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Preserve me, O God: for in thee do I put my trust.
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O my soul, thou hast said unto the LORD, Thou art my Lord: my goodness extendeth not to thee;
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But to the saints that are in the earth, and to the excellent, in whom is all my delight.
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Their sorrows shall be multiplied that hasten after another god: their drink offerings of blood will I not offer, nor take up their names into my lips.
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The LORD is the portion of mine inheritance and of my cup: thou maintainest my lot.
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The lines are fallen unto me in pleasant places; yea, I have a goodly heritage.
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I will bless the LORD, who hath given me counsel: my reins also instruct me in the night seasons.
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I have set the LORD always before me: because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved.
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Therefore my heart is glad, and my glory rejoiceth: my flesh also shall rest in hope.
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For thou wilt not leave my soul in hell; neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.
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Thou wilt shew me the path of life: in thy presence is fulness of joy; at thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore.
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Hear the right, O LORD, attend unto my cry, give ear unto my prayer, that goeth not out of feigned lips.
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Let my sentence come forth from thy presence; let thine eyes behold the things that are equal.
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Thou hast proved mine heart; thou hast visited me in the night; thou hast tried me, and shalt find nothing; I am purposed that my mouth shall not transgress.
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Concerning the works of men, by the word of thy lips I have kept me from the paths of the destroyer.
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Hold up my goings in thy paths, that my footsteps slip not.
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I have called upon thee, for thou wilt hear me, O God: incline thine ear unto me, and hear my speech.
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Shew thy marvellous lovingkindness, O thou that savest by thy right hand them which put their trust in thee from those that rise up against them.
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Keep me as the apple of the eye, hide me under the shadow of thy wings,
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From the wicked that oppress me, from my deadly enemies, who compass me about.
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They are inclosed in their own fat: with their mouth they speak proudly.
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They have now compassed us in our steps: they have set their eyes bowing down to the earth;
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Like as a lion that is greedy of his prey, and as it were a young lion lurking in secret places.
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Arise, O LORD, disappoint him, cast him down: deliver my soul from the wicked, which is thy sword:
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From men which are thy hand, O LORD, from men of the world, which have their portion in this life, and whose belly thou fillest with thy hid treasure: they are full of children, and leave the rest of their substance to their babes.
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As for me, I will behold thy face in righteousness: I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with thy likeness.
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I will love thee, O LORD, my strength.
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The LORD is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my strength, in whom I will trust; my buckler, and the horn of my salvation, and my high tower.
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I will call upon the LORD, who is worthy to be praised: so shall I be saved from mine enemies.
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The sorrows of death compassed me, and the floods of ungodly men made me afraid.
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The sorrows of hell compassed me about: the snares of death prevented me.
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In my distress I called upon the LORD, and cried unto my God: he heard my voice out of his temple, and my cry came before him, even into his ears.
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Then the earth shook and trembled; the foundations also of the hills moved and were shaken, because he was wroth.
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There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, and fire out of his mouth devoured: coals were kindled by it.
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He bowed the heavens also, and came down: and darkness was under his feet.
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And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly: yea, he did fly upon the wings of the wind.
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He made darkness his secret place; his pavilion round about him were dark waters and thick clouds of the skies.
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At the brightness that was before him his thick clouds passed, hail stones and coals of fire.
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The LORD also thundered in the heavens, and the Highest gave his voice; hail stones and coals of fire.
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Yea, he sent out his arrows, and scattered them; and he shot out lightnings, and discomfited them.
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Then the channels of waters were seen, and the foundations of the world were discovered at thy rebuke, O LORD, at the blast of the breath of thy nostrils.
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He sent from above, he took me, he drew me out of many waters.
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He delivered me from my strong enemy, and from them which hated me: for they were too strong for me.
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They prevented me in the day of my calamity: but the LORD was my stay.
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He brought me forth also into a large place; he delivered me, because he delighted in me.
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The LORD rewarded me according to my righteousness; according to the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me.
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For I have kept the ways of the LORD, and have not wickedly departed from my God.
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For all his judgments were before me, and I did not put away his statutes from me.
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I was also upright before him, and I kept myself from mine iniquity.
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Therefore hath the LORD recompensed me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in his eyesight.
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With the merciful thou wilt shew thyself merciful; with an upright man thou wilt shew thyself upright;
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With the pure thou wilt shew thyself pure; and with the froward thou wilt shew thyself froward.
