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PSALMS
- If I make my bed in the nether-world, behold, Thou art there.
- 9If I take the wings of the morning,
- And dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea;
- 10Even there would Thy hand lead me,
- And Thy right hand would hold me.
- 11And if I say: 'Surely the darkness shall envelop me,
- And the light about me shall be night';
- 12Even the darkness is not too dark for Thee,
- But the night shineth as the day;
- The darkness is even as the light.
- 13For Thou hast made my reins;
- Thou hast knit me together in my mother's womb.
- 14I will give thanks unto Thee, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made;
- Wonderful are Thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well.
- 15My frame was not hidden from Thee,
- When I was made in secret,
- And curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth.
- 16Thine eyes did see mine unformed substance,
- And in Thy book they were all written—
- Even the days that were fashioned,
- When as yet there was none of them.
- 17How weighty also are Thy thoughts unto me, O God!
- How great is the sum of them!
- 18If I would count them, they are more in number than the sand;
- Were I to come to the end of them, I would still be with Thee.
- 19If Thou but wouldest slay the wicked, O God—
- Depart from me therefore, ye men of blood;
- 20Who utter Thy name with wicked thought,
- They take it for falsehood, even Thine enemies—
- 21Do not I hate them, O Lord, that hate Thee?
- And do not I strive with those that rise up against Thee?
- 22I hate them with utmost hatred;
- I count them mine enemies.
- 23Search me, O God, and know my heart,
- Try me, and know my thoughts;
- 24And see if there be any way in me that is grievous,
- And lead me in the way everlasting.
140 For the Leader. A Psalm of David.
- 2Deliver me, O Lord, from the evil man;
- Preserve me from the violent man;
- 3Who devise evil things in their heart;
- Every day do they stir up wars.
- 4They have sharpened their tongue like a serpent;
- Vipers' venom is under their lips. Selah
- 5Keep me, O Lord, from the hands of the wicked;
- Preserve me from the violent man;
- Who have purposed to make my steps slip.
- 6The proud have hid a snare for me, and cords;
- They have spread a net by the wayside;
- They have set gins for me. Selah
- 7I have said unto the Lord: 'Thou art my God';
- Give ear, O Lord, unto the voice of my supplications.
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