ASV — American Standard Version

90:1

A Prayer of Moses the man of God. Lord, thou hast been our dwelling-place In all generations.

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Before the mountains were brought forth, Or ever thou hadst formed the earth and the world, Even from everlasting to everlasting, thou art God.

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Thou turnest man to destruction, And sayest, Return, ye children of men.

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For a thousand years in thy sight Are but as yesterday when it is past, And as a watch in the night.

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Thou carriest them away as with a flood; they are as a sleep: In the morning they are like grass which groweth up.

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In the morning it flourisheth, and groweth up; In the evening it is cut down, and withereth.

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For we are consumed in thine anger, And in thy wrath are we troubled.

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Thou hast set our iniquities before thee, Our secret sins in the light of thy countenance.

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For all our days are passed away in thy wrath: We bring our years to an end as a sigh.

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The days of our years are threescore years and ten, Or even by reason of strength fourscore years; Yet is their pride but labor and sorrow; For it is soon gone, and we fly away.

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Who knoweth the power of thine anger, And thy wrath according to the fear that is due unto thee?

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So teach us to number our days, That we may get us a heart of wisdom.

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Return, O Jehovah; how long? And let it repent thee concerning thy servants.

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Oh satisfy us in the morning with thy lovingkindness, That we may rejoice and be glad all our days.

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Make us glad according to the days wherein thou hast afflicted us, And the years wherein we have seen evil.

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Let thy work appear unto thy servants, And thy glory upon their children.

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And let the favor of the Lord our God be upon us; And establish thou the work of our hands upon us; Yea, the work of our hands establish thou it.

91:1

He that dwelleth in the secret place of the Most High Shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.

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I will say of Jehovah, He is my refuge and my fortress; My God, in whom I trust.

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For he will deliver thee from the snare of the fowler, And from the deadly pestilence.

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He will cover thee with his pinions, And under his wings shalt thou take refuge: His truth is a shield and a buckler.

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Thou shalt not be afraid for the terror by night, Nor for the arrow that flieth by day;

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For the pestilence that walketh in darkness, Nor for the destruction that wasteth at noonday.

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A thousand shall fall at thy side, And ten thousand at thy right hand; But it shall not come nigh thee.

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Only with thine eyes shalt thou behold, And see the reward of the wicked.

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For thou, O Jehovah, art my refuge! Thou hast made the Most High thy habitation;

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There shall no evil befall thee, Neither shall any plague come nigh thy tent.

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For he will give his angels charge over thee, To keep thee in all thy ways.

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They shall bear thee up in their hands, Lest thou dash thy foot against a stone.

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Thou shalt tread upon the lion and adder: The young lion and the serpent shalt thou trample under foot.

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Because he hath set his love upon me, therefore will I deliver him: I will set him on high, because he hath known my name.

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He shall call upon me, and I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble: I will deliver him, and honor him.

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With long life will I satisfy him, And show him my salvation.

92:1

A Psalm, a Song for the sabbath day. It is a good thing to give thanks unto Jehovah, And to sing praises unto thy name, O Most High;

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To show forth thy lovingkindness in the morning, And thy faithfulness every night,

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With an instrument of ten strings, and with the psaltery; With a solemn sound upon the harp.

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For thou, Jehovah, hast made me glad through thy work: I will triumph in the works of thy hands.

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How great are thy works, O Jehovah! Thy thoughts are very deep.

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A brutish man knoweth not; Neither doth a fool understand this:

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When the wicked spring as the grass, And when all the workers of iniquity do flourish; It is that they shall be destroyed for ever.

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But thou, O Jehovah, art on high for evermore.

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For, lo, thine enemies, O Jehovah, For, lo, thine enemies shall perish; All the workers of iniquity shall be scattered.

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But my horn hast thou exalted like the horn of the wild-ox: I am anointed with fresh oil.

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Mine eye also hath seen my desire on mine enemies, Mine ears have heard my desire of the evil-doers that rise up against me.

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The righteous shall flourish like the palm-tree: He shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon.

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They are planted in the house of Jehovah; They shall flourish in the courts of our God.

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They shall still bring forth fruit in old age; They shall be full of sap and green:

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To show that Jehovah is upright; He is my rock, and there is no unrighteousness in him.

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Jehovah reigneth; He is clothed with majesty; Jehovah is clothed with strength; he hath girded himself therewith: The world also is established, that it cannot be moved.

