Psalms for Wednesday

Chapter 3
A Psalm of Asaph. How good is God to Israel, to the upright in heart!
And I, as a little while, have bowed my feet, as a river has poured out my blessings.
Because I was jealous of the peace of the wicked, I will see it.
For there are no graves for their death, nor is there any health for their life.
By the work of man they are not called, and with man they are not touched.
Therefore, his greatness is pride, he will wrap himself in sackcloth of ashes.
He came out of the milk of his eyes, and tears passed through the heart.
They will speak evil and oppression from on high.
They drank from the heavens with their mouths, and with their tongues they walked on the earth.
Therefore his people shall return to the land, and they shall be filled with abundant waters.
And they said, "How can God know? Is there knowledge in the highest?"
Behold, these wicked men, and the peaceable of the world, have taken a soldier.
I will have emptied my heart and washed my hands in purity.
And I will be touched all day long, and I will be with the early mornings.
If I said, "I will tell you how many," I would have betrayed the generation of your children.
And I thought to myself, "This knowledge is a labor in my eyes."
Until I come to the sanctuary of God, I will not leave them behind.
But in the sixth part of the month you have fallen into error.
How they were to him, as a cloud of smoke, they were consumed by troubles!
Like a dream from the morning, my Lord, in the city of Zelma, you will despise them.
For my heart is waxed bitter, and my kidneys are troubled.
And I was a young man, and I did not know that in death I would be with you.
And I will always be with you; you will hold my right hand.
With your counsel you will rest me, and afterward you will take me up with honor.
Who am I in heaven, and with you I have no desire on earth?
All that is left of me, and my heart is the form of my heart, and my portion is God forever.
For behold, your far-off ones will perish; you have had enough of all the harlots from among you.
And I, the nearness of God, am well pleased with the Lord God, my refuge, to recount all your works.

Chapter 1
A wise man to gather together: why hast thou forsaken God for ever? let thy nose smoke upon the sheep of thy pasture.
Remember your covenant, which you purchased long ago; you redeemed the tribe of your inheritance, this Mount Zion, in which you dwell.
Your times of deception will be a victory for all the evil enemies in the sanctuary.
Your enemies roared at the approach of your time; they set their signs.
It is known as a tree that brings prosperity in a thicket of cardamom trees.
And now its openings are together in a sliver, and its edges are like diamonds.
They have sent fire from Your sanctuary to the earth; they have profaned the dwelling place of Your name.
They said in their hearts, "We have burned together all the covenants of God in the land."
We have not seen our signs, there is no prophet yet, and we have not been given any knowledge of what they are.
How long, O God, will the enemy be angry? Will your name prevail?
Why do you withdraw your hand and your right hand from your bosom?
And God is my king from of old, working salvation in the midst of the earth.
You divided the sea with your strength; you broke the heads of the dragons on the waters.
You crushed the heads of Leviathan; you gave him food for the people and for the sea.
You have opened a spring and a fountain; you have dried up the mighty rivers.
You have day and night, you have prepared light and darkness.
You have set all the boundaries of the land; summer and winter you have created.
Remember this, O enemy of the Lord, and a wicked people, your name has been blasphemed.
Do not give up the life of your soul as your inheritance; do not forget the life of your poor forever.
Look to the covenant, for the darkness of the earth is full of the darkness of death.
Let not your face be darkened, the poor and needy shall praise your name.
Arise, O God, your strife is great; remember your shame; I am a wretch all day long.
Do not forget the voice of your afflictions, the glory of your rising up will always be exalted.

Chapter 8
To the victorious, do not destroy a psalm, to the gathering of a song.
We give thanks to you, O God, we give thanks, and your name is near; we tell of your wonders.
For I will appoint a time, I will judge righteously.
The earth and all its inhabitants are destroyed; I will prepare its pillars like a pillar.
I said to the revelers, "Do not revel, and to the wicked, do not lift up the horn."
Do not lift up your horn on high, speak in a loud voice.
For it is not from the east or from the west, nor from the wilderness of the mountains.
For God judges: this one he will humble, and that one he will exalt.
For in the hand of the Lord is a cup, and the wine is full of strong drink, and he is moved with it. Therefore shall all the wicked of the earth drink it, and the drinkers thereof shall be filled with it.
And I will sing praises to the God of Jacob forever.
And all the horns of the wicked will I cut off, and the horns of the righteous will I exalt.

