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| [1] I waited patiently for the Lord; and he attended to me, and hearkened to my supplication. |
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| [2]And he brought me up out of a pit of misery, and from miry clay: and he set my feet on a rock, and ordered my goings aright. |
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| [3]And he put a new song into my mouth, even a hymn to our God: many shall see it, and fear, and shall hope in the Lord. |
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| [4]Blessed is the man whose hope is in the name of the Lord, and who has not regarded vanities and false frenzies. |
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| [5]O Lord my God, thou hast multiplied thy wonderful works, and in thy thoughts there is none who shall be likened to thee: I declared and spoke of them: they exceeded number. |
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| [6]Sacrifice and offering thou wouldest not; but a body hast thou prepared me: whole-burnt-offering and sacrifice for sin thou didst not require. |
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| [7]Then I said, Behold, I come: in the volume of the book it is written concerning me, |
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| [8]I desired to do thy will, O my God, and thy law in the midst of mine heart. |
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| [9]I have preached righteousness in the great congregation; lo! I will not refrain my lips; O Lord, thou knowest my righteousness. |
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| [10]I have not hid thy truth within my heart, and I have declared thy salvation; I have not hid thy mercy and thy truth from the great congregation. |
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| [11]But thou, Lord, remove not thy compassion far from me; thy mercy and thy truth have helped me continually. |
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| [12]For innumerable evils have encompassed me; my transgressions have taken hold of me, and I could not see; they are multiplied more than the hairs of my head; and my heart has failed me. |
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| [13]Be pleased, O Lord, to deliver me; O Lord, draw nigh to help me. |
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| [14]Let those that seek my soul, to destroy it, be ashamed and confounded together; let those that wish me evil be turned backward and put to shame. |
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| [15]Let those that say to me, Aha, aha, quickly receive shame for their reward. |
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| [16]Let all those that seek thee, O Lord, exult and rejoice in thee; and let them that love thy salvation say continually, The Lord be magnified. |
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| [17]But I am poor and needy; the Lord will take care of me; thou art my helper, and my defender, O my God, delay not. |
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