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Thy throne is established of old: Thou art from everlasting.

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The floods have lifted up, O Jehovah, The floods have lifted up their voice; The floods lift up their waves.

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Above the voices of many waters, The mighty breakers of the sea, Jehovah on high is mighty.

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Thy testimonies are very sure: Holiness becometh thy house, O Jehovah, for evermore.

94:1

O Jehovah, thou God to whom vengeance belongeth, Thou God to whom vengeance belongeth, shine forth.

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Lift up thyself, thou judge of the earth: Render to the proud their desert.

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Jehovah, how long shall the wicked, How long shall the wicked triumph?

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They prate, they speak arrogantly: All the workers of iniquity boast themselves.

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They break in pieces thy people, O Jehovah, And afflict thy heritage.

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They slay the widow and the sojourner, And murder the fatherless.

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And they say, Jehovah will not see, Neither will the God of Jacob consider.

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Consider, ye brutish among the people; And ye fools, when will ye be wise?

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He that planted the ear, shall he not hear? He that formed the eye, shall he not see?

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He that chastiseth the nations, shall not he correct, Even he that teacheth man knowledge?

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Jehovah knoweth the thoughts of man, That they are vanity.

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Blessed is the man whom thou chastenest, O Jehovah, And teachest out of thy law;

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That thou mayest give him rest from the days of adversity, Until the pit be digged for the wicked.

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For Jehovah will not cast off his people, Neither will he forsake his inheritance.

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For judgment shall return unto righteousness; And all the upright in heart shall follow it.

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Who will rise up for me against the evil-doers? Who will stand up for me against the workers of iniquity?

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Unless Jehovah had been my help, My soul had soon dwelt in silence.

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When I said, My foot slippeth; Thy lovingkindness, O Jehovah, held me up.

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In the multitude of my thoughts within me Thy comforts delight my soul.

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Shall the throne of wickedness have fellowship with thee, Which frameth mischief by statute?

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They gather themselves together against the soul of the righteous, And condemn the innocent blood.

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But Jehovah hath been my high tower, And my God the rock of my refuge.

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And he hath brought upon them their own iniquity, And will cut them off in their own wickedness; Jehovah our God will cut them off.

95:1

Oh come, let us sing unto Jehovah; Let us make a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation.

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Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving; Let us make a joyful noise unto him with psalms.

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For Jehovah is a great God, And a great King above all gods.

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In his hand are the deep places of the earth; The heights of the mountains are his also.

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The sea is his, and he made it; And his hands formed the dry land.

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Oh come, let us worship and bow down; Let us kneel before Jehovah our Maker:

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For he is our God, And we are the people of his pasture, and the sheep of his hand. To-day, oh that ye would hear his voice!

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Harden not your heart, as at Meribah, As in the day of Massah in the wilderness;

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When your fathers tempted me, Proved me, and saw my work.

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Forty years long was I grieved with that generation, And said, It is a people that do err in their heart, And they have not known my ways:

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Wherefore I sware in my wrath, That they should not enter into my rest.

96:1

Oh sing unto Jehovah a new song: Sing unto Jehovah, all the earth.

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Sing unto Jehovah, bless his name; Show forth his salvation from day to day.

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Declare his glory among the nations, His marvellous works among all the peoples.

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For great is Jehovah, and greatly to be praised: He is to be feared above all gods.

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For all the gods of the peoples are idols; But Jehovah made the heavens.

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Honor and majesty are before him: Strength and beauty are in his sanctuary.

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Ascribe unto Jehovah, ye kindreds of the peoples, Ascribe unto Jehovah glory and strength.

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Ascribe unto Jehovah the glory due unto his name: Bring an offering, and come into his courts.

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Oh worship Jehovah in holy array: Tremble before him, all the earth.

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Say among the nations, Jehovah reigneth: The world also is established that it cannot be moved: He will judge the peoples with equity

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Let the heavens be glad, and let the earth rejoice; Let the sea roar, and the fulness thereof;

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Let the field exult, and all that is therein; Then shall all the trees of the wood sing for joy

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Before Jehovah; for he cometh, For he cometh to judge the earth: He will judge the world with righteousness, And the peoples with his truth.

97:1

Jehovah reigneth; let the earth rejoice; Let the multitude of isles be glad.

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Clouds and darkness are round about him: Righteousness and justice are the foundation of his throne.

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A fire goeth before him, And burneth up his adversaries round about.

