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Be merciful unto me, O God: for man would swallow me up; he fighting daily oppresseth me.
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Mine enemies would daily swallow me up: for they be many that fight against me, O thou most High.
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What time I am afraid, I will trust in thee.
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In God I will praise his word, in God I have put my trust; I will not fear what flesh can do unto me.
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Every day they wrest my words: all their thoughts are against me for evil.
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They gather themselves together, they hide themselves, they mark my steps, when they wait for my soul.
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Shall they escape by iniquity? in thine anger cast down the people, O God.
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Thou tellest my wanderings: put thou my tears into thy bottle: are they not in thy book?
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When I cry unto thee, then shall mine enemies turn back: this I know; for God is for me.
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In God will I praise his word: in the LORD will I praise his word.
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In God have I put my trust: I will not be afraid what man can do unto me.
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Thy vows are upon me, O God: I will render praises unto thee.
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For thou hast delivered my soul from death: wilt not thou deliver my feet from falling, that I may walk before God in the light of the living?
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Be merciful unto me, O God, be merciful unto me: for my soul trusteth in thee: yea, in the shadow of thy wings will I make my refuge, until these calamities be overpast.
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I will cry unto God most high; unto God that performeth all things for me.
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He shall send from heaven, and save me from the reproach of him that would swallow me up. Selah. God shall send forth his mercy and his truth.
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My soul is among lions: and I lie even among them that are set on fire, even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword.
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Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens; let thy glory be above all the earth.
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They have prepared a net for my steps; my soul is bowed down: they have digged a pit before me, into the midst whereof they are fallen themselves. Selah.
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My heart is fixed, O God, my heart is fixed: I will sing and give praise.
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Awake up, my glory; awake, psaltery and harp: I myself will awake early.
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I will praise thee, O Lord, among the people: I will sing unto thee among the nations.
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For thy mercy is great unto the heavens, and thy truth unto the clouds.
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Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens: let thy glory be above all the earth.
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Do ye indeed speak righteousness, O congregation? do ye judge uprightly, O ye sons of men?
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Yea, in heart ye work wickedness; ye weigh the violence of your hands in the earth.
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The wicked are estranged from the womb: they go astray as soon as they be born, speaking lies.
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Their poison is like the poison of a serpent: they are like the deaf adder that stoppeth her ear;
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Which will not hearken to the voice of charmers, charming never so wisely.
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Break their teeth, O God, in their mouth: break out the great teeth of the young lions, O LORD.
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Let them melt away as waters which run continually: when he bendeth his bow to shoot his arrows, let them be as cut in pieces.
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As a snail which melteth, let every one of them pass away: like the untimely birth of a woman, that they may not see the sun.
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Before your pots can feel the thorns, he shall take them away as with a whirlwind, both living, and in his wrath.
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The righteous shall rejoice when he seeth the vengeance: he shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked.
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So that a man shall say, Verily there is a reward for the righteous: verily he is a God that judgeth in the earth.
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Deliver me from mine enemies, O my God: defend me from them that rise up against me.
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Deliver me from the workers of iniquity, and save me from bloody men.
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For, lo, they lie in wait for my soul: the mighty are gathered against me; not for my transgression, nor for my sin, O LORD.
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They run and prepare themselves without my fault: awake to help me, and behold.
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Thou therefore, O LORD God of hosts, the God of Israel, awake to visit all the heathen: be not merciful to any wicked transgressors. Selah.
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They return at evening: they make a noise like a dog, and go round about the city.
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Behold, they belch out with their mouth: swords are in their lips: for who, say they, doth hear?
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But thou, O LORD, shalt laugh at them; thou shalt have all the heathen in derision.
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Because of his strength will I wait upon thee: for God is my defence.
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The God of my mercy shall prevent me: God shall let me see my desire upon mine enemies.
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Slay them not, lest my people forget: scatter them by thy power; and bring them down, O Lord our shield.
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For the sin of their mouth and the words of their lips let them even be taken in their pride: and for cursing and lying which they speak.
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Consume them in wrath, consume them, that they may not be: and let them know that God ruleth in Jacob unto the ends of the earth. Selah.
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And at evening let them return; and let them make a noise like a dog, and go round about the city.