Chapter 8
To sing a hymn with instruments, to collect poetry.
God is known in Judah, and in Israel his name is great.
And his tabernacle shall be in peace, and his refuge in Zion.
There he broke the quivers of the bow, the shield, and the sword, and the battle-axe.
You are more glorious than the mountains of prey.
The brave warriors have fallen asleep, and all the men of war have not found their hands.
At your rebuke, the God of Jacob has fallen asleep, both the chariot and the horse.
You are terrible, and who can stand before you because of your anger?
From heaven you heard judgment, a land of fear and silence.
Arise, O God, to judge, to save all the meek of the land of Sela.
For the anger of man will make you strong, and the rest of your anger will gird you.
Vow and pay to the Lord your God, all his surrounding areas will lead him to the temple.
A spirit of rebukes will arise, terrible to the kings of the earth.

Goat episode
To overcome the hand, to gather a psalm.
My voice is to God, and I cry out; my voice is to God, and He hears me.
In the day of my trouble, O Lord, I have sought you with my hands in the dark night, and you have not ceased to comfort my soul.
I will remember God and be glad, and my soul will be comforted.
You have kept my eyes open; I am blind and cannot speak.
I have considered the days from the beginning, the years of the ages.
I remember my music in the night with my heart, and my spirit is troubled.
My Lord will forsake me forever and will no longer seek me.
His mercy endures forever, a word spoken to all generations.
Did Hannah forget God, if he leapt in his mercy, Selah?
And I said, My pain is the years of the upper right hand.
I will remember the works of the LORD, for I remember your wonders from of old.
And I will meditate on all your works, and on your deeds I will be successful.
O God, your ways are holy; who is as great as God?
You are the God who does wonders; you have made known your power among the peoples.
You have redeemed your people from the captivity of Jacob, and Joseph will be a pillar.
Behold, God is in the waters, behold, God is in the waters, they shall be healed, and the depths shall be stirred up.
Waters flowed thick with a sound, we gave them a play, even your stones will move.
The voice of your thunder at Gilgal, the lightnings flashed, the wrath of the LORD was kindled, and the earth trembled.
Your ways are in the sea, and your path in the great waters; and your footsteps are not known.
You placed your people like a flock under the hand of Moses and Aaron.

