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69.18
PSALMS
- 18And hide not Thy face from Thy servant;
- For I am in distress; answer me speedily.
- 19Draw nigh unto my soul, and redeem it;
- Ransom me because of mine enemies.
- 20Thou knowest my reproach, and my shame, and my confusion;
- Mine adversaries are all before Thee.
- 21Reproach hath broken my heart; and I am sore sick;
- And I looked for some to show compassion, but there was none;
- And for comforters, but I found none.
- 22Yea, they put poison into my food;
- And in my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.
- 23Let their table before them become a snare;
- And when they are in peace, let it become a trap.
- 24Let their eyes be darkened, that they see not;
- And make their loins continually to totter.
- 25Pour out Thine indignation upon them,
- And let the fierceness of Thine anger overtake them.
- 26Let their encampment be desolate;
- Let none dwell in their tents.
- 27For they persecute him whom Thou hast smitten;
- And they tell of the pain of those whom Thou hast wounded.
- 28Add iniquity unto their iniquity;
- And let them not come into Thy righteousness.
- 29Let them be blotted out of the book of the living,
- And not be written with the righteous.
- 30But I am afflicted and in pain;
- Let Thy salvation, O God, set me up on high.
- 31I will praise the name of God with a song,
- And will magnify Him with thanksgiving.
- 32And it shall please the Lord better than a bullock
- That hath horns and hoofs.
- 33The humble shall see it, and be glad;
- Ye that seek after God, let your heart revive.
- 34For the Lord hearkeneth unto the needy,
- And despiseth not His prisoners.
- 35Let heaven and earth praise Him,
- The seas, and every thing that moveth therein.
- 36For God will save Zion, and build the cities of Judah;
- And they shall abide there, and have it in possession.
- 37The seed also of His servants shall inherit it;
- And they that love His name shall dwell therein.
70 For the Leader. [A Psalm] of David; to make memorial.
- 2O God, to deliver me,
- O Lord, to help me, make haste.
- 3Let them be ashamed and abashed
- That seek after my soul;
- Let them be turned backward and brought to confusion
- That delight in my hurt.
- 4Let them be turned back by reason of their shame
- That say: 'Aha, aha.'
- 5Let all those that seek Thee rejoice and be glad in Thee;
- And let such as love Thy salvation say continually:
- 'Let God be magnified.'
- 6But I am poor and needy,
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