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1 | I waited patiently for the LORD; and he inclined unto me, and
heard my cry. |
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2 | He brought me up also out of an horrible pit, out of the miry
clay, and set my feet upon a rock, and established my goings. |
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3 | And he hath put a new song in my mouth, even praise unto our
God: many shall see it, and fear, and shall trust in the LORD. |
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4 | Blessed is that man that maketh the LORD his trust, and
respecteth not the proud, nor such as turn aside to lies. |
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5 | Many, O LORD my God, are thy wonderful works which thou hast
done, and thy thoughts which are to us-ward: they cannot be
reckoned up in order unto thee: if I would declare and speak
of them, they are more than can be numbered. |
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6 | Sacrifice and offering thou didst not desire; mine ears hast
thou opened: burnt offering and sin offering hast thou not
required. |
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7 | Then said I, Lo, I come: in the volume of the book it is
written of me, |
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8 | I delight to do thy will, O my God: yea, thy law is within my
heart. |
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9 | I have preached righteousness in the great congregation: lo, I
have not refrained my lips, O LORD, thou knowest. |
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10 | I have not hid thy righteousness within my heart; I have
declared thy faithfulness and thy salvation: I have not
concealed thy lovingkindness and thy truth from the great
congregation. |
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11 | Withhold not thou thy tender mercies from me, O LORD: let thy
lovingkindness and thy truth continually preserve me. |
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12 | For innumerable evils have compassed me about: mine iniquities
have taken hold upon me, so that I am not able to look up;
they are more than the hairs of mine head: therefore my heart
faileth me. |
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13 | Be pleased, O LORD, to deliver me: O LORD, make haste to help
me. |
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14 | Let them be ashamed and confounded together that seek after my
soul to destroy it; let them be driven backward and put to
shame that wish me evil. |
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15 | Let them be desolate for a reward of their shame that say unto
me, Aha, aha. |
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16 | Let all those that seek thee rejoice and be glad in thee: let
such as love thy salvation say continually, The LORD be
magnified. |
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17 | But I am poor and needy; yet the Lord thinketh upon me: thou
art my help and my deliverer; make no tarrying, O my God. |
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