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(136-3) For there they that led us into captivity required of us the words of songs. And they that carried us away, said: Sing ye to us a hymn of the songs of Sion.

(137-1) <For David himself.> I will praise thee, O Lord, with my whole heart: for thou hast heard the words of my mouth. I will sing praise to thee in the sight of the angels:

(137-2) I will worship towards thy holy temple, and I will give glory to thy name. For thy mercy, and for thy truth: for thou hast magnified thy holy name above all.

(137-4) May all the kings of the earth give glory to thee: for they have heard all the words of thy mouth.

(137-5) And let them sing in the ways of the Lord: for great is the glory of the Lord.

(137-6) For the Lord is high, and looketh on the low: and the high he knoweth afar off.

(138-4) And thou hast foreseen all my ways: for there is no speech in my tongue.

(138-13) For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast protected me from my mother’s womb.

(138-14) I will praise thee, for thou art fearfully magnified: wonderful are thy works, and my soul knoweth right well.

(139-6) The proud have hidden a net for me. And they have stretched out cords for a snare: they have laid for me a stumblingblock by the wayside.

(139-14) But as for the just, they shall give glory to thy name: and the upright shall dwell with thy countenance.

(140-5) The just man shall correct me in mercy, and shall reprove me: but let not the oil of the sinner fatten my head. For my prayer shall still be against the things with which they are well pleased:

(140-6) Their judges falling upon the rock have been swallowed up. They shall hear my words, for they have prevailed:

(140-9) Keep me from the snare, which they have laid for me, and from the stumblingblocks of them that work iniquity.

(141-1) for David, A prayer when he was in the cave.> (141-2) I cried to the Lord with my voice: with my voice I made supplication to the Lord.

(141-4) When my spirit failed me, then thou knewest my paths. In this way wherein I walked, they have hidden a snare for me.

(141-7) Attend to my supplication: for I am brought very low. Deliver me from my persecutors; for they are stronger than I.

(141-8) Bring my soul out of prison, that I may praise thy name: the just wait for me, until thou reward me.

(142-2) And enter not into judgment with thy servant: for in thy sight no man living shall be justified.

(142-3) For the enemy hath persecuted my soul: he hath brought down my life to the earth. He hath made me to dwell in darkness as those that have been dead of old: