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I WILL love thee, O LORD, my strength and my trust;

My refuge and my deliverer is the mighty God in whom I trust; he is my helper and the horn of my salvation and my glorious refuge.

I will call upon the LORD; so shall I be saved from mine enemies.

For the pains of death surrounded me, and the rush of ungodly men have confused me.

The travail of Sheol has taken hold of me: the snares of death preceded me.

In my distress I called upon the LORD, and cried to my God; he heard my voice out of his temple, and my cry came before him, even into his ears.

Then the earth shook and trembled; the foundations also of the mountains quaked and were shaken because he was angry.

There went up a smoke out of his wrath, and fire flamed from his face, and coals were kindled by it.

He bowed the heavens and came down; and thick darkness was under his feet.

And he rode upon cherubim and flew; yea, he soared upon the wings of the wind.

He made darkness his covert; his pavilion round about him was darkness of waters and thick clouds of the skies.

Out of the brightness of his shadow his clouds rained hailstones and coals of fire.

The LORD also thundered in the heavens, and the Highest gave his voice: hailstones and coals of fire.

Yea, he sent out his arrows and scattered them; and he multiplied his lightnings and confused them.

Then the brooks appeared, and the foundations of the world were laid open at thy rebuke, O LORD, at the blast of the breath of thine anger.

He sent from on high and quieted me; he received me out of great waters.

He delivered me from my strong enemies and from them which hated me; for they were too strong for me.

They confronted me in the day of my extremity, but the LORD was my deliverer.

He brought me forth into comfort; he delivered me because he delighted in me.

The LORD rewarded me according to my righteousness; according to the cleanness of my hands has he recompensed me.

For I have kept the ways of the LORD, and have not revolted against my God.

For all his judgments were before me, and his laws I did not put away from me.

I was also blameless before him, and I carefully kept myself from my sins.

Therefore has the LORD recompensed me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in his eyes.

With the pure thou shalt be pure; with an upright man thou shalt be upright.

With the clean thou shalt be clean; and from the crooked thou shalt turn aside.

For thou wilt save the afflicted people; but wilt humble the proud.

For thou wilt light my lamp; the LORD my God will enlighten my darkness.

For through thee I have pursued a band of robbers; and through my God have I leaped over a fence.

As for God, his way is perfect; the word of the LORD is pure: he is a help to all those that trust in him.

For there is no God save the LORD; and there is no one who is mighty like our God.

It is God that girds me with strength and makes my way perfect.

He makes my feet like harts feet and sets me upon high places.

He trains my hands to war; and he strengthens my arms like a bow of brass.

Thou hast also given me the shield of thy salvation; and thy right hand hath held me up; and thy discipline hath made me great.

Thou hast steadied my legs under me, that my ankles may not be weakened.

I will pursue my enemies and overtake them; and I will not turn again till they are consumed.

I will smite them so that they shall not be able to stand; they shall fall under my feet.

For thou hast girded me with strength to the battle; thou hast subdued under me those that rose up against me.

Thou hast also defeated my enemies before me, that I might silence them that hate me.

They shall cry, but there will be none to save them; they shall beg the LORD, but he will not answer them.

Then I will beat them small as the dust before the wind; I will tread over them as the mire of the streets.

Thou wilt deliver me from the judgments of the people; and thou wilt make me the leader of the Gentiles; a people whom I have not known shall serve me.

As soon as they hear of me, they shall obey me; strangers shall submit themselves to me.

Strangers shall halt and shall be hindered from walking in their paths.

The LORD lives; blessed be the one who gives me strength; let my God and my Saviour be exalted.

It is God that avenges me and subdues the people under me.

He delivered me from my enemies; yea, thou liftest me up above those that rise up against me; thou hast delivered me from lawless man.

Therefore will I give thanks unto thee, O LORD, among the Gentiles, and sing praises unto thy name.

Great deliverance gives he to his king; and shows mercy to his anointed, to David and to his descendants for evermore.

THE heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament shows his handiwork.

Day after day utters speech, and night after night shows knowledge.

There is no speech nor language where their voice is not heard.

Their good news has gone out through all the earth, and their words to the end of the world. He has set his tabernacle in the sun among them.

And he is as a bridegroom coming out of his chamber, and rejoices as a strong man to run a race.

His going forth is from the end of the heaven, and his circuit unto the ends thereof; and there is nothing hid from the mist of his breath.

The law of the LORD is perfect, converting the soul; the testimony of the LORD is trustworthy, making wise the young men.

The statutes of the LORD are right, rejoicing the heart; the commandment of the LORD is pure, enlightening the eyes.

The reverence of the LORD is clean, enduring for ever; the judgments of the LORD are true and righteous altogether.