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His lightnings lightened the world: The earth saw, and trembled.

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The mountains melted like wax at the presence of Jehovah, At the presence of the Lord of the whole earth.

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The heavens declare his righteousness, And all the peoples have seen his glory.

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Let all them be put to shame that serve graven images, That boast themselves of idols: Worship him, all ye gods.

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Zion heard and was glad, And the daughters of Judah rejoiced, Because of thy judgments, O Jehovah.

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For thou, Jehovah, art most high above all the earth: Thou art exalted far above all gods.

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O ye that love Jehovah, hate evil: He preserveth the souls of his saints; He delivereth them out of the hand of the wicked.

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Light is sown for the righteous, And gladness for the upright in heart.

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Be glad in Jehovah, ye righteous; And give thanks to his holy memorial name.

98:1

A Psalm. Oh sing unto Jehovah a new song; For he hath done marvellous things: His right hand, and his holy arm, hath wrought salvation for him.

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Jehovah hath made known his salvation: His righteousness hath he openly showed in the sight of the nations.

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He hath remembered his lovingkindness and his faithfulness toward the house of Israel: All the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God.

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Make a joyful noise unto Jehovah, all the earth: Break forth and sing for joy, yea, sing praises.

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Sing praises unto Jehovah with the harp; With the harp and the voice of melody.

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With trumpets and sound of cornet Make a joyful noise before the King, Jehovah.

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Let the sea roar, and the fulness thereof; The world, and they that dwell therein;

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Let the floods clap their hands; Let the hills sing for joy together

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Before Jehovah; for he cometh to judge the earth: He will judge the world with righteousness, And the peoples with equity.

99:1

Jehovah reigneth; let the peoples tremble: He sitteth above the cherubim; let the earth be moved.

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Jehovah is great in Zion; And he is high above all the peoples.

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Let them praise thy great and terrible name: Holy is he.

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The king's strength also loveth justice; Thou dost establish equity; Thou executest justice and righteousness in Jacob.

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Exalt ye Jehovah our God, And worship at his footstool: Holy is he.

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Moses and Aaron among his priests, And Samuel among them that call upon his name; They called upon Jehovah, and he answered them.

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He spake unto them in the pillar of cloud: They kept his testimonies, And the statute that he gave them.

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Thou answeredst them, O Jehovah our God: Thou wast a God that forgavest them, Though thou tookest vengeance of their doings.

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Exalt ye Jehovah our God, And worship at his holy hill; For Jehovah our God is holy.

100:1

A Psalm of thanksgiving. Make a joyful noise unto Jehovah, all ye lands.

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Serve Jehovah with gladness: Come before his presence with singing.

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Know ye that Jehovah, he is God: It is he that hath made us, and we are his; We are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.

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Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, And into his courts with praise: Give thanks unto him, and bless his name.

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For Jehovah is good; his lovingkindness endureth for ever, And his faithfulness unto all generations.

101:1

A Psalm of David. I will sing of lovingkindness and justice: Unto thee, O Jehovah, will I sing praises.

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I will behave myself wisely in a perfect way: Oh when wilt thou come unto me? I will walk within my house with a perfect heart.

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I will set no base thing before mine eyes: I hate the work of them that turn aside; It shall not cleave unto me.

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A perverse heart shall depart from me: I will know no evil thing.

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Whoso privily slandereth his neighbor, him will I destroy: Him that hath a high look and a proud heart will I not suffer.

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Mine eyes shall be upon the faithful of the land, that they may dwell with me: He that walketh in a perfect way, he shall minister unto me.

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He that worketh deceit shall not dwell within my house: He that speaketh falsehood shall not be established before mine eyes.

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Morning by morning will I destroy all the wicked of the land; To cut off all the workers of iniquity from the city of Jehovah.

102:1

A Prayer of the afflicted, when he is overwhelmed, and poureth out his complaint before Jehovah. Hear my prayer, O Jehovah, And let my cry come unto thee.

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Hide not thy face from me in the day of my distress: Incline thine ear unto me; In the day when I call answer me speedily.

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For my days consume away like smoke, And my bones are burned as a firebrand.

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My heart is smitten like grass, and withered; For I forget to eat my bread.

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By reason of the voice of my groaning My bones cleave to my flesh.

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I am like a pelican of the wilderness; I am become as an owl of the waste places.

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I watch, and am become like a sparrow That is alone upon the house-top.

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Mine enemies reproach me all the day; They that are mad against me do curse by me.

