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Psalm 14
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- Psalm 14 For the director of music. Of David.
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- The fool [1] says in his heart, "There is no God." They are corrupt, their deeds are vile; there is no one who does good.
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- The LORD looks down from heaven on the sons of men to see if there are any who understand, any who seek God.
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- All have turned aside, they have together become corrupt; there is no one who does good, not even one.
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- Will evildoers never learn-- those who devour my people as men eat bread and who do not call on the LORD?
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- There they are, overwhelmed with dread, for God is present in the company of the righteous.
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- You evildoers frustrate the plans of the poor, but the LORD is their refuge.
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- Oh, that salvation for Israel would come out of Zion! When the LORD restores the fortunes of his people, let Jacob rejoice and Israel be glad!
Psalm 120
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- Psalm 120 A song of ascents.
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- I call on the LORD in my distress, and he answers me.
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- Save me, O LORD, from lying lips and from deceitful tongues.
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- What will he do to you, and what more besides, O deceitful tongue?
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- He will punish you with a warrior's sharp arrows, with burning coals of the broom tree.
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- Woe to me that I dwell in Meshech, that I live among the tents of Kedar!
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- Too long have I lived among those who hate peace.
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- I am a man of peace; but when I speak, they are for war.
Psalm 31
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- Psalm 31 For the director of music. A psalm of David.
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- In you, O LORD, I have taken refuge; let me never be put to shame; deliver me in your righteousness.
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- Turn your ear to me, come quickly to my rescue; be my rock of refuge, a strong fortress to save me.
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- Since you are my rock and my fortress, for the sake of your name lead and guide me.
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- Free me from the trap that is set for me, for you are my refuge.
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- Into your hands I commit my spirit; redeem me, O LORD, the God of truth.
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- I hate those who cling to worthless idols; I trust in the LORD.
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- I will be glad and rejoice in your love, for you saw my affliction and knew the anguish of my soul.
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- You have not handed me over to the enemy but have set my feet in a spacious place.
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- Be merciful to me, O LORD, for I am in distress; my eyes grow weak with sorrow, my soul and my body with grief.
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- My life is consumed by anguish and my years by groaning; my strength fails because of my affliction, [1] and my bones grow weak.
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- Because of all my enemies, I am the utter contempt of my neighbors; I am a dread to my friends-- those who see me on the street flee from me.
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- I am forgotten by them as though I were dead; I have become like broken pottery.
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- For I hear the slander of many; there is terror on every side; they conspire against me and plot to take my life.
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- But I trust in you, O LORD; I say, "You are my God."
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- My times are in your hands; deliver me from my enemies and from those who pursue me.
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- Let your face shine on your servant; save me in your unfailing love.
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- Let me not be put to shame, O LORD, for I have cried out to you; but let the wicked be put to shame and lie silent in the grave. [2]
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- Let their lying lips be silenced, for with pride and contempt they speak arrogantly against the righteous.
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- How great is your goodness, which you have stored up for those who fear you, which you bestow in the sight of men on those who take refuge in you.
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- In the shelter of your presence you hide them from the intrigues of men; in your dwelling you keep them safe from accusing tongues.
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- Praise be to the LORD, for he showed his wonderful love to me when I was in a besieged city.
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- In my alarm I said, "I am cut off from your sight!" Yet you heard my cry for mercy when I called to you for help.
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- Love the LORD, all his saints! The LORD preserves the faithful, but the proud he pays back in full.
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- Be strong and take heart, all you who hope in the LORD.
Psalm 5
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- Psalm 5 For the director of music. For flutes. A psalm of David.
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- Give ear to my words, O LORD, consider my sighing.
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- Listen to my cry for help, my King and my God, for to you I pray.
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- In the morning, O LORD, you hear my voice; in the morning I lay my requests before you and wait in expectation.
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- You are not a God who takes pleasure in evil; with you the wicked cannot dwell.
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- The arrogant cannot stand in your presence; you hate all who do wrong.
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- You destroy those who tell lies; bloodthirsty and deceitful men the LORD abhors.
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- But I, by your great mercy, will come into your house; in reverence will I bow down toward your holy temple.
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- Lead me, O LORD, in your righteousness because of my enemies-- make straight your way before me.
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- Not a word from their mouth can be trusted; their heart is filled with destruction. Their throat is an open grave; with their tongue they speak deceit.
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- Declare them guilty, O God! Let their intrigues be their downfall. Banish them for their many sins, for they have rebelled against you.
