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Psalm 131
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- Psalm 131 A song of ascents. Of David.
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- My heart is not proud, O LORD, my eyes are not haughty; I do not concern myself with great matters or things too wonderful for me.
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- But I have stilled and quieted my soul; like a weaned child with its mother, like a weaned child is my soul within me.
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- O Israel, put your hope in the LORD both now and forevermore.
Psalm 78- 1
- Psalm 78 A maskil [1] of Asaph.
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- O my people, hear my teaching; listen to the words of my mouth.
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- I will open my mouth in parables, I will utter hidden things, things from of old--
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- what we have heard and known, what our fathers have told us.
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- We will not hide them from their children; we will tell the next generation the praiseworthy deeds of the LORD, his power, and the wonders he has done.
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- He decreed statutes for Jacob and established the law in Israel, which he commanded our forefathers to teach their children,
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- so the next generation would know them, even the children yet to be born, and they in turn would tell their children.
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- Then they would put their trust in God and would not forget his deeds but would keep his commands.
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- They would not be like their forefathers-- a stubborn and rebellious generation, whose hearts were not loyal to God, whose spirits were not faithful to him.
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- The men of Ephraim, though armed with bows, turned back on the day of battle;
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- they did not keep God's covenant and refused to live by his law.
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- They forgot what he had done, the wonders he had shown them.
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- He did miracles in the sight of their fathers in the land of Egypt, in the region of Zoan.
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- He divided the sea and led them through; he made the water stand firm like a wall.
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- He guided them with the cloud by day and with light from the fire all night.
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- He split the rocks in the desert and gave them water as abundant as the seas;
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- he brought streams out of a rocky crag and made water flow down like rivers.
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- But they continued to sin against him, rebelling in the desert against the Most High.
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- They willfully put God to the test by demanding the food they craved.
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- They spoke against God, saying, "Can God spread a table in the desert?
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- When he struck the rock, water gushed out, and streams flowed abundantly. But can he also give us food? Can he supply meat for his people?"
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- When the LORD heard them, he was very angry; his fire broke out against Jacob, and his wrath rose against Israel,
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- for they did not believe in God or trust in his deliverance.
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- Yet he gave a command to the skies above and opened the doors of the heavens;
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- he rained down manna for the people to eat, he gave them the grain of heaven.
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- Men ate the bread of angels; he sent them all the food they could eat.
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- He let loose the east wind from the heavens and led forth the south wind by his power.
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- He rained meat down on them like dust, flying birds like sand on the seashore.
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- He made them come down inside their camp, all around their tents.
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- They ate till they had more than enough, for he had given them what they craved.
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- But before they turned from the food they craved, even while it was still in their mouths,
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- God's anger rose against them; he put to death the sturdiest among them, cutting down the young men of Israel.
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- In spite of all this, they kept on sinning; in spite of his wonders, they did not believe.
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- So he ended their days in futility and their years in terror.
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- Whenever God slew them, they would seek him; they eagerly turned to him again.
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- They remembered that God was their Rock, that God Most High was their Redeemer.
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- But then they would flatter him with their mouths, lying to him with their tongues;
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- their hearts were not loyal to him, they were not faithful to his covenant.
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- Yet he was merciful; he forgave their iniquities and did not destroy them. Time after time he restrained his anger and did not stir up his full wrath.
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- He remembered that they were but flesh, a passing breeze that does not return.
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- How often they rebelled against him in the desert and grieved him in the wasteland!
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- Again and again they put God to the test; they vexed the Holy One of Israel.
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- They did not remember his power-- the day he redeemed them from the oppressor,
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- the day he displayed his miraculous signs in Egypt, his wonders in the region of Zoan.
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- He turned their rivers to blood; they could not drink from their streams.
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- He sent swarms of flies that devoured them, and frogs that devastated them.
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- He gave their crops to the grasshopper, their produce to the locust.
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- He destroyed their vines with hail and their sycamore-figs with sleet.
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- He gave over their cattle to the hail, their livestock to bolts of lightning.
