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enemies through thy name will we tread them under that rise up against us. For I will not trust in my bow, neither shall my sword save me. But thou hast saved us from our enemies, and hast put them to shame that hated us. In God we boast all the day long, and praise thy name for ever.

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Selah.

of meat.

riches.

But thou hast cast off, and put us to shame; and goest not forth with our armies. 10 Thou makest us to turn back from the enemy: and they which hate us spoil for themselves. "Thou hast given us *like Heb. as sheep sheep appointed for meat; and hast scattered us among the heathen. "Thou sellest thy people for Heb, without nought, and dost not increase thy wealth by their price. 13 Thou makest us a reproach to our neighbours, a scorn and a derision to them that are round about us. 14 Thou makest us a byword among the heathen, a shaking of the head among the people. "My confusion is continually before me, and the shame of my face hath covered me, "for the voice of him that reproacheth and blasphemeth; by reason of the enemy and

avenger.

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"All this is come upon us; yet have we not forgotten thee, neither have we dealt falsely in thy covenant. 18 Our heart is not turned back, neither have our steps declined from thy way; "though Or, goings. thou hast sore broken us in the place of dragons, and covered us with the shadow of death.

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20 If we have forgotten the name of our God, or stretched out our hands to a strange god; "shall not God search this out? for he knoweth the secrets of the heart. Yea, for thy sake are we killed all the day long; we are counted as sheep for the slaughter. 23 Awake, why sleepest thou, O Lord? arise, cast us not off for ever. "Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and forgettest our affliction and our oppression? 5 For our

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soul is bowed down to the dust: our belly cleaveth unto the earth.

Heb. a help

6 Arise "for our help, and redeem us for thy Hus. mercies' sake.

XLV. To the chief Musician upon Shoshannim, for the sons of Korah, Maschil, A Song of loves.

Or, of instruction.

bubbleth up.

My heart is inditing a good matter: I Heb, boileth, or, speak of the things which I have made touching the king: my tongue is the pen of a ready writer.

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Thou art fairer than the children of men: grace is poured into thy lips: therefore God hath blessed thee for ever.

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ride thou.

Gird thy sword upon thy thigh, O most mighty, with thy glory and thy majesty. And in thy majesty *ride prosperously because of truth and Heb. prosper thou, meekness and righteousness; and thy right hand shall teach thee terrible things. Thine arrows are sharp in the heart of the king's enemies; whereby the people fall under thee.

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"Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever: the sceptre of thy kingdom is a right sceptre. Thou lovest righteousness, and hatest wickedness: therefore *God, thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil or, O God, of gladness above thy fellows. All thy garments smell of myrrh, and aloes, and cassia, out of the ivory palaces, whereby they have made thee glad. 'Kings' daughters were among thy honourable women: upon thy right hand did stand the queen in gold of Ophir.

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Hearken, O daughter, and consider, and incline thine ear; forget also thine own people, and thy father's house; "so shall the king greatly desire thy beauty: for he is thy Lord; and worship thou him.

"And the daughter of Tyre shall be there with a

gift; even the rich among the people shall intreat thy favour.

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Heb. thy face.

13 The king's daughter is all glorious within: her clothing is of wrought gold. She shall be brought unto the king in raiment of needlework: the virgins her companions that follow her shall be brought unto thee. 15 With gladness and rejoicing shall they be brought they shall enter into the king's palace. 6 Instead of thy fathers shall be thy children, whom thou mayest make princes in all the earth. "I will make thy name to be remembered in all generations: therefore shall the people praise thee for ever and ever.

XLVI. To the chief Musician *for the sons of Korah,

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A Song upon Alamoth.

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Or, of.

GOD is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. Therefore will not we fear, though the earth be removed, and though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea; though the Heb, the heart waters thereof roar and be troubled, though the mountains shake with the swelling thereof. Selah.

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of the seas.

morning appeareth.

There is a river, the streams whereof shall make glad the city of God, the holy place of the tabernacles of the most High. "God is in the midst of her; she shall not be moved: God shall help her, and Heb. when the that right early. The heathen raged, the kingdoms were moved: he uttered his voice, the earth melted. "The LORD of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah.

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Come, behold the works of the lations he hath made in the earth.

Heb. an high place for us.

LORD, what deso

He maketh wars

to cease unto the end of the earth; he breaketh the bow, and cutteth the spear in sunder: he burneth the chariot in the fire.

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10 Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth. The LORD of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah.

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XLVII. To the chief Musician, A Psalm *for the Or, of. sons of Korah.

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O CLAP your hands, all ye people; shout unto God with the voice of triumph. For the LORD most high is terrible; he is a great King over all the earth.

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He shall subdue the people under us, and the nations under our feet. He shall choose our inheritance for us, the excellency of Jacob whom he loved. Selah. "God is gone up with a shout, the LORD with the sound of a trumpet.

"Sing praises to God, sing praises: sing praises unto our King, sing praises.

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hath understanding.

7 For God is the King of all the earth: sing ye praises "with understanding. God reigneth or every one that over the heathen: God sitteth upon the throne of his holiness. The princes of the people or, The voluntary of are gathered together, even the people God of Abraham. of the God of Abraham: for the shields of the earth belong unto God: he is greatly exalted.

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the people are gathered unto the people of the

XLVIII. A Song and Psalm *for the sons of Korah. Or, of.

GREAT is the LORD, and greatly to be praised in the city of our God, in the mountain of his holiness. * Beautiful for situation, the joy of the whole earth, is mount Zion, on the sides of the north, the city of the great King. God is known in her palaces for a refuge. * For, lo, the kings were assembled, they passed by together. They saw it, and so they marvelled; they were troubled, and hasted away. Fear took hold

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upon them there, and pain, as of a woman in travail. 'Thou breakest the ships of Tarshish with an east wind. As we have heard, so have we seen in the city of the LORD of hosts, in the city of our God: God will establish it for ever. Selah.

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"We have thought of thy lovingkindness, O God, in the midst of thy temple. According to thy name, O God, so is thy praise unto the ends of the earth: thy right hand is full of righteousness.

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Let mount Zion rejoice, let the daughters of Judah be glad, because of thy judgments. Walk about Zion, and go round about her: tell the towers thereof. 13. Mark ye well her bulwarks, con- Heb. Set your heart to her sider her palaces; that ye may tell it to the generation following.

bulwarks. Or, raise up.

14 For this God is our God for ever and ever: he will be our guide even unto death.

XLIX. To the chief Musician, A Psalm *for

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the sons of Korah.

Or,lof.

HEAR this, all ye people; give ear, all ye inhabitants of the world: both low and high, rich and poor, together. My mouth shall speak of wisdom; and the meditation of my heart shall be of understanding. I will incline mine ear to a parable: I will open my dark saying upon the harp. 5 Wherefore should I fear in the days of evil, when the iniquity of my heels shall compass me about?

They that trust in their wealth, and boast themselves in the multitude of their riches; 'none of them can by any means redeem his brother, nor give to God a ransom for him: (for the redemption of their soul is precious, and it ceaseth for ever:) that he should still live for ever, and not see corruption.

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For he seeth that wise men die, likewise the fool