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- But let all who take refuge in you be glad; let them ever sing for joy. Spread your protection over them, that those who love your name may rejoice in you.
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- For surely, O LORD, you bless the righteous; you surround them with your favor as with a shield.
Psalm 102
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- Psalm 102 A prayer of an afflicted man. When he is faint and pours out his lament before the LORD.
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- Hear my prayer, O LORD; let my cry for help come to you.
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- Do not hide your face from me when I am in distress. Turn your ear to me; when I call, answer me quickly.
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- For my days vanish like smoke; my bones burn like glowing embers.
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- My heart is blighted and withered like grass; I forget to eat my food.
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- Because of my loud groaning I am reduced to skin and bones.
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- I am like a desert owl, like an owl among the ruins.
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- I lie awake; I have become like a bird alone on a roof.
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- All day long my enemies taunt me; those who rail against me use my name as a curse.
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- For I eat ashes as my food and mingle my drink with tears
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- because of your great wrath, for you have taken me up and thrown me aside.
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- My days are like the evening shadow; I wither away like grass.
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- But you, O LORD, sit enthroned forever; your renown endures through all generations.
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- You will arise and have compassion on Zion, for it is time to show favor to her; the appointed time has come.
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- For her stones are dear to your servants; her very dust moves them to pity.
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- The nations will fear the name of the LORD, all the kings of the earth will revere your glory.
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- For the LORD will rebuild Zion and appear in his glory.
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- He will respond to the prayer of the destitute; he will not despise their plea.
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- Let this be written for a future generation, that a people not yet created may praise the LORD:
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- "The LORD looked down from his sanctuary on high, from heaven he viewed the earth,
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- to hear the groans of the prisoners and release those condemned to death."
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- So the name of the LORD will be declared in Zion and his praise in Jerusalem
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- when the peoples and the kingdoms assemble to worship the LORD.
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- In the course of my life [1] he broke my strength; he cut short my days.
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- So I said: "Do not take me away, O my God, in the midst of my days; your years go on through all generations.
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- In the beginning you laid the foundations of the earth, and the heavens are the work of your hands.
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- They will perish, but you remain; they will all wear out like a garment. Like clothing you will change them and they will be discarded.
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- But you remain the same, and your years will never end.
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- The children of your servants will live in your presence; their descendants will be established before you."
Psalm 128
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- Psalm 128 A song of ascents.
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- Blessed are all who fear the LORD, who walk in his ways.
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- You will eat the fruit of your labor; blessings and prosperity will be yours.
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- Your wife will be like a fruitful vine within your house; your sons will be like olive shoots around your table.
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- Thus is the man blessed who fears the LORD.
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- May the LORD bless you from Zion all the days of your life; may you see the prosperity of Jerusalem,
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- and may you live to see your children's children. Peace be upon Israel.
Psalm 42
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- Psalm 42 For the director of music. A maskil [1] of the Sons of Korah. [2]
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- As the deer pants for streams of water, so my soul pants for you, O God.
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- My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. When can I go and meet with God?
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- My tears have been my food day and night, while men say to me all day long, "Where is your God?"
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- These things I remember as I pour out my soul: how I used to go with the multitude, leading the procession to the house of God, with shouts of joy and thanksgiving among the festive throng.
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- Why are you downcast, O my soul? Why so disturbed within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise him, my Savior and
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- my God. My [3] soul is downcast within me; therefore I will remember you from the land of the Jordan, the heights of Hermon--from Mount Mizar.
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- Deep calls to deep in the roar of your waterfalls; all your waves and breakers have swept over me.
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- By day the LORD directs his love, at night his song is with me-- a prayer to the God of my life.
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- I say to God my Rock, "Why have you forgotten me? Why must I go about mourning, oppressed by the enemy?"
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- My bones suffer mortal agony as my foes taunt me, saying to me all day long, "Where is your God?"
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- Why are you downcast, O my soul? Why so disturbed within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise him, my Savior and my God.
Psalm 21
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- Psalm 21 For the director of music. A psalm of David.
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- O LORD, the king rejoices in your strength. How great is his joy in the victories you give!
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- You have granted him the desire of his heart and have not withheld the request of his lips. Selah
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- You welcomed him with rich blessings and placed a crown of pure gold on his head.
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- He asked you for life, and you gave it to him-- length of days, for ever and ever.
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- Through the victories you gave, his glory is great; you have bestowed on him splendor and majesty.
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- Surely you have granted him eternal blessings and made him glad with the joy of your presence.
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- For the king trusts in the LORD; through the unfailing love of the Most High he will not be shaken.
