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MAKE HASTE, O GOD, TO DELIVER ME; MAKE HASTE TO HELP ME, O LORD.
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Let them be ashamed and confounded that seek after my soul: let them be turned backward, and put to confusion, that desire my hurt.
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Let them be turned back for a reward of their shame that say, Aha, aha.
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Let all those that seek thee rejoice and be glad in thee: and let such as love thy salvation say continually, Let God be magnified.
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But I am poor and needy: make haste unto me, O God: thou art my help and my deliverer; O LORD, make no tarrying.
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In thee, O LORD, do I put my trust: let me never be put to confusion.
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Deliver me in thy righteousness, and cause me to escape: incline thine ear unto me, and save me.
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Be thou my strong habitation, whereunto I may continually resort: thou hast given commandment to save me; for thou art my rock and my fortress.
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Deliver me, O my God, out of the hand of the wicked, out of the hand of the unrighteous and cruel man.
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For thou art my hope, O Lord GOD: thou art my trust from my youth.
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By thee have I been holden up from the womb: thou art he that took me out of my mother's bowels: my praise shall be continually of thee.
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I am as a wonder unto many; but thou art my strong refuge.
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Let my mouth be filled with thy praise and with thy honour all the day.
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Cast me not off in the time of old age; forsake me not when my strength faileth.
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For mine enemies speak against me; and they that lay wait for my soul take counsel together,
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Saying, God hath forsaken him: persecute and take him; for there is none to deliver him.
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O God, be not far from me: O my God, make haste for my help.
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Let them be confounded and consumed that are adversaries to my soul; let them be covered with reproach and dishonour that seek my hurt.
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But I will hope continually, and will yet praise thee more and more.
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My mouth shall shew forth thy righteousness and thy salvation all the day; for I know not the numbers thereof.
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I will go in the strength of the Lord GOD: I will make mention of thy righteousness, even of thine only.
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O God, thou hast taught me from my youth: and hitherto have I declared thy wondrous works.
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Now also when I am old and greyheaded, O God, forsake me not; until I have shewed thy strength unto this generation, and thy power to every one that is to come.
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Thy righteousness also, O God, is very high, who hast done great things: O God, who is like unto thee!
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Thou, which hast shewed me great and sore troubles, shalt quicken me again, and shalt bring me up again from the depths of the earth.
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Thou shalt increase my greatness, and comfort me on every side.
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I will also praise thee with the psaltery, even thy truth, O my God: unto thee will I sing with the harp, O thou Holy One of Israel.
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My lips shall greatly rejoice when I sing unto thee; and my soul, which thou hast redeemed.
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My tongue also shall talk of thy righteousness all the day long: for they are confounded, for they are brought unto shame, that seek my hurt.
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Give the king thy judgments, O God, and thy righteousness unto the king's son.
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He shall judge thy people with righteousness, and thy poor with judgment.
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The mountains shall bring peace to the people, and the little hills, by righteousness.
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He shall judge the poor of the people, he shall save the children of the needy, and shall break in pieces the oppressor.
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They shall fear thee as long as the sun and moon endure, throughout all generations.
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He shall come down like rain upon the mown grass: as showers that water the earth.
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In his days shall the righteous flourish; and abundance of peace so long as the moon endureth.
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He shall have dominion also from sea to sea, and from the river unto the ends of the earth.
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They that dwell in the wilderness shall bow before him; and his enemies shall lick the dust.
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The kings of Tarshish and of the isles shall bring presents: the kings of Sheba and Seba shall offer gifts.
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Yea, all kings shall fall down before him: all nations shall serve him.
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For he shall deliver the needy when he crieth; the poor also, and him that hath no helper.
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He shall spare the poor and needy, and shall save the souls of the needy.
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He shall redeem their soul from deceit and violence: and precious shall their blood be in his sight.
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And he shall live, and to him shall be given of the gold of Sheba: prayer also shall be made for him continually; and daily shall he be praised.
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There shall be an handful of corn in the earth upon the top of the mountains; the fruit thereof shall shake like Lebanon: and they of the city shall flourish like grass of the earth.
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His name shall endure for ever: his name shall be continued as long as the sun: and men shall be blessed in him: all nations shall call him blessed.
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Blessed be the LORD God, the God of Israel, who only doeth wondrous things.
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And blessed be his glorious name for ever: and let the whole earth be filled with his glory; Amen, and Amen.
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The prayers of David the son of Jesse are ended.
