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How long my glory turn to shame,
and will ye follow lies?

3 But know, that for himself the Lord
the godly man doth chuse :
The Lord, when I on him do call,
to hear will not refuse.

4 Fear, and sin not; talk with your heart on bed, and silent be.

5 Off'rings present of righteousness, and in the Lord trust ye.

6 O who will shew us any good?

is that which many say: But of thy countenance the light, Lord, lift on us alway.

7 Upon my heart, bestow'd by thee, more gladness I have found Than they, ev'n then, when corn and did most with them abound. [wine 8 I will both lay me down in peace, and quiet sleep will take; Because thou only me to dwell in safety, Lord, dost make.

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1 GIVE ear unto my words, O Lord, my meditation weigh.

2 Hear my loud cry, my King, my God; for I to thee will pray.

3 Lord, thou shalt early hear my voice: I early will direct

My pray'r to thee; and, looking up, an answer will expect.

4 For thou art not a God that doth in wickedness delight;

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Neither shall evil dwell with thee,
Nor fools stand in thy sight.
All that ill-doers are thou hat'st;
Cutt'st off that liars be:
The bloody and deceitful man
abhorred is by thee.

7 But I into thy house will come
in thine abundant grace;
And I will worship in thy fear
toward thy holy place.

8 Because of those mine enemies, Lord, in thy righteousness

Do thou me lead; do thou thy way make straight before my face.

9 For in their mouth there is no truth, their inward part is ill;

Their throat's an open sepulchre,
their tongue doth flatter still.

10 O God, destroy them; let them be by their own counsel quell'd: Them for their many sins cast out, for they 'gainst thee rebell'd. But let all joy that trust in thee, and still make shouting noise;

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For them thou sav'st: let all that love thy name in thee rejoice.

12 For, Lord, unto the righteous man thou wilt thy blessing yield: With favour thou wilt compass him about, as with a shield.

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1 LORD, in thy wrath rebuke me not; Nor in thy hot rage chasten me.

2 Lord, pity me, for I am weak:
Heal me, for my bones vexed be.
3 My soul is also vexed sore; [make?
But, Lord, how long stay wilt thou
4 Return, O Lord, my soul set free;
O save me, for thy mercies' sake.

5 Because those that deceased are
Of thee shall no remembrance have;
And who is he that will to thee
Give praises lying in the grave?
6 I with my groaning weary am,
I also all the night my bed
Have caused for to swim; and I
With tears my couch have watered.

7 Mine eye, consum'd with grief, grows Because of all mine enemies.

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8 Hence from me, wicked workers all; For God hath heard my weeping cries. 9 God hath my supplication heard,

My pray'r received graciously.

10 Sham'd and sore vex'd be all my foes, Sham'd and back turned suddenly.

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1 IN thy great indignation,

O Lord, rebuke me not;

Nor on me lay thy chast'ning hand, in thy displeasure hot.

2 Lord, I am weak, therefore on me have mercy, and me spare: Heal me, O Lord, because thou know'st my bones much vexed are.

3 My soul is vexed sore: but, Lord, how long stay wilt thou make? 4 Return, Lord, free my soul; and save me, for thy mercies' sake.

5 Because of thee in death there shall
no more remembrance be:
Of those that in the grave do lie,
who shall give thanks to thee?
6 I with my groaning weary am,
and all the night my bed

I caused for to swim; with tears
my couch I watered.

7 By reason of my vexing grief
mine eye consumed is;

It waxeth old, because of all
that be mine enemies.

8 But now, depart from me all ye
that work iniquity:

For why? the Lord hath heard my when I did mourn and cry. [voice,

9 Unto my supplication

the Lord did hearing give: When I to him my prayer make,

the Lord will it receive.

10 Let all be sham'd and troubled sore that en'mies are to me;

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Let them turn back, and suddenly ashamed let them be.

1 O LORD my God, in thee do I my confidence repose: Save and deliver me from all my persecuting foes; 2 Lest that the enemy my soul should, like a lion, tear,

In pieces rending it, while there
is no deliverer.