Chapter 8
It is a sign to gather the ears of my people to my law. Incline your ears to the words of my mouth.
I will open my mouth in a parable, and I will utter riddles before me.
Which we have heard and known, and our fathers have told us.
None of their children will tell to the next generation the praises of the Lord, his strength, and the wonders that he has done.
And he established a testimony in Jacob, and a law in Israel, which he commanded our fathers to make known to their children.
That the next generation may know, children will be born, they will rise up and tell it to their children.
And they shall make God their refuge, and shall not forget the works of God, and shall keep his commandments.
And they shall not be like their fathers, a rebellious generation, and a teacher, a generation that did not prepare its heart, nor believed in the God of its Spirit.
The children of Ephraim, that bend the bow, have turned back in the day of battle.
They did not keep the covenant of God, nor his law, to walk in it.
And they forgot his works and his wonders that he had done.
He did wonders against their fathers in the land of Egypt, a field of sheep.
He divided the sea and caused them to pass through, and made the waters stand as a reed.
And they were comforted by a cloud by day, and all the night by the light of fire.
He will open wide the wilderness and make it drink like the great deep.
And he brought forth streams out of the rock, and streams of water came down.
And they continued to sin against him, even more than against the high command of the army.
And they sought God in their hearts to ask for food for their souls.
And they spake unto God, saying, Is it not possible for God to make a way for a messenger in the wilderness?
Behold, he struck a rock, and water was poured out, and the sick were washed. Also, bread was eaten, and if he prepared any left over for his people,
Therefore the Lord heard, and passed by; and a fire was kindled in Jacob, and also a flame went up in Israel.
Because we did not believe in God and did not trust in his salvation.
And they sent forth thunder from above, and the windows of heaven were opened.
And he rained down manna upon them to eat, and gave them of the fish of heaven to eat.
A man ate the bread of knights, sent to them by the side of the seven.
He rode on horses through the heavens, and with his strength he ruled over the south.
And it rained upon them like fine dust, and like the blue of the sea, flying on wings.
And he fell near his camp, all around his dwellings.
And they ate and were filled to the brim, and their desire came to them.
They have not yet eaten of their own desire.
And the anger of God was kindled against them, and he slew their fattest, and smote the chosen of Israel.
In all this they sinned yet, and believed not in his wonders.
And he spent their days in vanity, and their years in trouble.
If he stoned him, and they sought him, and they returned, and they worshipped God.
And they remembered that God was their God, and God Most High was their Redeemer.
And they shall deceive him with their mouth, and with their tongue shall they lie unto him.
And their heart was not right with him, neither did they believe in his covenant.
And he is merciful, forgiving iniquity, and will not destroy; and he will abundantly turn away his anger, and will not stir up all his wrath.
And he remembered that flesh is but a spirit that goes forth and does not return.
How much they will say to him in the wilderness, how much they will grieve him in the wilderness.
And they turned and fled to God, and the Holy One of Israel they turned away.
They did not remember his hand in the day that he redeemed me from the oppressor.
Who set his signs in Egypt, and his wonders in the field of sheep.
And their lamps were turned into blood, and their liquids into drink.
He will send among them a vulture and it will devour them, and a frog and it will destroy them.
And he gave them to the destroyer of the harvest, and gave them to the locust.
He will kill their vines with hail, and their branches with blight.
And he closed their city to the hail, and their houses to the scum.
He will send upon them wrath, anger, and torment, sent by evil angels.
If a man makes a path to his nose, it will not be dark from the death of their soul, and their life will be a matter of closure.
And all the firstborn in Egypt were the firstborn of the poor in the tents of Ham.
And he drove his people like sheep, and they were led like a flock in the wilderness.
And they were comforted and did not fear, and the sea covered their enemies.
And he brought them to the border of his sanctuary, this mountain, which was on his right hand.
And he cast out nations before them, and divided them with a line of inheritance, and made the tribes of Israel dwell in their tents.
And they fled and said, "God is high, and His testimonies they did not keep."
And they turned back and dealt treacherously like their fathers; they turned aside like a deceitful bow.
And they provoked him to anger with their high places, and with their graven images they bought him.
God heard and passed over, and greatly multiplied Israel.
And he left the tabernacle of his tent, and dwelt with man.
And he gave his strength to his captives, and his captivity was in the hand of the tyrant.
And he closed his people to the sword, and in his inheritance he passed over.
Fire devoured his young men, and his virgins were not smitten.
Her priests have fallen by the sword, and her widows have not wept.
And the Lord's pocket awoke like a mighty man from the midst of the sea.
And his enemies struck him down, and the shame of the world was given to him.
And he was displeased in the tent of Joseph, and in the tribe of Ephraim he chose not.
And he chose the tribe of Judah, Mount Zion, which he loved.
And he built like him high places from his sanctuary, like the earth, whose foundation is for ever.
And he chose David his servant, and took him from the sheepfolds.
From the high places he brought him to shepherd Jacob his people and Israel his inheritance.
And he will be filled with compassion for his heart, and with the wisdom of his hands he will be comforted.

pen chapter
Psalm for Asaph O God, nations have come into your inheritance. :
They have defiled your holy temple and made Jerusalem a desolation. :
We have given the carrion of your servants as food for the birds of the sky. :
The flesh of your faithful is the life of the earth. :
They shed blood like water around Jerusalem, and there is no grave. :
We have become a disgrace to our neighbors, a reproach and a derision to those around us. :
How long will you strive to win? You will burn like the fire of your jealousy. :
Pour out your wrath on the nations that do not know you. :
And over kingdoms that have not called on your name :
Because he ate Jacob and called him Noah. :
Do not remind us of our original sins. :
May your mercy quickly advance us, for we are very poor. :
Help us, O God, save us for the glory of your name. :
And save us and forgive our sins for your name's sake. :
Why should the nations say, "Where is their God?" :
Let it be known among the nations, before our eyes, that the blood of your servants has been avenged. :
The groaning of a prisoner will come before you, as great as your seed, the remnant of the sons of death. :
And return to our neighbors seven times into their bosom their shame, which the Lord has disgraced. :
And we, your people and the sheep of your pasture, will be devoted to you forever. :
From generation to generation your praise will be told. :