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- Your hand will lay hold on all your enemies; your right hand will seize your foes.
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- At the time of your appearing you will make them like a fiery furnace. In his wrath the LORD will swallow them up, and his fire will consume them.
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- You will destroy their descendants from the earth, their posterity from mankind.
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- Though they plot evil against you and devise wicked schemes, they cannot succeed;
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- for you will make them turn their backs when you aim at them with drawn bow.
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- Be exalted, O LORD, in your strength; we will sing and praise your might.
Psalm 3
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- Psalm 3 A psalm of David. When he fled from his son Absalom.
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- O LORD, how many are my foes! How many rise up against me!
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- Many are saying of me, "God will not deliver him." Selah [1]
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- But you are a shield around me, O LORD; you bestow glory on me and lift [2] up my head.
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- To the LORD I cry aloud, and he answers me from his holy hill. Selah
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- I lie down and sleep; I wake again, because the LORD sustains me.
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- I will not fear the tens of thousands drawn up against me on every side.
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- Arise, O LORD! Deliver me, O my God! Strike all my enemies on the jaw; break the teeth of the wicked.
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- From the LORD comes deliverance. May your blessing be on your people. Selah
Psalm 12
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- Psalm 12 For the director of music. According to sheminith. [1] A psalm of David.
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- Help, LORD, for the godly are no more; the faithful have vanished from among men.
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- Everyone lies to his neighbor; their flattering lips speak with deception.
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- May the LORD cut off all flattering lips and every boastful tongue
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- that says, "We will triumph with our tongues; we own our lips [2] --who is our master?"
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- "Because of the oppression of the weak and the groaning of the needy, I will now arise," says the LORD. "I will protect them from those who malign them."
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- And the words of the LORD are flawless, like silver refined in a furnace of clay, purified seven times.
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- O LORD, you will keep us safe and protect us from such people forever.
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- The wicked freely strut about when what is vile is honored among men
Psalm 20
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- Psalm 20 For the director of music. A psalm of David.
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- May the LORD answer you when you are in distress; may the name of the God of Jacob protect you.
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- May he send you help from the sanctuary and grant you support from Zion.
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- May he remember all your sacrifices and accept your burnt offerings. Selah
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- May he give you the desire of your heart and make all your plans succeed.
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- We will shout for joy when you are victorious and will lift up our banners in the name of our God. May the LORD grant all your requests.
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- Now I know that the LORD saves his anointed; he answers him from his holy heaven with the saving power of his right hand.
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- Some trust in chariots and some in horses, but we trust in the name of the LORD our God.
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- They are brought to their knees and fall, but we rise up and stand firm.
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- O LORD, save the king! Answer [1] us when we call!
Psalm 22
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- Psalm 22 For the director of music. To [the tune of] "The Doe of the Morning." A psalm of David.
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- My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? Why are you so far from saving me, so far from the words of my groaning?
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- O my God, I cry out by day, but you do not answer, by night, and am not silent.
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- Yet you are enthroned as the Holy One; you are the praise of Israel. [1]
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- In you our fathers put their trust; they trusted and you delivered them.
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- They cried to you and were saved; in you they trusted and were not disappointed.
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- But I am a worm and not a man, scorned by men and despised by the people.
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- All who see me mock me; they hurl insults, shaking their heads:
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- "He trusts in the LORD; let the LORD rescue him. Let him deliver him, since he delights in him."
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- Yet you brought me out of the womb; you made me trust in you even at my mother's breast.
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- From birth I was cast upon you; from my mother's womb you have been my God.
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- Do not be far from me, for trouble is near and there is no one to help.
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- Many bulls surround me; strong bulls of Bashan encircle me.
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- Roaring lions tearing their prey open their mouths wide against me.
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- I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint. My heart has turned to wax; it has melted away within me.
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- My strength is dried up like a potsherd, and my tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth; you lay me [2] in the dust of death.
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- Dogs have surrounded me; a band of evil men has encircled me, they have pierced [3] my hands and my feet.
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- I can count all my bones; people stare and gloat over me.
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- They divide my garments among them and cast lots for my clothing.
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- But you, O LORD, be not far off; O my Strength, come quickly to help me.
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- Deliver my life from the sword, my precious life from the power of the dogs.
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- Rescue me from the mouth of the lions; save [4] me from the horns of the wild oxen.
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- I will declare your name to my brothers; in the congregation I will praise you.
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- You who fear the LORD, praise him! All you descendants of Jacob, honor him! Revere him, all you descendants of Israel!