They are more to be coveted than gold; yea, than precious stones; sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb.

Moreover by them is thy servant warned; and if he keep them he shall be greatly rewarded.

Who can understand stumblings? Cleanse thou me from secret faults.

Spare thy servant also from presumptuous sins, lest the evil ones have dominion over me; then shall I be cleansed from my sins.

Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in thy sight, O LORD, my helper and my Saviour.

MAY the LORD answer you in the day of trouble; the name of the God of Jacob defend you;

Send you help from his sanctuary, and strengthen you out of Zion.

Let the LORD remember all your offerings, and make acceptable your burnt sacrifices.

May the LORD grant you according to your own heart, and fulfil all your counsel.

We will be glorified in your salvation, and in the name of our God we will be exalted; the LORD fulfil all your petitions.

Henceforth it is known that the LORD has saved his anointed; and has heard him from his holy heaven and saved with the strength of his right hand.

Some trust in chariots, and some in horses; but we will prevail through the name of the LORD our God.

They are bowed down and fallen; but we are risen and stand ready.

O LORD, save us, and let our King answer us in the day when we call upon him.

THE king shall rejoice in thy strength, O LORD; and in thy salvation how greatly shall he rejoice!

Thou hast given him his hearts desire, and hast not withheld the request of his lips.

For thou hast blessed him beforehand with the blessings of goodness; thou hast set a precious crown on his head.

He asked life of thee, and thou gavest it him, even length of days for ever and ever.

His glory is great in thy salvation; honor and majesty hast thou bestowed upon him.

For thou hast made him most blessed for ever; thou hast made him joyful in gladness with thy countenance.

For the king trusts in the LORD, and through the mercy of the most High he shall not be moved.

Your hand shall overcome all your enemies; your right hand shall overcome those that hate you.

You shall make them as a fiery oven in the time of your wrath; the LORD shall consume them in his wrath, and the fire shall devour them.

Their fruit shall you destroy from the earth, and their offspring from among the children of men.

For they have planned evil against you; they conceived a mischievous device, which they are not able to perform.

For you shall place a scar on them; and you shall make ready your array against their faces.

Be thou exalted, O LORD, in thine own strength; so will we sing and praise thy power.

MY God, my God, why hast thou let me to live? and yet thou hast delayed my salvation from me, because of the words of my folly.

O my God, I call thee in the daytime but thou answerest me not; and in the night season thou abidest not with me.

For thou art holy, and Israel dwells under thy glory.

Our fathers trusted in thee; they trusted, and thou didst deliver them.

They cried unto thee and were delivered; they trusted in thee and were not confounded.

But I am a worm, and not a man; a reproach of men, and despised of the people.

All they that saw me have laughed me to scorn; they shoot out with their lips, they shake their heads, saying,

He trusted in the LORD; let the LORD deliver him; let him save him, if he be delighted in him.

For thou art my trust since I came out of the womb, and my hope since I was upon my mothers breasts.

I was put under thy care from the womb; thou art my God from my mothers belly.

Be not far from me; for trouble is near; for there is none to help.

Many bulls have surrounded me: strong bulls of Bashan have besieged me.

Their mouths snarl against me, as a ravening and roaring lion.

I am poured out like water and all my bones are out of joint; my heart is melted like wax, and my bowels are wasted in the midst of me.

My strength is dried up like a potsherd; and my tongue cleaves to my jaws; and thou hast thrown me into the dust of death.

For the vicious have surrounded me; the assembly of the wicked have inclosed me; they have pierced my hands and my feet.

My bones ached with pain; they looked and stared upon me.

They parted my garments among them, and cast lots upon my vesture.

But, O LORD, be not thou far from me; O God, O God, abide to help me.

Deliver my soul from the sword, my only one from the hand of the vicious.

Save me from the lions mouth; save my meekness from the haughty,

That I may declare thy name to my brethren; in the midst of the congregation will I praise thee.

You that revere the LORD, praise him; all you the offspring of Jacob, glorify him; and fear him, all you descendants of Israel.

For he has not despised nor abhorred the affliction of the poor; neither has he turned away his face from him; but when he cried unto him, he heard him.

My praise shall be of thee in the great congregation; I will fulfil my vows before them that worship him.

The poor shall eat and be satisfied; they shall praise the LORD that seek him; their hearts shall live for ever.

All the ends of the world shall remember and turn to the LORD; and all the kindreds of the Gentiles shall worship before thee.

For the kingdom is the LORDS; he is the governor over the Gentiles.

All they that are hungry upon earth shall eat and worship before the LORD; all they that are buried shall kneel before him; my soul is alive to him.

An offspring shall serve him; the generations thereof shall proclaim the LORD.

They shall come and declare his righteousness to a people that shall be born, and tell that which the LORD has done.