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I will call upon the LORD, who is worthy to be praised: so shall I be saved from mine enemies.

He teacheth my hands to war; so that mine arms do bend a bow of brass.

Be thou exalted, O LORD, in thy strength: so will we sing and praise thy power.

For the Chief Musician; set to Aijeleth hash-Shahar. A Psalm of David. My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? why art thou so far from helping me, and from the words of my roaring?

I will wash mine hands in innocency; so will I compass thine altar, O LORD:

Let them not say in their heart, Aha, so would we have it: let them not say, We have swallowed him up.

For innumerable evils have compassed me about, mine iniquities have overtaken me, so that I am not able to look up; they are more than the hairs of mine head, and my heart hath failed me.

BOOK II For the Chief Musician; Maschil of the sons of Korah. As the hart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God.

So shall the king desire thy beauty: for he is thy Lord; and worship thou him.

As we have heard, so have we seen in the city of the LORD of hosts, in the city of our God: God will establish it for ever. Selah

As is thy name, O God, so is thy praise unto the ends of the earth: thy right hand is full of righteousness.

Which hearkeneth not to the voice of charmers, charming never so wisely.

So that men shall say, Verily there is a reward for the righteous: verily there is a God that judgeth in the earth.

So will I sing praise unto thy name for ever, that I may daily perform my vows.

So have I looked upon thee in the sanctuary, to see thy power and thy glory.

So will I bless thee while I live: I will lift up my hands in thy name.

So they shall be made to stumble, their own tongue being against them: all that see them shall wag the head.

Thou visitest the earth, and waterest it, thou greatly enrichest it; the river of God is full of water: thou providest them corn, when thou hast so prepared the earth.

As smoke is driven away, so drive them away: as wax melteth before the fire, so let the wicked perish at the presence of God.

They shall fear thee while the sun endureth, and so long as the moon, throughout all generations.