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| 1 A Psalm of David. Unto thee, Jehovah, do I call; my rock, be not silent unto me, lest, if thou keep silence toward 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 the oracle of thy holiness. |
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| 3 Draw me not away with the wicked, and with the workers of iniquity, who speak peace to their neighbours, and mischief is in their heart. |
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| 4 Give them according to their doing, and according to the wickedness of their deeds; give them after the work of their hands, render to them their desert. |
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| 5 For they regard not the deeds of Jehovah, nor the work of his hands: he will destroy them, and not build them up.
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| 6 Blessed be Jehovah, for he hath heard the voice of my supplications. |
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| 7 Jehovah is my strength and my shield; my heart confided in him, and I was helped: therefore my heart exulteth, 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 Jehovah is their strength; and he is the stronghold of salvation to his anointed one. |
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| 9 Save thy people, and bless thine inheritance; and feed them, and lift them up for ever. |
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