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BRING unto the LORD the offspring of rams; bring unto the LORD glory and honour.

Give unto the LORD the glory due unto his name; worship the LORD in the court of his holy temple.

The voice of the LORD is upon the waters; the God of glory thunders; the LORD is upon many waters.

The voice of the LORD is powerful; the voice of the LORD is full of majesty.

The voice of the LORD breaks the cedars; yea, the LORD breaks the cedars of Lebanon.

He makes them also to skip like calves, Lebanon and Sirion like a young ox.

The voice of the LORD divides the flames of fire.

The voice of the LORD shakes the wilderness; the LORD shakes the wilderness of Kadesh.

The voice of the LORD makes the hinds to tremble, and uproots the forests; and in his temple every one speaks of his glory.

The LORD controls the flood; yea, the LORD sits King for ever.

The LORD will give strength to his people; the LORD will bless his people with peace.

I WILL extol thee, O LORD; for thou hast lifted me up, and hast not made my foes to rejoice over me.

O LORD, my God, I have sought thee, and thou hast healed me.

Thou hast brought up my soul from Sheol; thou hast saved me that I should not join those who go down to the pit.

Sing unto the LORD, O ye saints of his, and give thanks at the remembrance of his holiness.

For there is rebuke in his anger and life in his good will; weeping may last for a night, but joy comes in the morning.

In my security I said, I shall never be moved.

O God, by thy favor thou hast increased my glory; thou didst turn away thy face, and I was troubled.

I cried to thee, O LORD, and unto the LORD I made supplication.

What profit is there in shedding my blood, when I go down to corruption? The dust will not praise thee and it will not declare thy truth.

Hear, O God, and have mercy upon me; O LORD, be thou my helper.

Thou hast turned for me my mourning into joy; thou hast put off my sackcloth, and girded me with gladness;

Therefore, I will sing praise to thee, and not be silent. O LORD, my God, I will give thanks unto thee for ever.

IN thee, O LORD, do I put my trust; let me never be ashamed; deliver me in thy righteousness.

Incline thine ear to me and answer me speedily; be thou unto me the God, the helper, and the house of refuge; and save me,

For thou art my strength and my refuge; therefore for thy names sake comfort me and guide me.

Pull me out of the net that they have laid secretly for me; for thou art my protector.

Into thy hand I commit my spirit; thou hast redeemed me, O LORD God of truth.

I have hated them that observe false worship; but I trust in thee, O LORD.

I will be glad and rejoice in thy mercy; for thou hast seen my humility; thou hast known my soul in adversities;

And thou hast not surrendered me into the hand of my enemies; thou hast established my feet in tranquility.

Have mercy upon me, O LORD, for I am in distress; mine eye is troubled with wrath, yea, my soul and my body.

For my life is spent with grief, and my years with sighing; my strength is weakened because of poverty, and my bones are shaken because of my enemies.

I have become a reproach to my neighbors and a dread to my acquaintances: they that saw me on the street fled from me.

I am forgotten as a dead man out of mind; I am like something given up for lost.

For I have heard of the complicity of many persons; while they connived together against me, they schemed to take away my life.

But I trusted in thee, O LORD; I said, Thou art my God, O LORD.

The times are in thy hand; deliver me from the hand of mine enemies and from them that persecute me.

Make thy face to shine upon thy servant; save me through thy mercies.

Let me not be ashamed, O LORD; for I have called upon thee; let the wicked be ashamed, and let them be silent in the grave.

Let the lips of the wicked be silent; for they speak falsely and disdainfully against the righteous.

Oh how great is thy goodness, which thou hast laid up for them that worship thee, which thou hast wrought for them that trust in thee before the sons of men!

Hide them in the citadel of thy presence from the tumult of men; with thy shadow guard them from contention.

Blessed be the LORD, for he has elected for himself the chosen ones in a strong city?

I said in my haste, I am lost from before thine eyes; nevertheless thou heardest the voice of my supplications when I cried unto thee.

O love the LORD, all you his righteous ones; for the LORD preserves the faithful, and rewards the wicked according to their works.

