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Yet they tempted and provoked the most high God, and kept not his testimonies.

And he rejected the tabernacle of Selom, his tent where he dwelt among men.

And he gave his people to the sword; and disdained his inheritance.

And he smote his enemies in the hinder parts: he brought on them a perpetual reproach.

And he built his sanctuary as the place of unicorns; he founded it for ever on the earth.

He chose David also his servant, and took him up from the flocks of sheep.

He took him from following the ewes great with young, to be the shepherd of Jacob his servant, and Israel his inheritance.

So he tended them in the innocency of his heart; and guided them by the skillfulness of his hands.

For they have devoured Jacob, and laid his place waste.

He removed his back from burdens: his hands slaved in making the baskets.

I will hear what the Lord God will say concerning me: for he shall speak peace to his people, and to his saints, and to those that turn their heart toward him.

Moreover his salvation is near them that fear him; that glory may dwell in our land.

His foundations are in the holy mountains.

And I will hew down his foes before him, and put to flight those that hate him.

But my truth and my mercy shall be with him; and in my name shall his horn be exalted.

And I will set his hand in the sea, and his right hand in the rivers.

And I will establish his seed for ever and ever, and his throne as the days of heaven.

If his children should forsake my law, and walk not in my judgments;

His see shall endure for ever, and his throne as the sun before me;

Thou hast overthrown the covenant of thy servant; thou has profaned his sanctuary, casting it to the ground.