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- For he has not despised or disdained the suffering of the afflicted one; he has not hidden his face from him but has listened to his cry for help.
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- From you comes the theme of my praise in the great assembly; before those who fear you [5] will I fulfill my vows.
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- The poor will eat and be satisfied; they who seek the LORD will praise him-- may your hearts live forever!
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- All the ends of the earth will remember and turn to the LORD, and all the families of the nations will bow down before him,
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- for dominion belongs to the LORD and he rules over the nations.
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- All the rich of the earth will feast and worship; all who go down to the dust will kneel before him-- those who cannot keep themselves alive.
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- Posterity will serve him; future generations will be told about the Lord.
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- They will proclaim his righteousness to a people yet unborn-- for he has done it.
Psalm 7
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- Psalm 7 A shiggaion [1] of David, which he sang to the LORD concerning Cush, a Benjamite.
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- O LORD my God, I take refuge in you; save and deliver me from all who pursue me,
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- or they will tear me like a lion and rip me to pieces with no one to rescue me.
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- O LORD my God, if I have done this and there is guilt on my hands--
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- if I have done evil to him who is at peace with me or without cause have robbed my foe--
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- then let my enemy pursue and overtake me; let him trample my life to the ground and make me sleep in the dust. Selah
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- Arise, O LORD, in your anger; rise up against the rage of my enemies. Awake, my God; decree justice.
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- Let the assembled peoples gather around you. Rule over them from on high;
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- let the LORD judge the peoples. Judge me, O LORD, according to my righteousness, according to my integrity, O Most High.
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- O righteous God, who searches minds and hearts, bring to an end the violence of the wicked and make the righteous secure.
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- My shield [2] is God Most High, who saves the upright in heart.
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- God is a righteous judge, a God who expresses his wrath every day.
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- If he does not relent, he [3] will sharpen his sword; he will bend and string his bow.
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- He has prepared his deadly weapons; he makes ready his flaming arrows.
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- He who is pregnant with evil and conceives trouble gives birth to disillusionment.
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- He who digs a hole and scoops it out falls into the pit he has made.
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- The trouble he causes recoils on himself; his violence comes down on his own head.
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- I will give thanks to the LORD because of his righteousness and will sing praise to the name of the LORD Most High.
Psalm 37
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- Psalm 37 Of David. Q
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- Do not fret because of evil men or be envious of those who do wrong;
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- for like the grass they will soon wither, like green plants they will soon die away.
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- Trust in the LORD and do good; dwell in the land and enjoy safe pasture.
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- Delight yourself in the LORD and he will give you the desires of your heart.
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- Commit your way to the LORD; trust in him and he will do this:
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- He will make your righteousness shine like the dawn, the justice of your cause like the noonday sun.
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- Be still before the LORD and wait patiently for him; do not fret when men succeed in their ways, when they carry out their wicked schemes.
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- Refrain from anger and turn from wrath; do not fret--it leads only to evil.
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- For evil men will be cut off, but those who hope in the LORD will inherit the land.
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- A little while, and the wicked will be no more; though you look for them, they will not be found.
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- But the meek will inherit the land and enjoy great peace.
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- The wicked plot against the righteous and gnash their teeth at them;
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- but the Lord laughs at the wicked, for he knows their day is coming.
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- The wicked draw the sword and bend the bow to bring down the poor and needy, to slay those whose ways are upright.
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- But their swords will pierce their own hearts, and their bows will be broken.
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- Better the little that the righteous have than the wealth of many wicked;
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- for the power of the wicked will be broken, but the LORD upholds the righteous.
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- The days of the blameless are known to the LORD, and their inheritance will endure forever.
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- In times of disaster they will not wither; in days of famine they will enjoy plenty.
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- But the wicked will perish: The LORD's enemies will be like the beauty of the fields, they will vanish--vanish like smoke.
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- The wicked borrow and do not repay, but the righteous give generously;
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- those the LORD blesses will inherit the land, but those he curses will be cut off.
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- If the LORD delights in a man's way, he makes his steps firm;
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- though he stumble, he will not fall, for the LORD upholds him with his hand.
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- I was young and now I am old, yet I have never seen the righteous forsaken or their children begging bread.
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- They are always generous and lend freely; their children will be blessed.
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- Turn from evil and do good; then you will dwell in the land forever.
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- For the LORD loves the just and will not forsake his faithful ones. They will be protected forever, but the offspring of the wicked will be cut off;
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- the righteous will inherit the land and dwell in it forever.
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- The mouth of the righteous man utters wisdom, and his tongue speaks what is just.
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- The law of his God is in his heart; his feet do not slip.
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- The wicked lie in wait for the righteous, seeking their very lives;
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- but the LORD will not leave them in their power or let them be condemned when brought to trial.
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- Wait for the LORD and keep his way. He will exalt you to inherit the land; when the wicked are cut off, you will see it.
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- I have seen a wicked and ruthless man flourishing like a green tree in its native soil,
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- but he soon passed away and was no more; though I looked for him, he could not be found.
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- Consider the blameless, observe the upright; there is a future [2] for the man of peace.
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- But all sinners will be destroyed; the future [3] of the wicked will be cut off.
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- The salvation of the righteous comes from the LORD; he is their stronghold in time of trouble.
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- The LORD helps them and delivers them; he delivers them from the wicked and saves them, because they take refuge in him.
Psalm 2
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- Psalm 2
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- Why do the nations conspire [1] and the peoples plot in vain?
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- The kings of the earth take their stand and the rulers gather together against the LORD and against his Anointed One. [2]
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- "Let us break their chains," they say, "and throw off their fetters."
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- The One enthroned in heaven laughs; the Lord scoffs at them.
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- Then he rebukes them in his anger and terrifies them in his wrath, saying,
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- "I have installed my King [3] on Zion, my holy hill."
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- I will proclaim the decree of the LORD: He said to me, "You are my Son [4] ; today I have become your Father. [5]
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- Ask of me, and I will make the nations your inheritance, the ends of the earth your possession.
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- You will rule them with an iron scepter [6] ; you will dash them to pieces like pottery."
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- Therefore, you kings, be wise; be warned, you rulers of the earth.
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Serve the LORD with fear and rejoice with trembling.
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- Kiss the Son, lest he be angry and you be destroyed in your way, for his wrath can flare up in a moment. Blessed are all who take refuge in him.
Psalm 33
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- Psalm 33
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- Sing joyfully to the LORD, you righteous; it is fitting for the upright to praise him.
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- Praise the LORD with the harp; make music to him on the ten-stringed lyre.
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- Sing to him a new song; play skillfully, and shout for joy.
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- For the word of the LORD is right and true; he is faithful in all he does.
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- The LORD loves righteousness and justice; the earth is full of his unfailing love.
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- By the word of the LORD were the heavens made, their starry host by the breath of his mouth.
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- He gathers the waters of the sea into jars [1] ; he puts the deep into storehouses.
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- Let all the earth fear the LORD; let all the people of the world revere him.
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- For he spoke, and it came to be; he commanded, and it stood firm.
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- The LORD foils the plans of the nations; he thwarts the purposes of the peoples.
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- But the plans of the LORD stand firm forever, the purposes of his heart through all generations.
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- Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD, the people he chose for his inheritance.
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- From heaven the LORD looks down and sees all mankind;
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- from his dwelling place he watches all who live on earth--
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- he who forms the hearts of all, who considers everything they do.
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- No king is saved by the size of his army; no warrior escapes by his great strength.
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- A horse is a vain hope for deliverance; despite all its great strength it cannot save.
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- But the eyes of the LORD are on those who fear him, on those whose hope is in his unfailing love,
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- to deliver them from death and keep them alive in famine.
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- We wait in hope for the LORD; he is our help and our shield.
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- In him our hearts rejoice, for we trust in his holy name.
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- May your unfailing love rest upon us, O LORD, even as we put our hope in you.
Psalm 10
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- Psalm 10 [1]
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- Why, O LORD, do you stand far off? Why do you hide yourself in times of trouble?
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- In his arrogance the wicked man hunts down the weak, who are caught in the schemes he devises.
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- He boasts of the cravings of his heart; he blesses the greedy and reviles the LORD.
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- In his pride the wicked does not seek him; in all his thoughts there is no room for God.
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- His ways are always prosperous; he is haughty and your laws are far from him; he sneers at all his enemies.
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- He says to himself, "Nothing will shake me; I'll always be happy and never have trouble."
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- His mouth is full of curses and lies and threats; trouble and evil are under his tongue.
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- He lies in wait near the villages; from ambush he murders the innocent, watching in secret for his victims.
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- He lies in wait like a lion in cover; he lies in wait to catch the helpless; he catches the helpless and drags them off in his net.
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- His victims are crushed, they collapse; they fall under his strength.
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- He says to himself, "God has forgotten; he covers his face and never sees."
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- Arise, LORD! Lift up your hand, O God. Do not forget the helpless.
