The Holy Bible: King James Version. 2000.
A Profession of Trust |
To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. |
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In thee, O LORD, do I put my trust;
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let me never be ashamed: |
deliver me in thy righteousness. |
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Bow down thine ear to me;
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deliver me speedily: |
be thou my strong rock, |
for a house of defense to save me. |
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For thou art my rock and my fortress;
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therefore for thy name’s sake lead me, and guide me. |
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Pull me out of the net that they have laid privily for me:
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for thou art my strength. |
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Into thine hand I commit my spirit: Lk. 23.46
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thou hast redeemed me, O LORD God of truth. |
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I have hated them that regard lying vanities:
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I will be glad and rejoice in thy mercy:
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for thou hast considered my trouble; |
thou hast known my soul in adversities; |
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and hast not shut me up into the hand of the enemy:
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thou hast set my feet in a large room. |
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Have mercy upon me, O LORD, for I am in trouble:
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mine eye is consumed with grief, |
yea, my soul and my belly. |
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For my life is spent with grief,
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and my years with sighing: |
my strength faileth because of mine iniquity, |
and my bones are consumed. |
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I was a reproach among all mine enemies,
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but especially among my neighbors, |
and a fear to mine acquaintance: |
they that did see me without fled from me. |
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I am forgotten as a dead man out of mind:
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I am like a broken vessel. |
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For I have heard the slander of many:
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fear was on every side: |
while they took counsel together against me, |
they devised to take away my life. |
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But I trusted in thee, O LORD:
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My times are in thy hand:
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deliver me from the hand of mine enemies, |
and from them that persecute me. |
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Make thy face to shine upon thy servant:
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save me for thy mercies’ sake. |
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Let me not be ashamed, O LORD;
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for I have called upon thee: |
let the wicked be ashamed, |
and let them be silent in the grave. |
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Let the lying lips be put to silence;
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which speak grievous things |
proudly and contemptuously against the righteous. |
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Oh how great is thy goodness,
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which thou hast laid up for them that fear thee; |
which thou hast wrought for them that trust in thee |
before the sons of men! |
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Thou shalt hide them in the secret of thy presence
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from the pride of man: |
thou shalt keep them secretly in a pavilion |
from the strife of tongues. |
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Blessed be the LORD:
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for he hath showed me his marvelous kindness in a strong city. |
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For I said in my haste,
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I am cut off from before thine eyes: |
nevertheless thou heardest the voice of my supplications |
when I cried unto thee. |
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O love the LORD, all ye his saints:
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for the LORD preserveth the faithful, |
and plentifully rewardeth the proud doer. |
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Be of good courage, and he shall strengthen your heart,
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all ye that hope in the LORD. |
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