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In my distress I cried unto the LORD, and he heard me.
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Deliver my soul, O LORD, from lying lips, and from a deceitful tongue.
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What shall be given unto thee? or what shall be done unto thee, thou false tongue?
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Sharp arrows of the mighty, with coals of juniper.
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Woe is me, that I sojourn in Mesech, that I dwell in the tents of Kedar!
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My soul hath long dwelt with him that hateth peace.
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I am for peace: but when I speak, they are for war.
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I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help.
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My help cometh from the LORD, which made heaven and earth.
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He will not suffer thy foot to be moved: he that keepeth thee will not slumber.
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Behold, he that keepeth Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep.
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The LORD is thy keeper: the LORD is thy shade upon thy right hand.
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The sun shall not smite thee by day, nor the moon by night.
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The LORD shall preserve thee from all evil: he shall preserve thy soul.
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The LORD shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in from this time forth, and even for evermore.
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I was glad when they said unto me, Let us go into the house of the LORD.
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Our feet shall stand within thy gates, O Jerusalem.
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Jerusalem is builded as a city that is compact together:
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Whither the tribes go up, the tribes of the LORD, unto the testimony of Israel, to give thanks unto the name of the LORD.
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For there are set thrones of judgment, the thrones of the house of David.
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Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: they shall prosper that love thee.
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Peace be within thy walls, and prosperity within thy palaces.
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For my brethren and companions' sakes, I will now say, Peace be within thee.
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Because of the house of the LORD our God I will seek thy good.
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Unto thee lift I up mine eyes, O thou that dwellest in the heavens.
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Behold, as the eyes of servants look unto the hand of their masters, and as the eyes of a maiden unto the hand of her mistress; so our eyes wait upon the LORD our God, until that he have mercy upon us.
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Have mercy upon us, O LORD, have mercy upon us: for we are exceedingly filled with contempt.
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Our soul is exceedingly filled with the scorning of those that are at ease, and with the contempt of the proud.
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If it had not been the LORD who was on our side, now may Israel say;
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If it had not been the LORD who was on our side, when men rose up against us:
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Then they had swallowed us up quick, when their wrath was kindled against us:
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Then the waters had overwhelmed us, the stream had gone over our soul:
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Then the proud waters had gone over our soul.
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Blessed be the LORD, who hath not given us as a prey to their teeth.
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Our soul is escaped as a bird out of the snare of the fowlers: the snare is broken, and we are escaped.
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Our help is in the name of the LORD, who made heaven and earth.
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They that trust in the LORD shall be as mount Zion, which cannot be removed, but abideth for ever.
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As the mountains are round about Jerusalem, so the LORD is round about his people from henceforth even for ever.
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For the rod of the wicked shall not rest upon the lot of the righteous; lest the righteous put forth their hands unto iniquity.
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Do good, O LORD, unto those that be good, and to them that are upright in their hearts.
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As for such as turn aside unto their crooked ways, the LORD shall lead them forth with the workers of iniquity: but peace shall be upon Israel.
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When the LORD turned again the captivity of Zion, we were like them that dream.
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Then was our mouth filled with laughter, and our tongue with singing: then said they among the heathen, The LORD hath done great things for them.
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The LORD hath done great things for us; whereof we are glad.
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Turn again our captivity, O LORD, as the streams in the south.
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They that sow in tears shall reap in joy.
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He that goeth forth and weepeth, bearing precious seed, shall doubtless come again with rejoicing, bringing his sheaves with him.
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Except the LORD build the house, they labour in vain that build it: except the LORD keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain.
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It is vain for you to rise up early, to sit up late, to eat the bread of sorrows: for so he giveth his beloved sleep.
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Lo, children are an heritage of the LORD: and the fruit of the womb is his reward.
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As arrows are in the hand of a mighty man; so are children of the youth.
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Happy is the man that hath his quiver full of them: they shall not be ashamed, but they shall speak with the enemies in the gate.
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Blessed is every one that feareth the LORD; that walketh in his ways.
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For thou shalt eat the labour of thine hands: happy shalt thou be, and it shall be well with thee.
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Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine by the sides of thine house: thy children like olive plants round about thy table.
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Behold, that thus shall the man be blessed that feareth the LORD.
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The LORD shall bless thee out of Zion: and thou shalt see the good of Jerusalem all the days of thy life.
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Yea, thou shalt see thy children's children, and peace upon Israel.
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Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth, may Israel now say:
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Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth: yet they have not prevailed against me.
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The plowers plowed upon my back: they made long their furrows.
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The LORD is righteous: he hath cut asunder the cords of the wicked.
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Let them all be confounded and turned back that hate Zion.
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Let them be as the grass upon the housetops, which withereth afore it groweth up:
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Wherewith the mower filleth not his hand; nor he that bindeth sheaves his bosom.
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Neither do they which go by say, The blessing of the LORD be upon you: we bless you in the name of the LORD.
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Out of the depths have I cried unto thee, O LORD.
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Lord, hear my voice: let thine ears be attentive to the voice of my supplications.
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If thou, LORD, shouldest mark iniquities, O Lord, who shall stand?
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But there is forgiveness with thee, that thou mayest be feared.
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I wait for the LORD, my soul doth wait, and in his word do I hope.
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My soul waiteth for the Lord more than they that watch for the morning: I say, more than they that watch for the morning.
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Let Israel hope in the LORD: for with the LORD there is mercy, and with him is plenteous redemption.
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And he shall redeem Israel from all his iniquities.
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Lord, my heart is not haughty, nor mine eyes lofty: neither do I exercise myself in great matters, or in things too high for me.
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Surely I have behaved and quieted myself, as a child that is weaned of his mother: my soul is even as a weaned child.
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Let Israel hope in the LORD from henceforth and for ever.