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For I have eaten ashes like bread, And mingled my drink with weeping,

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Because of thine indignation and thy wrath: For thou hast taken me up, and cast me away.

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My days are like a shadow that declineth; And I am withered like grass.

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But thou, O Jehovah, wilt abide for ever; And thy memorial name unto all generations.

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Thou wilt arise, and have mercy upon Zion; For it is time to have pity upon her, Yea, the set time is come.

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For thy servants take pleasure in her stones, And have pity upon her dust.

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So the nations shall fear the name of Jehovah, And all the kings of the earth thy glory.

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For Jehovah hath built up Zion; He hath appeared in his glory.

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He hath regarded the prayer of the destitute, And hath not despised their prayer.

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This shall be written for the generation to come; And a people which shall be created shall praise Jehovah.

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For he hath looked down from the height of his sanctuary; From heaven did Jehovah behold the earth;

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To hear the sighing of the prisoner; To loose those that are appointed to death;

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That men may declare the name of Jehovah in Zion, And his praise in Jerusalem;

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When the peoples are gathered together, And the kingdoms, to serve Jehovah.

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He weakened my strength in the way; He shortened my days.

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I said, O my God, take me not away in the midst of my days: Thy years are throughout all generations.

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Of old didst thou lay the foundation of the earth; And the heavens are the work of thy hands.

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They shall perish, but thou shalt endure; Yea, all of them shall wax old like a garment; As a vesture shalt thou change them, and they shall be changed:

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But thou art the same, And thy years shall have no end.

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The children of thy servants shall continue, And their seed shall be established before thee.

103:1

A Psalm of David. Bless Jehovah, O my soul; And all that is within me, bless his holy name.

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Bless Jehovah, O my soul, And forget not all his benefits:

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Who forgiveth all thine iniquities; Who healeth all thy diseases;

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Who redeemeth thy life from destruction; Who crowneth thee with lovingkindness and tender mercies;

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Who satisfieth thy desire with good things, So that thy youth is renewed like the eagle.

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Jehovah executeth righteous acts, And judgments for all that are oppressed.

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He made known his ways unto Moses, His doings unto the children of Israel.

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Jehovah is merciful and gracious, Slow to anger, and abundant in lovingkindness.

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He will not always chide; Neither will he keep his anger for ever.

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He hath not dealt with us after our sins, Nor rewarded us after our iniquities.

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For as the heavens are high above the earth, So great is his lovingkindness toward them that fear him.

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As far as the east is from the west, So far hath he removed our transgressions from us.

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Like as a father pitieth his children, So Jehovah pitieth them that fear him.

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For he knoweth our frame; He remembereth that we are dust.

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As for man, his days are as grass; As a flower of the field, so he flourisheth.

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For the wind passeth over it, and it is gone; And the place thereof shall know it no more.

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But the lovingkindness of Jehovah is from everlasting to everlasting upon them that fear him, And his righteousness unto children's children;

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To such as keep his covenant, And to those that remember his precepts to do them.

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Jehovah hath established his throne in the heavens; And his kingdom ruleth over all.

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Bless Jehovah, ye his angels, That are mighty in strength, that fulfil his word, Hearkening unto the voice of his word.

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Bless Jehovah, all ye his hosts, Ye ministers of his, that do his pleasure.

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Bless Jehovah, all ye his works, In all places of his dominion: Bless Jehovah, O my soul.

104:1

Bless Jehovah, O my soul. O Jehovah my God, thou art very great; Thou art clothed with honor and majesty:

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Who coverest thyself with light as with a garment; Who stretchest out the heavens like a curtain;

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Who layeth the beams of his chambers in the waters; Who maketh the clouds his chariot; Who walketh upon the wings of the wind;

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Who maketh winds his messengers; Flames of fire his ministers;

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Who laid the foundations of the earth, That it should not be moved for ever.

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Thou coveredst it with the deep as with a vesture; The waters stood above the mountains.

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At thy rebuke they fled; At the voice of thy thunder they hasted away

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(The mountains rose, the valleys sank down) Unto the place which thou hadst founded for them.

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Thou hast set a bound that they may not pass over; That they turn not again to cover the earth.

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He sendeth forth springs into the valleys; They run among the mountains;

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They give drink to every beast of the field; The wild asses quench their thirst.

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By them the birds of the heavens have their habitation; They sing among the branches.