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Truly God is good to Israel, even to such as are of a clean heart.
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But as for me, my feet were almost gone; my steps had well nigh slipped.
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For I was envious at the foolish, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.
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For there are no bands in their death: but their strength is firm.
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They are not in trouble as other men; neither are they plagued like other men.
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Therefore pride compasseth them about as a chain; violence covereth them as a garment.
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Their eyes stand out with fatness: they have more than heart could wish.
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They are corrupt, and speak wickedly concerning oppression: they speak loftily.
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They set their mouth against the heavens, and their tongue walketh through the earth.
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Therefore his people return hither: and waters of a full cup are wrung out to them.
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And they say, How doth God know? and is there knowledge in the most High?
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Behold, these are the ungodly, who prosper in the world; they increase in riches.
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Verily I have cleansed my heart in vain, and washed my hands in innocency.
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For all the day long have I been plagued, and chastened every morning.
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If I say, I will speak thus; behold, I should offend against the generation of thy children.
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When I thought to know this, it was too painful for me;
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Until I went into the sanctuary of God; then understood I their end.
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Surely thou didst set them in slippery places: thou castedst them down into destruction.
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How are they brought into desolation, as in a moment! they are utterly consumed with terrors.
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As a dream when one awaketh; so, O Lord, when thou awakest, thou shalt despise their image.
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Thus my heart was grieved, and I was pricked in my reins.
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So foolish was I, and ignorant: I was as a beast before thee.
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Nevertheless I am continually with thee: thou hast holden me by my right hand.
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Thou shalt guide me with thy counsel, and afterward receive me to glory.
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Whom have I in heaven but thee? and there is none upon earth that I desire beside thee.
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My flesh and my heart faileth: but God is the strength of my heart, and my portion for ever.
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For, lo, they that are far from thee shall perish: thou hast destroyed all them that go a whoring from thee.
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But it is good for me to draw near to God: I have put my trust in the Lord GOD, that I may declare all thy works.
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A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger.
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The tongue of the wise useth knowledge aright: but the mouth of fools poureth out foolishness.
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The eyes of the LORD are in every place, beholding the evil and the good.
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A wholesome tongue is a tree of life: but perverseness therein is a breach in the spirit.
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A fool despiseth his father's instruction: but he that regardeth reproof is prudent.
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In the house of the righteous is much treasure: but in the revenues of the wicked is trouble.
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The lips of the wise disperse knowledge: but the heart of the foolish doeth not so.
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The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the LORD: but the prayer of the upright is his delight.
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The way of the wicked is an abomination unto the LORD: but he loveth him that followeth after righteousness.
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Correction is grievous unto him that forsaketh the way: and he that hateth reproof shall die.
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Hell and destruction are before the LORD: how much more then the hearts of the children of men?
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A scorner loveth not one that reproveth him: neither will he go unto the wise.
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A merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance: but by sorrow of the heart the spirit is broken.
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The heart of him that hath understanding seeketh knowledge: but the mouth of fools feedeth on foolishness.
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All the days of the afflicted are evil: but he that is of a merry heart hath a continual feast.
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Better is little with the fear of the LORD than great treasure and trouble therewith.
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Better is a dinner of herbs where love is, than a stalled ox and hatred therewith.
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A wrathful man stirreth up strife: but he that is slow to anger appeaseth strife.
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The way of the slothful man is as an hedge of thorns: but the way of the righteous is made plain.
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A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish man despiseth his mother.
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Folly is joy to him that is destitute of wisdom: but a man of understanding walketh uprightly.
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Without counsel purposes are disappointed: but in the multitude of counsellors they are established.
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A man hath joy by the answer of his mouth: and a word spoken in due season, how good is it!
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The way of life is above to the wise, that he may depart from hell beneath.
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The LORD will destroy the house of the proud: but he will establish the border of the widow.
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The thoughts of the wicked are an abomination to the LORD: but the words of the pure are pleasant words.
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He that is greedy of gain troubleth his own house; but he that hateth gifts shall live.
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The heart of the righteous studieth to answer: but the mouth of the wicked poureth out evil things.
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The LORD is far from the wicked: but he heareth the prayer of the righteous.
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The light of the eyes rejoiceth the heart: and a good report maketh the bones fat.
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The ear that heareth the reproof of life abideth among the wise.
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He that refuseth instruction despiseth his own soul: but he that heareth reproof getteth understanding.
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The fear of the LORD is the instruction of wisdom; and before honour is humility.