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- He unleashed against them his hot anger, his wrath, indignation and hostility-- a band of destroying angels.
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- He prepared a path for his anger; he did not spare them from death but gave them over to the plague.
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- He struck down all the firstborn of Egypt, the firstfruits of manhood in the tents of Ham.
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- But he brought his people out like a flock; he led them like sheep through the desert.
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- He guided them safely, so they were unafraid; but the sea engulfed their enemies.
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- Thus he brought them to the border of his holy land, to the hill country his right hand had taken.
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- He drove out nations before them and allotted their lands to them as an inheritance; he settled the tribes of Israel in their homes.
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- But they put God to the test and rebelled against the Most High; they did not keep his statutes.
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- Like their fathers they were disloyal and faithless, as unreliable as a faulty bow.
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- They angered him with their high places; they aroused his jealousy with their idols.
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- When God heard them, he was very angry; he rejected Israel completely.
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- He abandoned the tabernacle of Shiloh, the tent he had set up among men.
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- He sent [the ark of] his might into captivity, his splendor into the hands of the enemy.
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- He gave his people over to the sword; he was very angry with his inheritance.
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- Fire consumed their young men, and their maidens had no wedding songs;
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- their priests were put to the sword, and their widows could not weep.
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- Then the Lord awoke as from sleep, as a man wakes from the stupor of wine.
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- He beat back his enemies; he put them to everlasting shame.
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- Then he rejected the tents of Joseph, he did not choose the tribe of Ephraim;
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- but he chose the tribe of Judah, Mount Zion, which he loved.
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- He built his sanctuary like the heights, like the earth that he established forever.
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- He chose David his servant and took him from the sheep pens;
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- from tending the sheep he brought him to be the shepherd of his people Jacob, of Israel his inheritance.
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- And David shepherded them with integrity of heart; with skillful hands he led them.
Psalm 73- 1
- Psalm 73 A psalm of Asaph.
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- Surely God is good to Israel, to those who are pure in heart.
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- But as for me, my feet had almost slipped; I had nearly lost my foothold.
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- For I envied the arrogant when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.
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- They have no struggles; their bodies are healthy and strong. [1]
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- They are free from the burdens common to man; they are not plagued by human ills.
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- Therefore pride is their necklace; they clothe themselves with violence.
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- From their callous hearts comes iniquity [2] ; the evil conceits of their minds know no limits.
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- They scoff, and speak with malice; in their arrogance they threaten oppression.
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- Their mouths lay claim to heaven, and their tongues take possession of the earth.
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- Therefore their people turn to them and drink up waters in abundance. [3]
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- They say, "How can God know? Does the Most High have knowledge?"
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- This is what the wicked are like-- always carefree, they increase in wealth.
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- Surely in vain have I kept my heart pure; in vain have I washed my hands in innocence.
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- All day long I have been plagued; I have been punished every morning.
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- If I had said, "I will speak thus," I would have betrayed your children.
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- When I tried to understand all this, it was oppressive to me
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- till I entered the sanctuary of God; then I understood their final destiny.
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- Surely you place them on slippery ground; you cast them down to ruin.
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- How suddenly are they destroyed, completely swept away by terrors!
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- As a dream when one awakes, so when you arise, O Lord, you will despise them as fantasies.
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- When my heart was grieved and my spirit embittered,
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- I was senseless and ignorant; I was a brute beast before you.
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- Yet I am always with you; you hold me by my right hand.
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- You guide me with your counsel, and afterward you will take me into glory.
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- Whom have I in heaven but you? And earth has nothing I desire besides you.
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- My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.
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- Those who are far from you will perish; you destroy all who are unfaithful to you.
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- But as for me, it is good to be near God. I have made the Sovereign LORD my refuge; I will tell of all your deeds.
Psalm 150- 1
- Psalm 150
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- Praise the LORD. [1] Praise God in his sanctuary; praise him in his mighty heavens.
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- Praise him for his acts of power; praise him for his surpassing greatness.
