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²²Let Thy mercy, O Lord, be upon us,

According as we have waited for Thee.

34 [A Psalm] of David; when he changed his demeanour before Abimelech, who drove him away, and he departed.

א²I will bless the Lord at all times;

His praise shall continually be in my mouth.

ב³My soul shall glory in the Lord;

The humble shall hear thereof, and be glad.

ג⁴O magnify the Lord with me,

And let us exalt His name together.

ד⁵I sought the Lord, and He answered me,

And delivered me from all my fears.

ה⁶They looked unto Him, and were radiant;

וAnd their faces shall never be abashed.

ז⁷This poor man cried, and the Lord heard,

And saved him out of all his troubles.

ח⁸The angel of the Lord encampeth round about them that fear Him,

And delivereth them.

ט⁹O consider and see that the Lord is good;

Happy is the man that taketh refuge in Him.

י¹⁰O fear the Lord, ye His holy ones;

For there is no want to them that fear Him.

כ¹¹The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger;

But they that seek the Lord want not any good thing.

ל¹²Come, ye children, hearken unto me;

I will teach you the fear of the Lord.

מ¹³Who is the man that desireth life,

And loveth days, that he may see good therein?

נ¹⁴Keep thy tongue from evil,

And thy lips from speaking guile.

ס¹⁵Depart from evil, and do good;

Seek peace, and pursue it.

ע¹⁶The eyes of the Lord are toward the righteous,

And His ears are open unto their cry.

פ¹⁷The face of the Lord is against them that do evil,

To cut off the remembrance of them from the earth.

צ^{18 [1]}They cried, and the Lord heard,

And delivered them out of all their troubles.

ק¹⁹The Lord is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart,

And saveth such as are of a contrite spirit.

ר²⁰Many are the ills of the righteous,

But the Lord delivereth him out of them all.

ש²¹He keepeth all his bones;

Not one of them is broken.

ת²²Evil shall kill the wicked;

And they that hate the righteous shall be held guilty.

 

²³The Lord redeemeth the soul of His servants;

And none of them that take refuge in Him shall be desolate.

35 [A Psalm] of David.

Strive, O Lord, with them that strive with me;

Fight against them that fight against me.

²Take hold of shield and buckler,

And rise up to my help.

³Draw out also the spear, and the battle-axe, against them that pursue me;

1. That is, the righteous.

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