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O God, why hast thou cast us off for ever? why doth thine anger smoke against the sheep of thy pasture?
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Remember thy congregation, which thou hast purchased of old; the rod of thine inheritance, which thou hast redeemed; this mount Zion, wherein thou hast dwelt.
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Lift up thy feet unto the perpetual desolations; even all that the enemy hath done wickedly in the sanctuary.
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Thine enemies roar in the midst of thy congregations; they set up their ensigns for signs.
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A man was famous according as he had lifted up axes upon the thick trees.
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But now they break down the carved work thereof at once with axes and hammers.
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They have cast fire into thy sanctuary, they have defiled by casting down the dwelling place of thy name to the ground.
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They said in their hearts, Let us destroy them together: they have burned up all the synagogues of God in the land.
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We see not our signs: there is no more any prophet: neither is there among us any that knoweth how long.
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O God, how long shall the adversary reproach? shall the enemy blaspheme thy name for ever?
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Why withdrawest thou thy hand, even thy right hand? pluck it out of thy bosom.
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For God is my King of old, working salvation in the midst of the earth.
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Thou didst divide the sea by thy strength: thou brakest the heads of the dragons in the waters.
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Thou brakest the heads of leviathan in pieces, and gavest him to be meat to the people inhabiting the wilderness.
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Thou didst cleave the fountain and the flood: thou driedst up mighty rivers.
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The day is thine, the night also is thine: thou hast prepared the light and the sun.
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Thou hast set all the borders of the earth: thou hast made summer and winter.
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Remember this, that the enemy hath reproached, O LORD, and that the foolish people have blasphemed thy name.
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O deliver not the soul of thy turtledove unto the multitude of the wicked: forget not the congregation of thy poor for ever.
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Have respect unto the covenant: for the dark places of the earth are full of the habitations of cruelty.
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O let not the oppressed return ashamed: let the poor and needy praise thy name.
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Arise, O God, plead thine own cause: remember how the foolish man reproacheth thee daily.
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Forget not the voice of thine enemies: the tumult of those that rise up against thee increaseth continually.
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Unto thee, O God, do we give thanks, unto thee do we give thanks: for that thy name is near thy wondrous works declare.
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When I shall receive the congregation I will judge uprightly.
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The earth and all the inhabitants thereof are dissolved: I bear up the pillars of it. Selah.
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I said unto the fools, Deal not foolishly: and to the wicked, Lift not up the horn:
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Lift not up your horn on high: speak not with a stiff neck.
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For promotion cometh neither from the east, nor from the west, nor from the south.
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But God is the judge: he putteth down one, and setteth up another.
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For in the hand of the LORD there is a cup, and the wine is red; it is full of mixture; and he poureth out of the same: but the dregs thereof, all the wicked of the earth shall wring them out, and drink them.
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But I will declare for ever; I will sing praises to the God of Jacob.
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All the horns of the wicked also will I cut off; but the horns of the righteous shall be exalted.
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In Judah is God known: his name is great in Israel.
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In Salem also is his tabernacle, and his dwelling place in Zion.
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There brake he the arrows of the bow, the shield, and the sword, and the battle. Selah.
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Thou art more glorious and excellent than the mountains of prey.
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The stouthearted are spoiled, they have slept their sleep: and none of the men of might have found their hands.
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At thy rebuke, O God of Jacob, both the chariot and horse are cast into a dead sleep.
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Thou, even thou, art to be feared: and who may stand in thy sight when once thou art angry?
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Thou didst cause judgment to be heard from heaven; the earth feared, and was still,
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When God arose to judgment, to save all the meek of the earth. Selah.
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Surely the wrath of man shall praise thee: the remainder of wrath shalt thou restrain.
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Vow, and pay unto the LORD your God: let all that be round about him bring presents unto him that ought to be feared.
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He shall cut off the spirit of princes: he is terrible to the kings of the earth.
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I cried unto God with my voice, even unto God with my voice; and he gave ear unto me.
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In the day of my trouble I sought the Lord: my sore ran in the night, and ceased not: my soul refused to be comforted.
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I remembered God, and was troubled: I complained, and my spirit was overwhelmed. Selah.
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Thou holdest mine eyes waking: I am so troubled that I cannot speak.
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I have considered the days of old, the years of ancient times.
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I call to remembrance my song in the night: I commune with mine own heart: and my spirit made diligent search.
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Will the Lord cast off for ever? and will he be favourable no more?
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Is his mercy clean gone for ever? doth his promise fail for evermore?
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Hath God forgotten to be gracious? hath he in anger shut up his tender mercies? Selah.
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And I said, This is my infirmity: but I will remember the years of the right hand of the most High.
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I will remember the works of the LORD: surely I will remember thy wonders of old.
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I will meditate also of all thy work, and talk of thy doings.
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Thy way, O God, is in the sanctuary: who is so great a God as our God?
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Thou art the God that doest wonders: thou hast declared thy strength among the people.
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Thou hast with thine arm redeemed thy people, the sons of Jacob and Joseph. Selah.
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The waters saw thee, O God, the waters saw thee; they were afraid: the depths also were troubled.
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The clouds poured out water: the skies sent out a sound: thine arrows also went abroad.
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The voice of thy thunder was in the heaven: the lightnings lightened the world: the earth trembled and shook.
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Thy way is in the sea, and thy path in the great waters, and thy footsteps are not known.
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Thou leddest thy people like a flock by the hand of Moses and Aaron.
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The preparations of the heart in man, and the answer of the tongue, is from the LORD.
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All the ways of a man are clean in his own eyes; but the LORD weigheth the spirits.
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Commit thy works unto the LORD, and thy thoughts shall be established.
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The LORD hath made all things for himself: yea, even the wicked for the day of evil.
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Every one that is proud in heart is an abomination to the LORD: though hand join in hand, he shall not be unpunished.
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By mercy and truth iniquity is purged: and by the fear of the LORD men depart from evil.
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When a man's ways please the LORD, he maketh even his enemies to be at peace with him.
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Better is a little with righteousness than great revenues without right.
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A man's heart deviseth his way: but the LORD directeth his steps.
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A divine sentence is in the lips of the king: his mouth transgresseth not in judgment.
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A just weight and balance are the LORD's: all the weights of the bag are his work.
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It is an abomination to kings to commit wickedness: for the throne is established by righteousness.
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Righteous lips are the delight of kings; and they love him that speaketh right.
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The wrath of a king is as messengers of death: but a wise man will pacify it.
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In the light of the king's countenance is life; and his favour is as a cloud of the latter rain.
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How much better is it to get wisdom than gold! and to get understanding rather to be chosen than silver!
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The highway of the upright is to depart from evil: he that keepeth his way preserveth his soul.
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Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall.
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Better it is to be of an humble spirit with the lowly, than to divide the spoil with the proud.
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He that handleth a matter wisely shall find good: and whoso trusteth in the LORD, happy is he.
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The wise in heart shall be called prudent: and the sweetness of the lips increaseth learning.
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Understanding is a wellspring of life unto him that hath it: but the instruction of fools is folly.
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The heart of the wise teacheth his mouth, and addeth learning to his lips.
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Pleasant words are as an honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.
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There is a way that seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.
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He that laboureth laboureth for himself; for his mouth craveth it of him.
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An ungodly man diggeth up evil: and in his lips there is as a burning fire.
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A froward man soweth strife: and a whisperer separateth chief friends.
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A violent man enticeth his neighbour, and leadeth him into the way that is not good.
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He shutteth his eyes to devise froward things: moving his lips he bringeth evil to pass.
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The hoary head is a crown of glory, if it be found in the way of righteousness.
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He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty; and he that ruleth his spirit than he that taketh a city.
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The lot is cast into the lap; but the whole disposing thereof is of the LORD.