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- Praise him with the sounding of the trumpet, praise him with the harp and lyre,
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- praise him with tambourine and dancing, praise him with the strings and flute,
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- praise him with the clash of cymbals, praise him with resounding cymbals.
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- Let everything that has breath praise the LORD. Praise the LORD.
Psalm 150- 1
- Psalm 150
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- Praise the LORD. [1] Praise God in his sanctuary; praise him in his mighty heavens.
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- Praise him for his acts of power; praise him for his surpassing greatness.
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- Praise him with the sounding of the trumpet, praise him with the harp and lyre,
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- praise him with tambourine and dancing, praise him with the strings and flute,
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- praise him with the clash of cymbals, praise him with resounding cymbals.
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- Let everything that has breath praise the LORD. Praise the LORD.
Psalm 150- 1
- Psalm 150
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- Praise the LORD. [1] Praise God in his sanctuary; praise him in his mighty heavens.
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- Praise him for his acts of power; praise him for his surpassing greatness.
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- Praise him with the sounding of the trumpet, praise him with the harp and lyre,
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- praise him with tambourine and dancing, praise him with the strings and flute,
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- praise him with the clash of cymbals, praise him with resounding cymbals.
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- Let everything that has breath praise the LORD. Praise the LORD.
Psalm 150- 1
- Psalm 150
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- Praise the LORD. [1] Praise God in his sanctuary; praise him in his mighty heavens.
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- Praise him for his acts of power; praise him for his surpassing greatness.
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- Praise him with the sounding of the trumpet, praise him with the harp and lyre,
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- praise him with tambourine and dancing, praise him with the strings and flute,
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- praise him with the clash of cymbals, praise him with resounding cymbals.
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- Let everything that has breath praise the LORD. Praise the LORD.
Psalm 32
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- Psalm 32 Of David. A maskil.
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- Blessed is he whose transgressions are forgiven, whose sins are covered.
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- Blessed is the man whose sin the LORD does not count against him and in whose spirit is no deceit.
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- When I kept silent, my bones wasted away through my groaning all day long.
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- For day and night your hand was heavy upon me; my strength was sapped as in the heat of summer. Selah
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- Then I acknowledged my sin to you and did not cover up my iniquity. I said, "I will confess my transgressions to the LORD"-- and you forgave the guilt of my sin. Selah
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- Therefore let everyone who is godly pray to you while you may be found; surely when the mighty waters rise, they will not reach him.
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- You are my hiding place; you will protect me from trouble and surround me with songs of deliverance. Selah
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- I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will counsel you and watch over you.
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- Do not be like the horse or the mule, which have no understanding but must be controlled by bit and bridle or they will not come to you.
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- Many are the woes of the wicked, but the LORD's unfailing love surrounds the man who trusts in him.
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- Rejoice in the LORD and be glad, you righteous; sing, all you who are upright in heart!
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 30
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- Psalm 30 A psalm. A song. For the dedication of the temple. [1] Of David.
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- I will exalt you, O LORD, for you lifted me out of the depths and did not let my enemies gloat over me.
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- O LORD my God, I called to you for help and you healed me.
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- O LORD, you brought me up from the grave [2] ; you spared me from going down into the pit.
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- Sing to the LORD, you saints of his; praise his holy name.
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- For his anger lasts only a moment, but his favor lasts a lifetime; weeping may remain for a night, but rejoicing comes in the morning.
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- When I felt secure, I said, "I will never be shaken."
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- O LORD, when you favored me, you made my mountain [3] stand firm; but when you hid your face, I was dismayed.
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- To you, O LORD, I called; to the Lord I cried for mercy:
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- "What gain is there in my destruction, [4] in my going down into the pit? Will the dust praise you? Will it proclaim your faithfulness?
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- Hear, O LORD, and be merciful to me; O LORD, be my help."
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- You turned my wailing into dancing; you removed my sackcloth and clothed me with joy,
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- that my heart may sing to you and not be silent. O LORD my God, I will give you thanks forever.