3 O Lord my God, if it be so
that I committed this;
If it be so that in my hands
iniquity there is:

4 If I rewarded ill to him

that was at peace with me; (Yea, ev'n the man that without cause my foe was I did free ;)

5 Then let the foe pursue and take my soul, and my life thrust Down to the earth, and let him lay mine honour in the dust.

6 Rise in thy wrath, Lord, raise thyself, for my foes raging be;

And, to the judgment which thou commanded, wake for me. [hast

7 So shall th' assembly of thy folk about encompass thee:

Thou, therefore, for their sakes,

return

unto thy place on high.

8 The Lord he shall the people judge: my judge, JEHOVAH, be, After my righteousness, and mine integrity in me.

9 O let the wicked's malice end; but stablish stedfastly

The righteous: for the righteous God the hearts and reins doth try.

10 In God, who saves th' upright in is my defence and stay. [heart,

11 God just men judgeth, God is wroth with ill men ev'ry day.

12 If he do not return again,

then he his sword will whet; His bow he hath already bent, and hath it ready set: 13 He also hath for him prepar'd the instruments of death; Against the persecutors he his shafts ordained hath.

14 Behold, he with iniquity

doth travail, as in birth; A mischief he conceived hath, and falsehood shall bring forth. 15 He made a pit, and digg'd it deep, another there to take;

But he is fall'n into the ditch

which he himself did make.

16 Upon his own head his mischief
shall be returned home;
His vi'lent dealing also down
on his own pate shall come.
17 According to his righteousness
the Lord I'll magnify;

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And will sing praise unto the name of God that is most high.

1 How excellent in all the earth, Lord, our Lord, is thy name! Who hast thy glory far advanc'd above the starry frame.

6 O en'my! now destructions have an end perpetual:

Thou cities raz'd, perish'd with them
is their memorial.

7 God shall endure for aye; he doth
for judgment set his throne;
8 In righteousness to judge the world,
justice to give each one.

9 God also will a refuge be

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2 From infants' and from sucklings'
thou didest strength ordain,
For thy foes' cause, that so thou
th' avenging foe restrain. [might'st

3 When I look up unto the heav'ns,
which thine own fingers fram'd,
Unto the moon, and to the stars,
which were by thee ordain'd;
4 Then say I, What is man, that he
remember'd is by thee?

Or what the son of man, that thou
so kind to him should'st be?

5 For thou a little lower hast him than the angels made; With glory and with dignity thou crowned hast his head.

6 Of thy hands' works thou mad'st him all under's feet didst lay;

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7 All sheep and oxen, yea, and beasts that in the field do stray;

8 Fowls of the air, fish of the sea, all that pass through the same. 9 How excellent in all the earth, Lord, our Lord, is thy name!

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for those that are oppress'd; A refuge will he be in times

of trouble to distress'd.

And they that know thy name, in their confidence will place: [thee For thou hast not forsaken them

that truly seek thy face.

O sing ye praises to the Lord
that dwells in Sion hill;
And all the nations among

his deeds record ye still.

12 When he enquireth after blood,
he then rememb'reth them:
The humble folk he not forgets
that call upon his name.

13 Lord, pity me; behold the grief
which I from foes sustain;
Ev'n thou, who from the gates of
dost raise me up again: [death

14 That I, in Sion's daughters' gates,
may all thy praise advance;
And that I may rejoice always
in thy deliverance.

15 The heathen are sunk in the pit

which they themselves prepar'd; And in the net which they have hid their own feet fast are snar'd.

16 The Lord is by the judgment known which he himself hath wrought: The sinners' hands do make the snares wherewith themselves are caught.

1 LORD, thee I'll praise with all my 17 They who are wicked into hell

thy wonders all proclaim.

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2 In thee, most High, I'll greatly joy,
and sing unto thy name.
3 When back my foes were turn'd, they
and perish'd at thy sight: [cause;
4 For thou maintain'dst my right and
on throne sat'st judging right.

5 The heathen thou rebuked hast,
the wicked overthrown;

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each one shall turned be; And all the nations that forget

to seek the Lord most high. For they that needy are shall not forgotten be alway;

The expectation of the poor

shall not be lost for aye.

19 Arise, Lord, let not man prevail;
judge heathen in thy sight:
That they may know themselves but
the nations, Lord, affright. [men,

Thou hast put out their names, that 20 may never more be known.

