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For the Lord remembered us in our low estate; for his mercy endures for ever:

and redeemed us from our enemies; for his mercy endures for ever.

Who gives food to all flesh; for his mercy endures for ever.

Give thanks to the God of heaven; for his mercy endures for ever.

For there they that had taken us captive asked of us the words of a song; and they that had carried us away asked a hymn, saying, Sing us one of the songs of Sion.

I will give thee thanks, O Lord, with my whole heart; and I will sing psalms to thee before the angels; for thou hast heard all the words of my mouth.

I will worship toward thy holy temple, and give thanks to thy name, on account of thy mercy and thy truth; for thou hast magnified thy holy name above every thing.

Let all the kings of the earth, o Lord, give thanks unto thee; for they have heard all the words of thy mouth.

And let them sing in the ways of the Lord; for great is the glory of the Lord.

For the Lord is high, and yet regards the lowly; and he knows high things from afar off.

O Lord, thou shalt recompense them on my behalf: thy mercy, O Lord, endures for ever: overlook not the works of thine hands.

For there is no unrighteous word in my tongue: behold, O Lord, thou hast known all things,

The knowledge of thee is too wonderful for me; it is very difficult, I cannot attain to it.

for even there thy hand would guide me, and thy right hand would hold me.

For darkness will not be darkness with thee; but night will be light as day: as its darkness, so shall its light be to thee.

For thou, O Lord, hast possessed my reins; thou hast helped me from my mother’s womb.

I will give thee thanks; for thou art fearfully wondrous; wondrous are thy works; and my soul knows it well.

Thine eyes saw my unwrought substance, and all men shall be written in thy book; they shall be formed by day, though there should for a time be no one among them.

For thou wilt say concerning their thought, that they shall take thy cities in vain.

The proud have hid a snare for me, and have stretched out ropes for snares for my feet; they set a stumbling-block for me near the path. Pause.