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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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. |