yahweh;
|
|
\q touch the mountains and make them smoke.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 6 Send flashes of lightning and scatter my enemies;
|
|
\q shoot your arrows and drive them back in confusion.
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 7 Reach out your hand from above;
|
|
\q rescue me out of many waters,
|
|
\q from the hand of foreigners.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 8 Their mouths speak lies,
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\q and their right hand is falsehood.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 9 I will sing a new song to you, God;
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\q on a lute of ten strings I will sing praises to you,
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\q
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\v 10 who give salvation to kings,
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\q who rescued David your servant from an evil sword.
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\q
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\v 11 Rescue me and free me from the hand of foreigners.
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\q Their mouths speak lies,
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\q and their right hand is falsehood.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 12 May our sons be like plants who grow to full size in their youth
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\q and our daughters like carved corner pillars, shapely like those of a palace.
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\q
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\v 13 May our storehouses be full with every kind of produce,
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\q and may our sheep produce thousands and ten thousands in our fields.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 14 Then our oxen will have many young.
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\q No one will break through our walls; there will be no exile
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\q and no outcry in our streets.
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\q
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\v 15 Blessed is the people with such blessings;
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\q happy is the people whose God is Yahweh.
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\s5
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\c 145
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\m
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\d A psalm of praise. Of David.
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\q
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\v 1 I will extol you, my God, King;
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\q I will bless your name forever and ever.
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\q
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\v 2 Every day will I bless you;
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\q I will praise your name forever and ever.
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\q
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\v 3 Great is Yahweh and greatly to be praised;
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\q his greatness is unsearchable.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 4 One generation will praise your deeds to the next
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\q and will proclaim your mighty actions.
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\q
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\v 5 I will meditate on the majesty of your glory
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\q and on your marvelous deeds.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 6 They will speak of the power of your awesome works,
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\q and I will declare your greatness.
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\q
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\v 7 They will declare your abounding goodness,
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\q and they will sing about your righteousness.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 8 Yahweh is gracious and merciful,
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\q slow to anger and abounding in covenant faithfulness.
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\q
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\v 9 Yahweh is good to all;
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\q his tender mercies are over all his works.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 10 All you have made will give thanks to you, Yahweh;
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\q your faithful ones will bless you.
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\q
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\v 11 Your faithful ones will speak of the glory of your kingdom,
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\q and they will tell of your power.
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\q
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\v 12 They will make known to mankind God's mighty deeds
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\q and the glorious splendor of his kingdom.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 13 Your kingdom is an everlasting kingdom,
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\q and your dominion endures throughout all generations.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 14 Yahweh supports all who are falling
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\q and raises up all those who are bent over.
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\q
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\v 15 The eyes of all wait for you;
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\q you give them their food at the right time.
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\q
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\v 16 You open your hand
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\q and satisfy the desire of every living thing.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 17 Yahweh is righteous in all his ways
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\q and gracious in all he does.
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\q
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\v 18 Yahweh is near to all those who call to him,
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\q to all who call to him in trustworthiness.
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\q
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\v 19 He fulfills the desire of those who honor him;
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\q he hears their cry and saves them.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 20 Yahweh watches over all those who love him,
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\q but he will destroy all the wicked.
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\q
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\v 21 My mouth will speak out the praise of Yahweh;
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\q let all mankind bless his holy name forever and ever.
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\s5
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\c 146
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\m
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\q
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\v 1 Praise Yahweh.
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\q Praise Yahweh, my soul.
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\q
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\v 2 I give praise to Yahweh with all my life;
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\q I will sing praises to my God as long as I exist.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 3 Do not put your trust in princes
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\q or in mankind, in whom there is no salvation.
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\q
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\v 4 When a person's life's breath stops, he returns to the ground;
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\q on that day his plans end.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 5 Blessed is he who has the God of Jacob for his help,
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\q whose hope is in Yahweh his God.
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\q
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\v 6 Yahweh made heaven and earth,
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\q the sea, and all that is in them;
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\q he observes trustworthiness forever.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 7 He executes justice for the oppressed
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\q and gives food to the hungry.
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\q Yahweh frees the prisoners;
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\q
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\v 8 Yahweh opens the eyes of the blind;
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\q Yahweh raises up those who are bowed down;
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\q Yahweh loves the righteous people.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 9 Yahweh protects the foreigners in the land;
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\q he lifts up the fatherless and widow,
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\q but he opposes the wicked.
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\q
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\v 10 Yahweh will reign forever,
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\q your God, Zion, for all generations.
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\q Praise Yahweh.
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\s5
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\c 147
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\m
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\q
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\v 1 Praise Yahweh,
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\q for it is good to sing praises to our God,
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\q it is pleasant, and praise is suitable.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 2 Yahweh rebuilds Jerusalem,
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\q he gathers together the scattered people of Israel.
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\q
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\v 3 He heals the brokenhearted
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\q and binds up their wounds.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 4 He counts the stars,
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\q he gives names to all of them.
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\q
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\v 5 Great is our Lord and awesome in power,
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\q his understanding cannot be measured.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 6 Yahweh lifts up the oppressed,
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\q he brings the wicked down to the ground.