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1 WHEREFORE is it that thou, O Lord, dost stand from us afar? And wherefore hidest thou thyself when times so troublous are? 2 The wicked in his loftiness

doth persecute the poor:

In these devices they have fram'd
let them be taken sure.

3 The wicked of his heart's desire
doth talk with boasting great;
He blesseth him that's covetous,
whom yet the Lord doth hate.

4 The wicked, through his pride of face, on God he doth not call; And in the counsels of his heart the Lord is not at all.

5 His ways they always grievous are; thy judgments from his sight Removed are: at all his foes he puffeth with despight.

6 Within his heart he thus hath said, I shall not moved be; And no adversity at all

shall ever come to me.

7 His mouth with cursing, fraud, deceit, is fill'd abundantly;

And underneath his tongue there is mischief and vanity.

8 He closely sits in villages;

he slays the innocent:

Against the poor that

pass

his cruel eyes are bent.

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9 He, lion-like, lurks in his den; he waits the poor to take; And when he draws him in his net, his prey he doth him make.

10 Himself he humbleth very low, he croucheth down withal, That so a multitude of poor may by his strong ones fall.

11. He thus hath said within his heart, The Lord hath quite forgot; He hides his countenance, and he for ever sees it not.

12 O Lord, do thou arise; O God, lift up thine hand on high: Put not the meek afflicted ones out of thy memory.

13 Why is it that the wicked man thus doth the Lord despise?

Because that God will it require

he in his heart denies.

14 Thou hast it seen; for their mischief and spite thou wilt repay:

The poor commits himself to thee; thou art the orphan's stay.

15 The arm break of the wicked man, and of the evil one;

Do thou seek out his wickedness,
until thou findest none.

16 The Lord is king through ages all, ev'n to eternity;

The heathen people from his land
are perish'd utterly.

17 O Lord, of those that humble are
thou the desire didst hear;
Thou wilt prepare their heart, and
thou

to hear wilt bend thine ear;

18 To judge the fatherless, and those that are oppressed sore;

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That man, that is but sprung of earth, may them oppress no more.

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And from among the sons of men

the faithful do decay.

2 Unto his neighbour ev'ry one
doth utter vanity:

They with a double heart do speak,
and lips of flattery.

3 God shall cut off all flatt'ring lips,
tongues that speak proudly thus,
4 We'll with our tongue prevail, our lips
are ours who's lord o'er us?

5 For poor oppress'd, and for the sighs of needy, rise will I,

Saith God, and him in safety set
from such as him defy.

6 The words of God are words most pure; they be like silver try'd

In earthen furnace, seven times
that hath been purify'd.

7 Lord, thou shalt them preserve and for ever from this race.

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8 On each side walk the wicked, when vile men are high in place.

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1 How long wilt thou forget me, Lord? shall it for ever be?

O how long shall it be that thou
wilt hide thy face from me?

2 How long take counsel in my soul,
still sad in heart, shall I?
How long exalted over me
shall be mine enemy?

3 O Lord my God, consider well,
and answer to me make:

Mine eyes enlighten, lest the sleep of death me overtake:

4 Lest that mine enemy should say, Against him I prevail'd;

And those that trouble me rejoice, when I am mov'd and fail'd.

5 But I have all my confidence thy mercy set upon;

My heart within me shall rejoice in thy salvation.

6 I will unto the Lord my God

sing praises cheerfully,

Because he hath his bounty shown
to me abundantly.

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1 THAT there is not a God, the fool doth in his heart conclude:

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1 WITHIN thy tabernacle, Lord, who shall abide with thee? And in thy high and holy hill who shall a dweller be?

2 The man that walketh uprightly, and worketh righteousness, And as he thinketh in his heart, so doth he truth express.

3 Who doth not slander with his tongue, nor to his friend doth hurt;

Nor yet against his neighbour doth take up an ill report.

4 In whose eyes vile men are despis'd; but those that God do fear

He honoureth; and changeth not, though to his hurt he swear.

5 His coin puts not to usury, nor take reward will he

Against the guiltless. Who doth thus shall never moved be.

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