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- Why does the wicked man revile God? Why does he say to himself, "He won't call me to account"?
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- But you, O God, do see trouble and grief; you consider it to take it in hand. The victim commits himself to you; you are the helper of the fatherless.
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- Break the arm of the wicked and evil man; call him to account for his wickedness that would not be found out.
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- The LORD is King for ever and ever; the nations will perish from his land.
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- You hear, O LORD, the desire of the afflicted; you encourage them, and you listen to their cry,
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- defending the fatherless and the oppressed, in order that man, who is of the earth, may terrify no more.
Psalm 7
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- Psalm 7 A shiggaion [1] of David, which he sang to the LORD concerning Cush, a Benjamite.
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- O LORD my God, I take refuge in you; save and deliver me from all who pursue me,
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- or they will tear me like a lion and rip me to pieces with no one to rescue me.
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- O LORD my God, if I have done this and there is guilt on my hands--
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- if I have done evil to him who is at peace with me or without cause have robbed my foe--
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- then let my enemy pursue and overtake me; let him trample my life to the ground and make me sleep in the dust. Selah
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- Arise, O LORD, in your anger; rise up against the rage of my enemies. Awake, my God; decree justice.
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- Let the assembled peoples gather around you. Rule over them from on high;
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- let the LORD judge the peoples. Judge me, O LORD, according to my righteousness, according to my integrity, O Most High.
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- O righteous God, who searches minds and hearts, bring to an end the violence of the wicked and make the righteous secure.
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- My shield [2] is God Most High, who saves the upright in heart.
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- God is a righteous judge, a God who expresses his wrath every day.
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- If he does not relent, he [3] will sharpen his sword; he will bend and string his bow.
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- He has prepared his deadly weapons; he makes ready his flaming arrows.
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- He who is pregnant with evil and conceives trouble gives birth to disillusionment.
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- He who digs a hole and scoops it out falls into the pit he has made.
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- The trouble he causes recoils on himself; his violence comes down on his own head.
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- I will give thanks to the LORD because of his righteousness and will sing praise to the name of the LORD Most High.
Psalm 9
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- Psalm 9 For the director of music. To [the tune of] "The Death of the Son." A psalm of David. [1]
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- I will praise you, O LORD, with all my heart; I will tell of all your wonders.
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- I will be glad and rejoice in you; I will sing praise to your name, O Most High.
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- My enemies turn back; they stumble and perish before you.
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- For you have upheld my right and my cause; you have sat on your throne, judging righteously.
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- You have rebuked the nations and destroyed the wicked; you have blotted out their name for ever and ever.
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- Endless ruin has overtaken the enemy, you have uprooted their cities; even the memory of them has perished.
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- The LORD reigns forever; he has established his throne for judgment.
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- He will judge the world in righteousness; he will govern the peoples with justice.
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- The LORD is a refuge for the oppressed, a stronghold in times of trouble.
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- Those who know your name will trust in you, for you, LORD, have never forsaken those who seek you.
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- Sing praises to the LORD, enthroned in Zion; proclaim among the nations what he has done.
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- For he who avenges blood remembers; he does not ignore the cry of the afflicted.
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- O LORD, see how my enemies persecute me! Have mercy and lift me up from the gates of death,
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- that I may declare your praises in the gates of the Daughter of Zion and there rejoice in your salvation.
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- The nations have fallen into the pit they have dug; their feet are caught in the net they have hidden.
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- The LORD is known by his justice; the wicked are ensnared by the work of their hands. Higgaion. [2] Selah
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- The wicked return to the grave, [3] all the nations that forget God.
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- But the needy will not always be forgotten, nor the hope of the afflicted ever perish.
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- Arise, O LORD, let not man triumph; let the nations be judged in your presence.
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- Strike them with terror, O LORD; let the nations know they are but men. Selah
Psalm 122
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- Psalm 122 A song of ascents. Of David.
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- I rejoiced with those who said to me, "Let us go to the house of the LORD."
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- Our feet are standing in your gates, O Jerusalem.
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- Jerusalem is built like a city that is closely compacted together.
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- That is where the tribes go up, the tribes of the LORD, to praise the name of the LORD according to the statute given to Israel.
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- There the thrones for judgment stand, the thrones of the house of David.
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- Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: "May those who love you be secure.
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- May there be peace within your walls and security within your citadels."
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- For the sake of my brothers and friends, I will say, "Peace be within you."
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- For the sake of the house of the LORD our God, I will seek your prosperity.