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He watereth the mountains from his chambers: The earth is filled with the fruit of thy works.

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He causeth the grass to grow for the cattle, And herb for the service of man; That he may bring forth food out of the earth,

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And wine that maketh glad the heart of man, And oil to make his face to shine, And bread that strengtheneth man's heart.

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The trees of Jehovah are filled with moisture, The cedars of Lebanon, which he hath planted;

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Where the birds make their nests: As for the stork, the fir-trees are her house.

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The high mountains are for the wild goats; The rocks are a refuge for the conies.

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He appointed the moon for seasons: The sun knoweth his going down.

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Thou makest darkness, and it is night, Wherein all the beasts of the forest creep forth.

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The young lions roar after their prey, And seek their food from God.

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The sun ariseth, they get them away, And lay them down in their dens.

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Man goeth forth unto his work And to his labor until the evening.

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O Jehovah, how manifold are thy works! In wisdom hast thou made them all: The earth is full of thy riches.

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Yonder is the sea, great and wide, Wherein are things creeping innumerable, Both small and great beasts.

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There go the ships; There is leviathan, whom thou hast formed to play therein.

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These wait all for thee, That thou mayest give them their food in due season.

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Thou givest unto them, they gather; Thou openest thy hand, they are satisfied with good.

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Thou hidest thy face, they are troubled; Thou takest away their breath, they die, And return to their dust.

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Thou sendest forth thy Spirit, they are created; And thou renewest the face of the ground.

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Let the glory of Jehovah endure for ever; Let Jehovah rejoice in his works:

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Who looketh on the earth, and it trembleth; He toucheth the mountains, and they smoke.

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I will sing unto Jehovah as long as I live: I will sing praise to my God while I have any being.

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Let thy meditation be sweet unto him: I will rejoice in Jehovah.

104:35

Let sinners be consumed out of the earth. And let the wicked be no more. Bless Jehovah, O my soul. Praise ye Jehovah.

105:1

Oh give thanks unto Jehovah, call upon his name; Make known among the peoples his doings.

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Sing unto him, sing praises unto him; Talk ye of all his marvellous works.

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Glory ye in his holy name: Let the heart of them rejoice that seek Jehovah.

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Seek ye Jehovah and his strength; Seek his face evermore.

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Remember his marvellous works that he hath done, His wonders, and the judgments of his mouth,

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O ye seed of Abraham his servant, Ye children of Jacob, his chosen ones.

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He is Jehovah our God: His judgments are in all the earth.

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He hath remembered his covenant for ever, The word which he commanded to a thousand generations,

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The covenant which he made with Abraham, And his oath unto Isaac,

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And confirmed the same unto Jacob for a statute, To Israel for an everlasting covenant,

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Saying, Unto thee will I give the land of Canaan, The lot of your inheritance;

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When they were but a few men in number, Yea, very few, and sojourners in it.

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And they went about from nation to nation, From one kingdom to another people.

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He suffered no man to do them wrong; Yea, he reproved kings for their sakes,

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Saying, Touch not mine anointed ones, And do my prophets no harm.

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And he called for a famine upon the land; He brake the whole staff of bread.

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He sent a man before them; Joseph was sold for a servant:

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His feet they hurt with fetters: He was laid in chains of iron,

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Until the time that his word came to pass, The word of Jehovah tried him.

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The king sent and loosed him; Even the ruler of peoples, and let him go free.

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He made him lord of his house, And ruler of all his substance;

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To bind his princes at his pleasure, And teach his elders wisdom.

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Israel also came into Egypt; And Jacob sojourned in the land of Ham.

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And he increased his people greatly, And made them stronger than their adversaries.

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He turned their heart to hate his people, To deal subtly with his servants.

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He sent Moses his servant, And Aaron whom he had chosen.

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They set among them his signs, And wonders in the land of Ham.

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He sent darkness, and made it dark; And they rebelled not against his words.

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He turned their waters into blood, And slew their fish.

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Their land swarmed with frogs In the chambers of their kings.

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He spake, and there came swarms of flies, And lice in all their borders.

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He gave them hail for rain, And flaming fire in their land.

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He smote their vines also and their fig-trees, And brake the trees of their borders.

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He spake, and the locust came, And the grasshopper, and that without number,

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And did eat up every herb in their land, And did eat up the fruit of their ground.

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He smote also all the first-born in their land, The chief of all their strength.

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And he brought them forth with silver and gold; And there was not one feeble person among his tribes.