Chapter F
To bear witness to the lilies, to gather a psalm.
The shepherd of Israel, the one who listens, leads Joseph like a flock, enthroned between the cherubim, the one who is afraid.
Before Ephraim, Benjamin, and Manasseh, she has called forth your strength, and she has gone to save us.
O God, restore us, and cause your face to shine, and we will be saved.
O Lord God of hosts, how long wilt thou bear with the prayer of thy people?
You ate the bread of tears and made it a third better with tears.
You will make us a mockery to our neighbors, and our enemies will mock us.
O God of hosts, restore us, and cause your face to shine, and we will be saved.
You will take a vine from Egypt, you will drive out nations and plant it.
You turned your face toward it, and it took root, and filled the land.
The mountains covered her shadow, and her branches were like the cedars of God.
She will send her harvest to the sea, and her young ones to the river.
Why did you break down its walls and expose it to all who passed by?
A wild boar from the forest will graze us, and a wild goat will graze us.
O God of hosts, look down from heaven, and see, and visit this vine.
And the vine that was planted by your right hand, and upon the son of your adoption, shall be yours.
Burning with fire, like a thornbush, the shame of your face will perish.
Let your hand be upon the man of your right hand, upon the son of man whom you have made strong for yourself.
And we will not turn away from you, you will give us life, and we will be called by your name.
O Lord God of hosts, cause the light of thy countenance to shine upon us, and we shall be saved.

Chapter Fa
To conquer the Gittite, to gather.
Let us sing to God our strength, let us shout aloud to the God of Jacob.
Take up a song, and let us play the tambourine, the lyre, and the harp.
Blow a shofar in the new moon on the day of our feast.
For a law to Israel is a judgment to the God of Jacob.
The testimony of Joseph, whose name was called when he went out of the land of Egypt, a language I did not know, I heard.
My boats are from the sea, from the shore, from the sea, from the shore.
In trouble you called, and I delivered you; with a thunderous voice I tested you at the waters of Meribah-Sela.
Hear, O my people, and I will give you rest, O Israel, if you will listen to me.
There shall be no strange god among you, neither shalt thou worship any strange god.
I am the Lord your God, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt. I have opened your mouth wide and filled it.
But my people did not listen to my voice, and Israel did not obey me.
And I will send them away in the stubbornness of their hearts, and they shall walk in their own counsels.
If my people Israel would listen to me, they would walk in my ways.
I will subdue their enemies as a few as a few, and I will turn my hand against their enemies.
Those who hate the Lord will be angry with him, and he will be with them forever.
And I will feed him with the milk of wheat, and with the fat of the fattened calf I will satisfy you.

Chapter 2
A Psalm of Asaph, standing in the assembly of God, in the presence of God, he will judge.
How long will you judge unjustly and bear a burden before the wicked?
Judge the poor and the orphan, the needy and the oppressed.
Deliver the poor and needy from the hand of the wicked, save them.
They will not know nor understand; they will walk in darkness; all the founders of the earth will perish.
I said, "You are gods, and all of you are sons of the Most High."
For you will die like a man, and fall like one of the mountains.
God arose, judged the earth, for you will inherit all the nations.

Chapter expired
A song of praise to Asaph.
God is not like you; do not be silent or be silent, O God.
For, behold, thine enemies shall be ashamed, and they that hate thee shall be lifted up.
They will conspire against your people and take counsel against your enemies.
They said, "Smite them, and we will destroy them from among the nations, and the name of Israel will be remembered no more."
For they are united in heart, they will make a covenant with you.
The tents of Edom and Ishmael, Moab and the foreigners.
Gebal, and Ammon, and Amalek, Philistia, with the inhabitants of Tyre.
Asshur also was accompanied by them, and they were the sons of Lot and Sela.
Do to them as to Midian, as to Sisera, as to Jabin at the river Kishon.
They perished in the eye of the storm; they became like the dust of the earth.
His enemies will be as the raven and the wolf, and as the sacrifice and the sacrifice of the falcon, all his enemies will be gathered together.
Who said, "We have inherited the kingdom of God."
My God, you will make him like a turpentine, like a reed before the wind.
As fire will burn a forest and as a flame will set the mountains on fire.
So shalt thou persecute them with thy tempest, and with thy storm shalt thou terrify them.
Their faces were filled with shame, and they sought your name, O Lord.
They will be afraid and terrified forever, and they will be dug up and lost.
And they shall know that thou, whose name is the LORD, thou alone art the most high over all the earth.

