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For Thou -- Thou lightest my lamp, Jehovah my God enlighteneth my darkness.

For by Thee I run -- a troop! And by my God I leap a wall.

For who [is] God besides Jehovah? And who [is] a rock save our God?

Teaching my hands for battle, And a bow of brass was brought down by my arms.

And Thou girdest me [with] strength for battle, Causest my withstanders to bow under me.

Thou dost deliver me From the strivings of the people, Thou placest me for a head of nations, A people I have not known do serve me.

Into all the earth hath their line gone forth, And to the end of the world their sayings, For the sun He placed a tent in them,

Let the sayings of my mouth, And the meditation of my heart, Be for a pleasing thing before Thee, O Jehovah, my rock, and my redeemer!

For Thou puttest before him blessings of goodness, Thou settest on his head a crown of fine gold.

Life he hath asked from Thee, Thou hast given to him -- length of days, Age-during -- and for ever.

For Thou makest him blessings for ever, Thou dost cause him to rejoice with joy, By Thy countenance.

For the king is trusting in Jehovah, And in the kindness of the Most High He is not moved.

For they stretched out against Thee evil, They devised a wicked device, they prevail not,

For Thou makest them a butt, When Thy strings Thou preparest against their faces.

`Roll unto Jehovah, He doth deliver him, He doth deliver him, for he delighted in him.'

For thou [art] He bringing me forth from the womb, Causing me to trust, On the breasts of my mother.

Be not far from me, For adversity is near, for there is no helper.

And to the dust of death thou appointest me, For surrounded me have dogs, A company of evil doers have compassed me, Piercing my hands and my feet.

They apportion my garments to themselves, And for my clothing they cause a lot to fall.

For He hath not despised, nor abominated, The affliction of the afflicted, Nor hath He hidden His face from him, And in his crying unto Him He heareth.