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For thou wilt save the afflicted people; but wilt bring down high looks.
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For thou wilt light my candle: the LORD my God will enlighten my darkness.
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For by thee I have run through a troop; and by my God have I leaped over a wall.
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As for God, his way is perfect: the word of the LORD is tried: he is a buckler to all those that trust in him.
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For who is God save the LORD? or who is a rock save our God?
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It is God that girdeth me with strength, and maketh my way perfect.
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He maketh my feet like hinds' feet, and setteth me upon my high places.
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He teacheth my hands to war, so that a bow of steel is broken by mine arms.
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Thou hast also given me the shield of thy salvation: and thy right hand hath holden me up, and thy gentleness hath made me great.
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Thou hast enlarged my steps under me, that my feet did not slip.
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I have pursued mine enemies, and overtaken them: neither did I turn again till they were consumed.
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I have wounded them that they were not able to rise: they are fallen under my feet.
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For thou hast girded me with strength unto the battle: thou hast subdued under me those that rose up against me.
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Thou hast also given me the necks of mine enemies; that I might destroy them that hate me.
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They cried, but there was none to save them: even unto the LORD, but he answered them not.
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Then did I beat them small as the dust before the wind: I did cast them out as the dirt in the streets.
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Thou hast delivered me from the strivings of the people; and thou hast made me the head of the heathen: a people whom I have not known shall serve me.
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As soon as they hear of me, they shall obey me: the strangers shall submit themselves unto me.
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The strangers shall fade away, and be afraid out of their close places.
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The LORD liveth; and blessed be my rock; and let the God of my salvation be exalted.
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It is God that avengeth me, and subdueth the people under me.
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He delivereth me from mine enemies: yea, thou liftest me up above those that rise up against me: thou hast delivered me from the violent man.
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Therefore will I give thanks unto thee, O LORD, among the heathen, and sing praises unto thy name.
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Great deliverance giveth he to his king; and sheweth mercy to his anointed, to David, and to his seed for evermore.
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My son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep my commandments:
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For length of days, and long life, and peace, shall they add to thee.
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Let not mercy and truth forsake thee: bind them about thy neck; write them upon the table of thine heart:
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So shalt thou find favour and good understanding in the sight of God and man.
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Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.
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In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.
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Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the LORD, and depart from evil.
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It shall be health to thy navel, and marrow to thy bones.
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Honour the LORD with thy substance, and with the firstfruits of all thine increase:
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So shall thy barns be filled with plenty, and thy presses shall burst out with new wine.
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My son, despise not the chastening of the LORD; neither be weary of his correction:
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For whom the LORD loveth he correcteth; even as a father the son in whom he delighteth.
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Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, and the man that getteth understanding.
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For the merchandise of it is better than the merchandise of silver, and the gain thereof than fine gold.
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She is more precious than rubies: and all the things thou canst desire are not to be compared unto her.
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Length of days is in her right hand; and in her left hand riches and honour.
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Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace.
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She is a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her: and happy is every one that retaineth her.
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The LORD by wisdom hath founded the earth; by understanding hath he established the heavens.
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By his knowledge the depths are broken up, and the clouds drop down the dew.
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My son, let not them depart from thine eyes: keep sound wisdom and discretion:
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So shall they be life unto thy soul, and grace to thy neck.
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Then shalt thou walk in thy way safely, and thy foot shall not stumble.
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When thou liest down, thou shalt not be afraid: yea, thou shalt lie down, and thy sleep shall be sweet.
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Be not afraid of sudden fear, neither of the desolation of the wicked, when it cometh.
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For the LORD shall be thy confidence, and shall keep thy foot from being taken.
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Withhold not good from them to whom it is due, when it is in the power of thine hand to do it.
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Say not unto thy neighbour, Go, and come again, and to morrow I will give; when thou hast it by thee.
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Devise not evil against thy neighbour, seeing he dwelleth securely by thee.
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Strive not with a man without cause, if he have done thee no harm.
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Envy thou not the oppressor, and choose none of his ways.
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For the froward is abomination to the LORD: but his secret is with the righteous.
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The curse of the LORD is in the house of the wicked: but he blesseth the habitation of the just.
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Surely he scorneth the scorners: but he giveth grace unto the lowly.
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The wise shall inherit glory: but shame shall be the promotion of fools.