Chapter 1
To the victory over Gath, for the sons of Korah, a psalm.
What are the friends of your dwelling places, O Lord of hosts?
My soul is consumed and consumed with the thoughts of the Lord. My heart and my flesh shall sing for the God of my life.
Even the bird finds a home, and the sparrow a nest, and drinks from its blossoms, from your altars, O Lord of hosts, my King and my God.
Blessed are those who dwell in your house; they will still praise you, Selah.
Blessed is the man whose heart is filled with the power of God.
My soul, in the depths of weeping, is filled with the blessings of a wise man.
They will go from army to army, fearing God in Zion.
O Lord God of hosts, hear my prayer; give ear, O God of Jacob. Selah.
Protect us, O God, and look upon the face of your anointed.
For better is a day in your courts than a thousand in my affliction, to dwell in the house of my God, than a generation in the tents of wickedness.
For the Lord God is a sun and a shield; the Lord gives grace and glory; no good thing will he withhold from those who walk blamelessly.
O Lord of hosts, blessed is the man who trusts in you.

Chapter here
To the sons of Korah, a psalm.
The Lord has desired your land, the land of Jacob.
You bore the iniquity of your people; you covered all their sins with a blanket.
You have gathered all your transgressions, the rebukes from the fury of your nose.
Turn us back, O God, and save us, and turn away from us according to your anger.
You will be our wing forever, you will draw my face to generation after generation.
Will you not return and revive us, and your people will rejoice in you?
Show us, O Lord, your mercy, and grant us your salvation.
I will hear what the Lord God will speak. For he will speak peace to his people and to his saints, and they will not return to their captivity.
But he is near to those who fear him, he will save them, that they may dwell in glory in our land.
Mercy and truth have met together; righteousness and peace have kissed each other.
Truth will spring up from the earth, and righteousness will look down from heaven.
The Lord will also give what is good, and our land will yield its increase.
He will walk uprightly before him, and he will make his paths straight.

Poe's Chapter
A prayer for David, O Lord, incline your ear to me, for I am poor and needy.
Preserve my soul, for I am righteous. Save your servant, O God, who trusts in you.
Have mercy on me, O Lord, for I call upon you all day long.
Let the soul of your servant rejoice, for to you, O Lord, my soul is lifted up.
For you, O Lord, are good and forgiving, abounding in mercy to all who call on you.
O Lord, listen to my prayer and listen to the voice of my supplications.
In the day of my trouble I will call upon you, for you will answer me.
There is none like you among the gods, O Lord, nor are there any like your works.
All nations whom you have made will come and worship before you, O Lord, and will glorify your name.
For you are great and do wonders, you are God alone.
Teach me, O Lord, your way; I will walk in your truth, with one heart to fear your name.
I will praise you, O Lord my God, with all my heart, and I will glorify your name forever.
For your mercy is great toward me, and you have delivered my soul from the lowest hell.
The gods of the wicked have risen up against me, and a company of the wicked have sought my soul, and have not called upon you against them.
But you, O Lord, are a God merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abundant in lovingkindness and truth.
Turn to me and have mercy on me. Give your strength to your servant and salvation to the son of your mother.
Do good to me, that they that hate me may see it, and be ashamed: for thou, O Lord, hast helped me, and comforted me.

Golden Chapter
The sons of Korah, a song of praise, his foundation in the holy mountains.
The Lord loves the gates of Zion more than all the dwellings of Jacob.
Honored are you, O city of God, Selah.
I remember Rahab and Babylon, and I know that Philistia and Tyre with Cush will be born there.
And it shall be said of Zion, A man shall be born in her, and he shall make her high.
The Lord will record in the writing of the peoples, "This one will be born there, Selah."
And all my eyes are filled with joy, like the saints, in you.

