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| A Psalm of David. |
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| 1 Unto thee will I cry, O LORD my rock; be not silent to me: lest, if thou be silent to me, I become like them that go down into the pit. |
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| 2 Hear the voice of my supplications, when I cry unto thee, when I lift up my hands toward thy holy oracle. |
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| 3 Draw me not away with the wicked, and with the workers of iniquity, which speak peace to their neighbours, but mischief is in their hearts. |
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| 4 Give them according to their deeds, and according to the wickedness of their endeavours: give them after the work of their hands; render to them their desert.
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| 5 Because they regard not the works of the LORD, nor the operation of his hands, he shall destroy them, and not build them up. |
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| 6 Blessed be the LORD, because he hath heard the voice of my supplications. |
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| 7 The LORD is my strength and my shield; my heart trusted in him, and I am helped: therefore my heart greatly rejoiceth; and with my song will I praise him. |
Trusted in him – The grandeur of David's character was shown in his devotion to God and in his submission to the divine will. R5674:5
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| 8 The LORD is their strength, and he is the saving strength of his anointed. |
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| 9 Save thy people, and bless thine inheritance: feed them also, and lift them up for ever. |
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