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\q
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\v 7 Sing to Yahweh with thanksgiving,
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\q sing praises to our God with a harp.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 8 He covers the heavens with clouds
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\q and prepares rain for the earth,
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\q making the grass to grow on the mountains.
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\q
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\v 9 He gives food to the animals
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\q and to the young ravens when they cry.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 10 He finds no delight in the strength of a horse,
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\q he takes no pleasure in the strong legs of a man.
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\q
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\v 11 Yahweh takes pleasure in those who honor him,
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\q who hope in his covenant faithfulness.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 12 Praise Yahweh, Jerusalem,
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\q praise your God, Zion.
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\q
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\v 13 For he strengthens the bars of your gates,
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\q he blesses your children among you.
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\q
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\v 14 He brings prosperity inside your borders,
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\q he satisfies you with the finest of wheat.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 15 He sends out his commandment to earth,
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\q his command runs very swiftly.
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\q
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\v 16 He makes the snow like wool,
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\q he scatters the frost like ashes.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 17 He dispenses the hail like crumbs,
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\q who can withstand the cold he sends?
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\q
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\v 18 He sends out his command and melts them,
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\q he makes the wind to blow and the water to flow.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 19 He proclaimed his word to Jacob,
|
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\q his statutes and his righteous decrees to Israel.
|
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\q
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\v 20 He has not done so with any other nation,
|
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\q and as for his decrees, they do not know them.
|
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\q Praise Yahweh.
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\s5
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\c 148
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\m
|
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\q
|
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\v 1 Praise Yahweh.
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\q Praise Yahweh, you in the heavens;
|
|
\q praise him, you in the heights.
|
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\q
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\v 2 Praise him, all his angels;
|
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\q praise him, all his hosts.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 3 Praise him, sun and moon;
|
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\q praise him, all you shining stars.
|
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\q
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\v 4 Praise him, highest heaven
|
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\q and you waters that are above the sky.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 5 Let them praise the name of Yahweh,
|
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\q for he gave the command, and they were created.
|
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\q
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\v 6 He has also established them forever and ever;
|
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\q he issued a decree that will never change.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 7 Praise him from the earth,
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\q you sea monsters and all ocean depths,
|
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\q
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\v 8 fire and hail, snow and clouds,
|
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\q stormy wind fulfilling his word.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 9 Praise him, mountains and all hills,
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\q fruit trees and all cedars,
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\q
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\v 10 animals wild and tame,
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\q creatures that crawl and birds.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 11 Praise Yahweh, kings of the earth and all nations,
|
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\q princes and all who govern on the earth,
|
|
\q
|
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\v 12 both young men and young women,
|
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\q elderly and children.
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\s5
|
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\q
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\v 13 Let them all praise the name of Yahweh,
|
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\q for his name alone is exalted
|
|
\q and his glory extends over the earth and the heavens.
|
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\q
|
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\v 14 He has lifted up the horn of his people
|
|
\q for praise from all his faithful ones,
|
|
\q the Israelites, the people near to him.
|
|
\q Praise Yahweh.
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|
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\s5
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|
\c 149
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\m
|
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\q
|
|
\v 1 Praise Yahweh.
|
|
\q Sing to Yahweh a new song;
|
|
\q sing his praise in the assembly of the faithful ones.
|
|
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|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 2 Let Israel rejoice in the one who made them;
|
|
\q let the people of Zion rejoice in their king.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 3 Let them praise his name with dancing;
|
|
\q let them sing praises to him with tambourine and harp.
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\s5
|
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\q
|
|
\v 4 For Yahweh takes pleasure in his people;
|
|
\q he glorifies the humble with salvation.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 5 Let the godly rejoice in victory;
|
|
\q let them sing for joy on their beds.
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\s5
|
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\q
|
|
\v 6 May the praises of God be in their mouths
|
|
\q and a two-edged sword in their hand
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 7 to execute vengeance on the nations
|
|
\q and acts of punishment on the peoples.
|
|
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|
\s5
|
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\q
|
|
\v 8 They will bind their kings with chains
|
|
\q and their nobles with iron shackles.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 9 They will execute the judgment that is written.
|
|
\q This will be an honor for all his faithful ones.
|
|
\q Praise Yahweh.
|
|
|
|
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|
\s5
|
|
\c 150
|
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\m
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 1 Praise Yahweh.
|
|
\q Praise God in his holy place;
|
|
\q praise him in the mighty heavens.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 2 Praise him for his mighty acts;
|
|
\q praise him for his surpassing greatness.
|
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\s5
|
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\q
|
|
\v 3 Praise him with the blast of the horn;
|
|
\q praise him with lute and harp.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 4 Praise him with tambourines and dancing;
|
|
\q praise him with stringed instruments and wind instruments.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 5 Praise him with loud cymbals;
|
|
\q praise him with high sounding cymbals.
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\s5
|
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\q
|
|
\v 6 Let everything that has breath praise Yahweh.
|
|
\q Praise Yahweh.
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|