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When my spirit was overwhelmed within me, you knew my path. In the way in which I walk, they have hidden a snare for me.

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Look on my right, and see; for there is no one who is concerned for me. Refuge has fled from me. No one cares for my soul.

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I cried to you, Yahweh. I said, “You are my refuge, my portion in the land of the living.”

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Listen to my cry, for I am in desperate need. deliver me from my persecutors, For they are stronger than me.

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Bring my soul out of prison, that I may give thanks to your name. The righteous will surround me, for you will be good to me.

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A Psalm by David.

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Hear my prayer, Yahweh. Listen to my petitions. In your faithfulness and righteousness, relieve me.

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Don’t enter into judgment with your servant, for in your sight no man living is righteous.

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For the enemy pursues my soul. He has struck my life down to the ground. He has made me live in dark places, as those who have been long dead.

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Therefore my spirit is overwhelmed within me. My heart within me is desolate.

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I remember the days of old. I meditate on all your doings. I contemplate the work of your hands.

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I spread forth my hands to you. My soul thirsts for you, like a parched land. Selah.

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Hurry to answer me, Yahweh. My spirit fails. Don’t hide your face from me, so that I don’t become like those who go down into the pit.

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Cause me to hear your loving kindness in the morning, for I trust in you. Cause me to know the way in which I should walk, for I lift up my soul to you.

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Deliver me, Yahweh, from my enemies. I flee to you to hide me.

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Teach me to do your will, for you are my God. Your Spirit is good. Lead me in the land of uprightness.

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Revive me, Yahweh, for your name’s sake. In your righteousness, bring my soul out of trouble.

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In your loving kindness, cut off my enemies, and destroy all those who afflict my soul, For I am your servant.

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By David.

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Blessed be Yahweh, my rock, who teaches my hands to war, and my fingers to battle:

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my loving kindness, my fortress, my high tower, my deliverer, my shield, and he in whom I take refuge; who subdues my people under me.

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Yahweh, what is man, that you care for him? Or the son of man, that you think of him?

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Man is like a breath. His days are like a shadow that passes away.

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Part your heavens, Yahweh, and come down. Touch the mountains, and they will smoke.

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Throw out lightning, and scatter them. Send out your arrows, and rout them.

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Stretch out your hand from above, rescue me, and deliver me out of great waters, out of the hands of foreigners;

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whose mouths speak deceit, Whose right hand is a right hand of falsehood.

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I will sing a new song to you, God. On a ten-stringed lyre, I will sing praises to you.

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You are he who gives salvation to kings, who rescues David, his servant, from the deadly sword.

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Rescue me, and deliver me out of the hands of foreigners, whose mouths speak deceit, whose right hand is a right hand of falsehood.

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Then our sons will be like well-nurtured plants, our daughters like pillars carved to adorn a palace.

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Our barns are full, filled with all kinds of provision. Our sheep bring forth thousands and ten thousands in our fields.

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Our oxen will pull heavy loads. There is no breaking in, and no going away, and no outcry in our streets.

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Happy are the people who are in such a situation. Happy are the people whose God is Yahweh.

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A praise psalm by David.

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I will exalt you, my God, the King. I will praise your name forever and ever.

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Every day I will praise you. I will extol your name forever and ever.

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Great is Yahweh, and greatly to be praised! His greatness is unsearchable.

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One generation will commend your works to another, and will declare your mighty acts.

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Of the glorious majesty of your honor, of your wondrous works, I will meditate.

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Men will speak of the might of your awesome acts. I will declare your greatness.

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They will utter the memory of your great goodness, and will sing of your righteousness.

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Yahweh is gracious, merciful, slow to anger, and of great loving kindness.

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Yahweh is good to all. His tender mercies are over all his works.

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All your works will give thanks to you, Yahweh. Your saints will extol you.

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They will speak of the glory of your kingdom, and talk about your power;

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to make known to the sons of men his mighty acts, the glory of the majesty of his kingdom.