Be of good courage and he shall strengthen your heart, all you that trust in the LORD.

BLESSED is he whose transgression is forgiven and whose sin is blotted out.

Blessed is the man to whom the LORD has not reckoned his iniquity, and in whose heart there is no guile.

Because I suffered in silence all the day long, my bones waxed old during my deep slumber.

For day and night thy hand was heavy upon me; intense pain developed in my heart great enough to kill me.

I have acknowledged my sin unto thee, and mine iniquity have I not hid from thee. I said, I will confess my faults to the LORD; and thou forgavest all of my sins.

For this let every one that is chosen pray unto thee at an appointed time; surely even the floods of great waters shall not come near him.

Thou art my refuge; thou shalt protect me from mine enemies; thou wilt compass me about with glory and salvation.

I have made you to understand and have led you on the way which you shall take; I will follow you with my eyes.

Be not as the horse or as the mule, which have no understanding, which must be subdued with bit and bridle from their youth; no one goes near them.

The wicked has many sorrows; but he that trusts in the LORD, mercy shall surround him.

Be glad in the LORD and rejoice, you righteous; and praise him, all you that are upright in heart.

REJOICE in the LORD, O you righteous; for praise is comely for the upright.

Praise the LORD with harp and guitar; sing praises to him with a harp of ten strings.

Sing to him a new song; play skilfully with a beautiful rhythm.

For the word of the LORD is right; and all his works are done in truth.

He loves righteousness and judgment; the earth is full of the goodness of the LORD.

By the word of the LORD were the heavens made; and all the host of them by the breath of his mouth.

The waters of the sea gathers he together as in a heap of waterskins; he lays up the depths in storehouses.

Let all the earth fear the LORD; let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of him.

For he spoke, and it was done; he commanded, and it stood fast.

The LORD brings the counsel of the Gentiles to nought; the LORD makes the devices of the people of no effect.

The counsel of the LORD stands for ever, the thoughts of his heart to all generations.

Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD; and the people whom he has chosen for his own inheritance.

The LORD looks from heaven; he beholds all the sons of men.

From his throne he looks upon all the inhabitants of the earth.

He fashions their hearts alike; he considers all their works.

The king is not saved by the multitude of a host; neither a mighty man delivers by much strength.

A horse is a false thing for salvation; neither shall he deliver his rider by his great strength.

Behold, the eye of the LORD is upon the righteous, upon them that hope in his mercy

To deliver their soul from death and to keep them alive in famine.

Our soul waits for the LORD; he is our help and our shield.

For our hearts shall rejoice in him because we have trusted in his holy name.

Let thy mercy, O LORD, be upon us, according as we hope in thee.

I WILL bless the LORD at all times; his praises shall continually be in my mouth.

My soul shall make its boast in the LORD; let the humble hear and be glad.

O magnify the LORD with me, and let us exalt his name together.

I sought the LORD, and he heard and delivered me from all my troubles.

Look towards him and trust in him, and you shall not be disappointed.

This poor man called on him, and he heard him and saved him from all his troubles.

The host of angels of the LORD encamps round about them that worship him, and delivers them.

O taste and see that the LORD is good; blessed is the man that trusts in him.

The rich have become poor and suffer hunger;

They that seek the LORD shall not lack any good thing.

Come, you children, listen to me, and I will teach you reverence for the LORD.

Where is the man who desires not life and many days that he may see the good time to come?

Keep your tongue from evil and your lips from speaking guile.

Depart from evil and do good; seek peace and pursue it.

The eyes of the LORD are upon the righteous, and his ears are open to hear them.

The face of the LORD is against them that do evil, to cut off the remembrance of them from the earth.

The righteous cried, and the LORD hears, and delivers them out of all their troubles.

The LORD is near to them that are brokenhearted, and he saves those who are humble in spirit.

Many are the afflictions of the righteous; but the LORD delivers him out of them all.

He keeps all his bones, not one of them is broken.

Evil shall slay the wicked, and they that hate the righteous shall be destroyed.

The LORD redeems the soul of his servants, and none of them that trust in him shall be condemned.