Psalm 69
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- Psalm 69 For the director of music. To [the tune of] "Lilies." Of David.
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- Save me, O God, for the waters have come up to my neck.
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- I sink in the miry depths, where there is no foothold. I have come into the deep waters; the floods engulf me.
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- I am worn out calling for help; my throat is parched. My eyes fail, looking for my God.
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- Those who hate me without reason outnumber the hairs of my head; many are my enemies without cause, those who seek to destroy me. I am forced to restore what I did not steal.
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- You know my folly, O God; my guilt is not hidden from you.
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- May those who hope in you not be disgraced because of me, O Lord, the LORD Almighty; may those who seek you not be put to shame because of me, O God of Israel.
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- For I endure scorn for your sake, and shame covers my face.
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- I am a stranger to my brothers, an alien to my own mother's sons;
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- for zeal for your house consumes me, and the insults of those who insult you fall on me.
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- When I weep and fast, I must endure scorn;
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- when I put on sackcloth, people make sport of me.
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- Those who sit at the gate mock me, and I am the song of the drunkards.
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- But I pray to you, O LORD, in the time of your favor; in your great love, O God, answer me with your sure salvation.
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- Rescue me from the mire, do not let me sink; deliver me from those who hate me, from the deep waters.
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- Do not let the floodwaters engulf me or the depths swallow me up or the pit close its mouth over me.
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- Answer me, O LORD, out of the goodness of your love; in your great mercy turn to me.
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- Do not hide your face from your servant; answer me quickly, for I am in trouble.
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- Come near and rescue me; redeem me because of my foes.
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- You know how I am scorned, disgraced and shamed; all my enemies are before you.
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- Scorn has broken my heart and has left me helpless; I looked for sympathy, but there was none, for comforters, but I found none.
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- They put gall in my food and gave me vinegar for my thirst.
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- May the table set before them become a snare; may it become retribution and [1] a trap.
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- May their eyes be darkened so they cannot see, and their backs be bent forever.
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- Pour out your wrath on them; let your fierce anger overtake them.
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- May their place be deserted; let there be no one to dwell in their tents.
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- For they persecute those you wound and talk about the pain of those you hurt.
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- Charge them with crime upon crime; do not let them share in your salvation.
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- May they be blotted out of the book of life and not be listed with the righteous.
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- I am in pain and distress; may your salvation, O God, protect me.
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- I will praise God's name in song and glorify him with thanksgiving.
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- This will please the LORD more than an ox, more than a bull with its horns and hoofs.
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- The poor will see and be glad-- you who seek God, may your hearts live!
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- The LORD hears the needy and does not despise his captive people.
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- Let heaven and earth praise him, the seas and all that move in them,
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- for God will save Zion and rebuild the cities of Judah. Then people will settle there and possess it;
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- the children of his servants will inherit it, and those who love his name will dwell there.
Psalm 133
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- Psalm 133 A song of ascents. Of David.
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- How good and pleasant it is when brothers live together in unity!
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- It is like precious oil poured on the head, running down on the beard, running down on Aaron's beard, down upon the collar of his robes.
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- It is as if the dew of Hermon were falling on Mount Zion. For there the LORD bestows his blessing, even life forevermore.
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.
Psalm 77
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- Psalm 77 For the director of music. For Jeduthun. Of Asaph. A psalm.
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- I cried out to God for help; I cried out to God to hear me.
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- When I was in distress, I sought the Lord; at night I stretched out untiring hands and my soul refused to be comforted.
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- I remembered you, O God, and I groaned; I mused, and my spirit grew faint. Selah
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- You kept my eyes from closing; I was too troubled to speak.
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- I thought about the former days, the years of long ago;
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- I remembered my songs in the night. My heart mused and my spirit inquired:
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- "Will the Lord reject forever? Will he never show his favor again?
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- Has his unfailing love vanished forever? Has his promise failed for all time?
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- Has God forgotten to be merciful? Has he in anger withheld his compassion?" Selah
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- Then I thought, "To this I will appeal: the years of the right hand of the Most High."