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Egypt was glad when they departed; For the fear of them had fallen upon them.

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He spread a cloud for a covering, And fire to give light in the night.

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They asked, and he brought quails, And satisfied them with the bread of heaven.

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He opened the rock, and waters gushed out; They ran in the dry places like a river.

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For he remembered his holy word, And Abraham his servant.

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And he brought forth his people with joy, And his chosen with singing.

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And he gave them the lands of the nations; And they took the labor of the peoples in possession:

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That they might keep his statutes, And observe his laws. Praise ye Jehovah.

106:1

Praise ye Jehovah. Oh give thanks unto Jehovah; for he is good; For his lovingkindness endureth for ever.

106:2

Who can utter the mighty acts of Jehovah, Or show forth all his praise?

106:3

Blessed are they that keep justice, And he that doeth righteousness at all times.

106:4

Remember me, O Jehovah, with the favor that thou bearest unto thy people; Oh visit me with thy salvation,

106:5

That I may see the prosperity of thy chosen, That I may rejoice in the gladness of thy nation, That I may glory with thine inheritance.

106:6

We have sinned with our fathers, We have committed iniquity, we have done wickedly.

106:7

Our fathers understood not thy wonders in Egypt; They remembered not the multitude of thy lovingkindnesses, But were rebellious at the sea, even at the Red Sea.

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Nevertheless he saved them for his name's sake, That he might make his mighty power to be known.

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He rebuked the Red Sea also, and it was dried up: So he led them through the depths, as through a wilderness.

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And he saved them from the hand of him that hated them, And redeemed them from the hand of the enemy.

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And the waters covered their adversaries; There was not one of them left.

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Then believed they his words; They sang his praise.

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They soon forgat his works; They waited not for his counsel,

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But lusted exceedingly in the wilderness, And tempted God in the desert.

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And he gave them their request, But sent leanness into their soul.

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They envied Moses also in the camp, And Aaron the saint of Jehovah.

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The earth opened and swallowed up Dathan, And covered the company of Abiram.

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And a fire was kindled in their company; The flame burned up the wicked.

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They made a calf in Horeb, And worshipped a molten image.

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Thus they changed their glory For the likeness of an ox that eateth grass.

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They forgat God their Saviour, Who had done great things in Egypt,

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Wondrous works in the land of Ham, And terrible things by the Red Sea.

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Therefore he said that he would destroy them, Had not Moses his chosen stood before him in the breach, To turn away his wrath, lest he should destroy them.

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Yea, they despised the pleasant land, They believed not his word,

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But murmured in their tents, And hearkened not unto the voice of Jehovah.

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Therefore he sware unto them, That he would overthrow them in the wilderness,

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And that he would overthrow their seed among the nations, And scatter them in the lands.

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They joined themselves also unto Baal-peor, And ate the sacrifices of the dead.

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Thus they provoked him to anger with their doings; And the plague brake in upon them.

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Then stood up Phinehas, and executed judgment; And so the plague was stayed.

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And that was reckoned unto him for righteousness, Unto all generations for evermore.

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They angered him also at the waters of Meribah, So that it went ill with Moses for their sakes;

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Because they were rebellious against his spirit, And he spake unadvisedly with his lips.

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They did not destroy the peoples, As Jehovah commanded them,

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But mingled themselves with the nations, And learned their works,

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And served their idols, Which became a snare unto them.

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Yea, they sacrificed their sons and their daughters unto demons,

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And shed innocent blood, Even the blood of their sons and of their daughters, Whom they sacrificed unto the idols of Canaan; And the land was polluted with blood.

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Thus were they defiled with their works, And played the harlot in their doings.

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Therefore was the wrath of Jehovah kindled against his people, And he abhorred his inheritance.

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And he gave them into the hand of the nations; And they that hated them ruled over them.

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Their enemies also oppressed them, And they were brought into subjection under their hand.

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Many times did he deliver them; But they were rebellious in their counsel, And were brought low in their iniquity.

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Nevertheless he regarded their distress, When he heard their cry:

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And he remembered for them his covenant, And repented according to the multitude of his lovingkindness.

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He made them also to be pitied Of all those that carried them captive.

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Save us, O Jehovah our God, And gather us from among the nations, To give thanks unto thy holy name, And to triumph in thy praise.

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Blessed be Jehovah, the God of Israel, From everlasting even to everlasting. And let all the people say, Amen. Praise ye Jehovah.