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Your kingdom is an everlasting kingdom. Your dominion endures throughout all generations. Yahweh is faithful in all his words, and loving in all his deeds.

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Yahweh upholds all who fall, and raises up all those who are bowed down.

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The eyes of all wait for you. You give them their food in due season.

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You open your hand, and satisfy the desire of every living thing.

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Yahweh is righteous in all his ways, and gracious in all his works.

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Yahweh is near to all those who call on him, to all who call on him in truth.

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He will fulfill the desire of those who fear him. He also will hear their cry, and will save them.

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Yahweh preserves all those who love him, but all the wicked he will destroy.

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My mouth will speak the praise of Yahweh. Let all flesh bless his holy name forever and ever.

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Praise Yah! Praise Yahweh, my soul.

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While I live, I will praise Yahweh. I will sing praises to my God as long as I exist.

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Don’t put your trust in princes, each a son of man in whom there is no help.

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His spirit departs, and he returns to the earth. In that very day, his thoughts perish.

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Happy is he who has the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in Yahweh, his God:

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who made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that is in them; who keeps truth forever;

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who executes justice for the oppressed; who gives food to the hungry. Yahweh frees the prisoners.

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Yahweh opens the eyes of the blind. Yahweh raises up those who are bowed down. Yahweh loves the righteous.

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Yahweh preserves the foreigners. He upholds the fatherless and widow, but the way of the wicked he turns upside down.

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Yahweh will reign forever; your God, O Zion, to all generations. Praise Yah!

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Praise Yah, for it is good to sing praises to our God; for it is pleasant and fitting to praise him.

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Yahweh builds up Jerusalem. He gathers together the outcasts of Israel.

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He heals the broken in heart, and binds up their wounds.

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He counts the number of the stars. He calls them all by their names.

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Great is our Lord, and mighty in power. His understanding is infinite.

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Yahweh upholds the humble. He brings the wicked down to the ground.

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Sing to Yahweh with thanksgiving. Sing praises on the harp to our God,

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who covers the sky with clouds, who prepares rain for the earth, who makes grass grow on the mountains.

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He provides food for the livestock, and for the young ravens when they call.

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He doesn’t delight in the strength of the horse. He takes no pleasure in the legs of a man.

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Yahweh takes pleasure in those who fear him, in those who hope in his loving kindness.

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Praise Yahweh, Jerusalem! Praise your God, Zion!

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For he has strengthened the bars of your gates. He has blessed your children within you.

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He makes peace in your borders. He fills you with the finest of the wheat.

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He sends out his commandment to the earth. His word runs very swiftly.

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He gives snow like wool, and scatters frost like ashes.

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He hurls down his hail like pebbles. Who can stand before his cold?

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He sends out his word, and melts them. He causes his wind to blow, and the waters flow.

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He shows his word to Jacob; his statutes and his ordinances to Israel.

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He has not done this for just any nation. They don’t know his ordinances. Praise Yah!

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Praise Yah! Praise Yahweh from the heavens! Praise him in the heights!

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Praise him, all his angels! Praise him, all his army!

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Praise him, sun and moon! Praise him, all you shining stars!

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Praise him, you heavens of heavens, You waters that are above the heavens.

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Let them praise the name of Yahweh, For he commanded, and they were created.

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He has also established them forever and ever. He has made a decree which will not pass away.

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Praise Yahweh from the earth, you great sea creatures, and all depths!

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Lightning and hail, snow and clouds; stormy wind, fulfilling his word;

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mountains and all hills; fruit trees and all cedars;

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wild animals and all livestock; small creatures and flying birds;

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kings of the earth and all peoples; princes and all judges of the earth;

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both young men and maidens; old men and children:

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let them praise the name of Yahweh, for his name alone is exalted. His glory is above the earth and the heavens.

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He has lifted up the horn of his people, the praise of all his saints; even of the children of Israel, a people near to him. Praise Yah!