Tin chapter
A song from a psalm for the sons of Korah, for victory over disease, for suffering, for wisdom for civil authority.
O Lord God of my salvation, I have cried out to you by day and by night.
Let my prayer come before you; incline your ear to my cry.
For my soul is full of evils, and my life is drawn to Sheol.
I thought, "With those who go down to the pit, I am like a man without a ram."
My dead are like the lame, lying in the grave, whom you remember no more, and they are cut off from your hand.
Give me drink in the lowest cistern, in the darkest places, in the shadowy places.
Your anger is upon me, and all your afflictions are a burden.
You have put my acquaintances far from me, who have given me abominations, so that I am shut up and cannot go out.
My eyes are troubled because of my affliction. I have called upon you, O Lord, all day long; I have spread out my hands to you.
You will do wonders, even if doctors arise, you will be praised.
Your mercy will be recounted in the grave, your faith in destruction.
May your wonders be known in the darkness, and your righteousness in the land of the daughters of Israel.
But I, O Lord, will take refuge in you, and in the morning will I pray before you.
Why, O Lord, do you forsake my soul? Why do you hide your face from me?
I am poor and weary from my youth, your mother's wife, Opunah.
Your wrath has passed over me, your anger has filled me.
They surround me like water; all day long they surround me together.
You have gone far from me, my lover and friend, who knows my darkness.

Chapter Pat
A symbol of the strong citizen.
The mercy of the Lord endures forever. I will praise him from generation to generation. I will declare your faithfulness with my mouth.
For I said, "Forever, mercy will build heaven; build your faith in them."
I have made a covenant with my chosen, I have sworn to David my servant.
I will establish your seed forever, and I will build your throne for all generations.
And the heavens shall declare thy wonders, O Lord, thy faithfulness in the congregation of the saints.
For he who mocks the Lord will be likened to the Lord among the sons of the gods.
A God who is revered in the secret of many saints and is feared by all those around him.
O Lord God of hosts, who is like unto thee? is thy strength like unto thee? and thy faithfulness is round about thee.
You rule over the waves of the sea; you praise them when their waves roar.
You have crushed like a mighty lion; with the outstretched arm of your strength you have scattered your enemies.
The heavens are yours, the earth also is yours, and the fullness thereof you have founded.
The north and the right hand, you have created them; Tabor and Hermon, in your name they will sing.
You are strong with might; your right hand is lifted up.
Righteousness and judgment are the foundation of your throne; mercy and truth shall go before your face.
Blessed are the people who know the fear of the Lord; they will walk in the light of your face.
In your name they will be praised all day long, and in your righteousness they will be exalted.
For you have made his strength great, and at your pleasure you have exalted his horn.
For the Lord is our shield, and the Holy One of Israel is our king.
Then you spoke in a vision to your followers and said, "I will help you against the power of my deceit, a man of my people."
I have found David my servant, with my holy anointing oil.
With whom my hand will prepare, even my seed will embrace it.
No enemy shall dwell in it, and the son of iniquity shall not answer it.
And I will destroy his enemies from before him, and I will surround his enemies.
And my faith and my mercy are with him, and in my name his horn shall be exalted.
And I will put the waters in his hand, and the rivers in his right hand.
He will call me, "My father, you are my helper and the rock of my salvation."
I will make him the firstborn, and I will make him the highest of the kings of the earth.
I will keep my mercy for him forever, and my covenant is faithful to him.
And I will establish his seed forever, and his throne as the days of heaven.
If his children forsake my law, and walk not in my judgments:
If my laws are profaned and my commandments are not kept,
And I visited the tribe of their transgressions, and the people of their iniquity.
And my mercy is not diminished from him, and I will not lie in my faith.
My covenant I will not break, nor change the word of my lips.
Once I have sworn by my holiness, if I will not be false to David.
His seed shall endure for ever, and his throne as the sun against me.
As the moon is established, so is the world, and as a witness, Naaman Selah is faithful.
And you have forsaken and transgressed with your anointed.
You have made your servant's covenant holy, you have made it holy in the land of his sojourning.
You have broken down all its walls; you have brought its strongholds down to the ground.
All who pass by his way are ashamed; he is a reproach to his neighbors.
The right hand of his enemies has lifted up its wings, and you have made all his enemies rejoice.
You will even turn back the sword of his sword, but you will not raise him up in battle.
You have restored his purity, and his throne to the earth from its place.
You have shortened the days of his youth; you have heaped shame and disgrace upon him.
How long, O Lord, will you hide yourself forever? You will burn like the fire of your wrath.
Remember, I am a rustling, and the creation of all the sons of men is worthless.
What man shall live and not see death? Shall he deliver his soul from the hand of Sheol?
What are your early mercies, O Lord? You swore to David in your faithfulness.
Remember, O Lord, the reproach of your servants; you have carried in my bosom all the multitudes of the people.
Whom thine enemies have reproached, O Lord, who have reproached the footsteps of thine anointed.
Blessed be the Lord forever, Amen and Amen.

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