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Let them wander up and down for meat, and grudge if they be not satisfied.
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But I will sing of thy power; yea, I will sing aloud of thy mercy in the morning: for thou hast been my defence and refuge in the day of my trouble.
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Unto thee, O my strength, will I sing: for God is my defence, and the God of my mercy.
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O God, thou hast cast us off, thou hast scattered us, thou hast been displeased; O turn thyself to us again.
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Thou hast made the earth to tremble; thou hast broken it: heal the breaches thereof; for it shaketh.
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Thou hast shewed thy people hard things: thou hast made us to drink the wine of astonishment.
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Thou hast given a banner to them that fear thee, that it may be displayed because of the truth. Selah.
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That thy beloved may be delivered; save with thy right hand, and hear me.
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God hath spoken in his holiness; I will rejoice, I will divide Shechem, and mete out the valley of Succoth.
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Gilead is mine, and Manasseh is mine; Ephraim also is the strength of mine head; Judah is my lawgiver;
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Moab is my washpot; over Edom will I cast out my shoe: Philistia, triumph thou because of me.
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Who will bring me into the strong city? who will lead me into Edom?
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Wilt not thou, O God, which hadst cast us off? and thou, O God, which didst not go out with our armies?
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Give us help from trouble: for vain is the help of man.
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Through God we shall do valiantly: for he it is that shall tread down our enemies.
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Hear my cry, O God; attend unto my prayer.
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From the end of the earth will I cry unto thee, when my heart is overwhelmed: lead me to the rock that is higher than I.
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For thou hast been a shelter for me, and a strong tower from the enemy.
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I will abide in thy tabernacle for ever: I will trust in the covert of thy wings. Selah.
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For thou, O God, hast heard my vows: thou hast given me the heritage of those that fear thy name.
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Thou wilt prolong the king's life: and his years as many generations.
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He shall abide before God for ever: O prepare mercy and truth, which may preserve him.
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So will I sing praise unto thy name for ever, that I may daily perform my vows.
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Whoso loveth instruction loveth knowledge: but he that hateth reproof is brutish.
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A good man obtaineth favour of the LORD: but a man of wicked devices will he condemn.
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A man shall not be established by wickedness: but the root of the righteous shall not be moved.
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A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband: but she that maketh ashamed is as rottenness in his bones.
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The thoughts of the righteous are right: but the counsels of the wicked are deceit.
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The words of the wicked are to lie in wait for blood: but the mouth of the upright shall deliver them.
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The wicked are overthrown, and are not: but the house of the righteous shall stand.
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A man shall be commended according to his wisdom: but he that is of a perverse heart shall be despised.
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He that is despised, and hath a servant, is better than he that honoureth himself, and lacketh bread.
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A righteous man regardeth the life of his beast: but the tender mercies of the wicked are cruel.
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He that tilleth his land shall be satisfied with bread: but he that followeth vain persons is void of understanding.
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The wicked desireth the net of evil men: but the root of the righteous yieldeth fruit.
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The wicked is snared by the transgression of his lips: but the just shall come out of trouble.
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A man shall be satisfied with good by the fruit of his mouth: and the recompence of a man's hands shall be rendered unto him.
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The way of a fool is right in his own eyes: but he that hearkeneth unto counsel is wise.
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A fool's wrath is presently known: but a prudent man covereth shame.
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He that speaketh truth sheweth forth righteousness: but a false witness deceit.
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There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword: but the tongue of the wise is health.
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The lip of truth shall be established for ever: but a lying tongue is but for a moment.
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Deceit is in the heart of them that imagine evil: but to the counsellors of peace is joy.
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There shall no evil happen to the just: but the wicked shall be filled with mischief.
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Lying lips are abomination to the LORD: but they that deal truly are his delight.
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A prudent man concealeth knowledge: but the heart of fools proclaimeth foolishness.
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The hand of the diligent shall bear rule: but the slothful shall be under tribute.
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Heaviness in the heart of man maketh it stoop: but a good word maketh it glad.
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The righteous is more excellent than his neighbour: but the way of the wicked seduceth them.
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The slothful man roasteth not that which he took in hunting: but the substance of a diligent man is precious.
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In the way of righteousness is life: and in the pathway thereof there is no death.