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Heb. approached against me.

whom shall I be afraid? "When the wicked, even mine enemies and my foes, "came upon me to eat up my flesh, they stumbled and fell. 3 Though an host should encamp against me, mine heart shall not fear: though war should rise against me, in this will I be confident.

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*One thing have I desired of the LORD, that will I seek after; that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of delight. the LORD, and to inquire in his temple. For in the time of trouble he shall hide me in his pavilion: in the secret of his tabernacle shall he hide me; he shall set me upon a rock.

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"And now shall mine head be lifted up above mine enemies round about me: therefore will I offer in his tabernacle sacrifices of joy; I will sing, yea, shouting. Heb. of I will sing praises unto the LORD. 'Hear, O LORD, when I with my voice: have mercy cry with also upon me, and answer me. *When or, My heart said unto thee, thou saidst, Seek ye my face; Thy face, LORD, will I seek. from me; put not thy servant

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Let my face seek thy face, &c.

my heart said unto thee, Hide not thy face far away in anger: thou

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hast been my help; leave me not, neither forsake me, O God of my salvation. mother forsake me, then the LORD me up.

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will take Heb. will

gather me.

and lead me in

Heb. a way of plainness.

"Teach me thy way, O LORD, *a plain path, because of *mine ene- Heb. those which observe me. mies. Deliver me not over unto the will of mine enemies: for false witnesses are risen up against me, and such as breathe out cruelty.

13 I had fainted, unless I had believed to see the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living. Wait on the LORD: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the LORD.

XXVIII. A Psalm of David.

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UNTO thee will I cry, O LORD my rock; be not silent to me: lest, if thou be silent to me, I Heb. from me. become like them that go down into the pit. Hear the voice of my supplications, when I cry unto thee, when I lift up my hands "toward thy holy Or, toward the oracle

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of thy sanctuary.

3 Draw me not away with the wicked, and with the workers of iniquity, which speak peace to their neighbours, but mischief is in their hearts. Give them according to their deeds, and according to the wickedness of their endeavours: give them after the work of their hands; render to them their desert. 5 Because they regard not the works of the LORD, nor the operation of his hands, he shall destroy them, and not build them up.

"Blessed be the LORD, because he hath heard the voice of my supplications.

The LORD is my strength and my shield; my heart trusted in him, and I am helped: therefore my heart greatly rejoiceth; and with my song will I praise him. The LORD is "their strength, and he or, his strength. is the *saving strength of his anointed.

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Save thy people, and bless thine *feed them also, and lift them up for ever.

XXIX. A Psalm of David.

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Heb. strength of salvations.

inheritance:

GIVE unto the LORD, Oye mighty, give unto the LORD glory and strength. Give LORD the glory due unto his name; ship the LORD in the beauty of holiness.

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Or, rule.

Heb. ye sons the

the mighty of unto the

Heb. the honour of his name. Or, in his glorious sanctuary.

The voice of the LORD is upon the waters: the God

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Or, great

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power. Heb. majesty.

out.

of glory thundereth: the LORD is upon many waters. The voice of the LORD is "powerful; the Heb. in voice of the LORD is full of majesty. The voice in of the LORD breaketh the cedars: yea, the LORD breaketh the cedars of Lebanon. He maketh them also to skip like a calf; Lebanon and Sirion like a young unicorn. The voice of the LORD *divideth the Heb. cuttelh flames of fire. The voice of the LORD shaketh the wilderness; the LORD shaketh the wilderness of Kadesh. The voice of the LORD maketh the hinds *to calve, and discovereth the forests: and in Or, to be in his temple *doth every one speak of his or, every whit of it glory. The LORD sitteth upon the flood; yea, the LORD sitteth King for ever.

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pain.

uttereth, &c.

The LORD will give strength unto his people; the LORD will bless his people with peace.

XXX. A Psalm and Song at the dedication of the house of David.

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I WILL extol thee, O LORD; for thou hast lifted me up, and hast not made my foes to rejoice over me. O LORD my God, I cried unto thee, and thou hast healed me. 3 3 O LORD, thou hast brought up my soul from the grave: thou hast kept me alive, that I should not go down to the pit.

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memorial.

Sing unto the LORD, O ye saints of his, and give thanks "at the remembrance of his holiness. 5 For Or, to the *his anger endureth but a moment; in his Heb. there is but a favour is life weeping may endure *for a evening. night, but "joy cometh in the morning.

moment in his anger. Heb. in the

Heb. singing.

Heb. settled strength

And in my prosperity I said, I shall never be moved. "LORD, by thy favour thou hast "made my for my mountain. mountain to stand strong: thou didst hide thy face, and I was troubled. I cried to thee, O LORD; and unto the LORD I made supplication. What profit is

there in my blood, when I go down to the pit? Shall the dust praise thee? shall it declare thy truth? 10 Hear, O LORD, and have mercy upon me: LORD, be thou my helper.

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That is, my tongue,

"Thou hast turned for me my mourning into dancing: thou hast put off my sackcloth, and girded me with gladness; to the end that my glory may sing praise to thee, and not be silent. O LORD my God, I will give thanks unto thee for ever.

or, my soul.

XXXI. To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.

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rock of strength.

IN thee, O LORD, do I put my trust; let me never be ashamed: deliver me in thy righteousness. Bow down thine ear to me; deliver me speedily: be thou my strong rock, for an house of defence to Heb. to me for a save me. For thou art my rock and my fortress: therefore, for thy name's sake, lead me and guide me. * Pull me out of the net that they have laid privily for me: for thou art my strength.

5 Into thine hand I commit my spirit: thou hast redeemed me, O LORD God of truth.

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"I have hated them that regard lying vanities: but I trust in the LORD. 'I will be glad and rejoice in thy mercy for thou hast considered my trouble; thou hast known my soul in adversities, and hast not shut me up into the hand of the enemy: thou hast set my feet in a large room.

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Have mercy upon me, O LORD, for I am in trouble: mine eye is consumed with grief, yea, my soul and my belly. For my life is spent with grief, and my years with sighing: my strength faileth because of mine iniquity, and my bones are consumed. "I was. a reproach among all mine enemies, but especially among my neighbours, and a fear to mine acquaintance:

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I am

they that did see me without fled from me. forgotten as a dead man out of mind: I am like *a broken vessel. 13 For I have heard the Heb. a vessel that perisheth. slander of many: fear was on every side: while they took counsel together against me, they devised to take away my life.

14 But I trusted in thee, O LORD: I said, Thou art my God.

15 My times are in thy hand: deliver me from the hand of mine enemies, and from them that persecute me. 16 Make thy face to shine upon thy servant: save me for thy mercies' sake. "Let me not be ashamed, O LORD; for I have called upon thee: let the wicked be ashamed, and *let them be silent in the Or, let them be cut grave. 18 Let the lying lips be put to silence, which speak grievous things proudly and contemp- Heba hard tuously against the righteous.

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off for the grave.

thing.

19 Oh how great is thy goodness, which thou hast laid up for them that fear thee; which thou hast wrought for them that trust in thee before the sons of men! 20 Thou shalt hide them in the secret of thy presence from the pride of man: thou shalt keep them secretly in a pavilion from the strife of tongues.

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city.

21 Blessed be the LORD: for he hath shewed me his marvellous kindness in a "strong city. For I Or, fenced said in my haste, I am cut off from before thine eyes: nevertheless thou heardest the voice of my supplications, when I cried unto thee.

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23 O love the LORD, all ye his saints: for the LORD preserveth the faithful, and plentifully rewardeth the proud doer. Be of good courage, and he shall strengthen your heart, all ye that hope in the LORD.

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