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- I will remember the deeds of the LORD; yes, I will remember your miracles of long ago.
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- I will meditate on all your works and consider all your mighty deeds.
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- Your ways, O God, are holy. What god is so great as our God?
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- You are the God who performs miracles; you display your power among the peoples.
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- With your mighty arm you redeemed your people, the descendants of Jacob and Joseph. Selah
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- The waters saw you, O God, the waters saw you and writhed; the very depths were convulsed.
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- The clouds poured down water, the skies resounded with thunder; your arrows flashed back and forth.
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- Your thunder was heard in the whirlwind, your lightning lit up the world; the earth trembled and quaked.
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- Your path led through the sea, your way through the mighty waters, though your footprints were not seen.
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- You led your people like a flock by the hand of Moses and Aaron.
Psalm 100
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- Psalm 100 A psalm. For giving thanks.
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- Shout for joy to the LORD, all the earth.
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- Worship the LORD with gladness; come before him with joyful songs.
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- Know that the LORD is God. It is he who made us, and we are his [1] ; we are his people, the sheep of his pasture.
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- Enter his gates with thanksgiving and his courts with praise; give thanks to him and praise his name.
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- For the LORD is good and his love endures forever; his faithfulness continues through all generations.
Psalm 149
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- Psalm 149
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- Praise the LORD. [1] Sing to the LORD a new song, his praise in the assembly of the saints.
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- Let Israel rejoice in their Maker; let the people of Zion be glad in their King.
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- Let them praise his name with dancing and make music to him with tambourine and harp.
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- For the LORD takes delight in his people; he crowns the humble with salvation.
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- Let the saints rejoice in this honor and sing for joy on their beds.
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- May the praise of God be in their mouths and a double-edged sword in their hands,
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- to inflict vengeance on the nations and punishment on the peoples,
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- to bind their kings with fetters, their nobles with shackles of iron,
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- to carry out the sentence written against them. This is the glory of all his saints. Praise the LORD.
Psalm 121
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- Psalm 121 A song of ascents.
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- I lift up my eyes to the hills-- where does my help come from?
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- My help comes from the LORD, the Maker of heaven and earth.
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- He will not let your foot slip-- he who watches over you will not slumber;
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- indeed, he who watches over Israel will neither slumber nor sleep.
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- The LORD watches over you-- the LORD is your shade at your right hand;
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- the sun will not harm you by day, nor the moon by night.
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- The LORD will keep you from all harm-- he will watch over your life;
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- the LORD will watch over your coming and going both now and forevermore.
Psalm 24
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- Psalm 24 Of David. A psalm.
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- The earth is the LORD's, and everything in it, the world, and all who live in it;
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- for he founded it upon the seas and established it upon the waters.
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- Who may ascend the hill of the LORD? Who may stand in his holy place?
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- He who has clean hands and a pure heart, who does not lift up his soul to an idol or swear by what is false. [1]
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- He will receive blessing from the LORD and vindication from God his Savior.
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- Such is the generation of those who seek him, who seek your face, O God of Jacob. [2] Selah
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- Lift up your heads, O you gates; be lifted up, you ancient doors, that the King of glory may come in.
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- Who is this King of glory? The LORD strong and mighty, the LORD mighty in battle.
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- Lift up your heads, O you gates; lift them up, you ancient doors, that the King of glory may come in.
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- Who is he, this King of glory? The LORD Almighty-- he is the King of glory. Selah
Psalm 10
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- Psalm 10
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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 93
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- Psalm 93
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- The LORD reigns, he is robed in majesty; the LORD is robed in majesty and is armed with strength. The world is firmly established; it cannot be moved.
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- Your throne was established long ago; you are from all eternity.
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- The seas have lifted up, O LORD, the seas have lifted up their voice; the seas have lifted up their pounding waves.
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- Mightier than the thunder of the great waters, mightier than the breakers of the sea-- the LORD on high is mighty.
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- Your statutes stand firm; holiness adorns your house for endless days, O LORD.