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10 In God's word will I rejoice; in the Lord's word will I comfort me.

II Yea, in God have I put my truft; I will not be afraid what man can do unto me.

12 Unto thee, O God, will I pay my vows; unto thee will I give thanks.

13 For thou haft delivered my foul from death, and my feet from falling, that I may walk before God in the light of the living.

PSALM 57.

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God, be merciful unto me, for my foul trufteth in thee; and under the fhadow of thy wings fhall be my refuge, until this tyranny be over-past.

2 I will call unto the moft high God, even unto the God that fhall perform the cause which I have in hand.

7 They have laid a net for my feet, and preffed down my foul; they have digged a pit before me, and are fallen into the midst of it themselves.

8 My heart is fixed, O God, my heart is fixed: I will fing, and give praise.

9 Awake up, my glory; awake, lute and harp; I my. felf will awake right early.

10 I will give thanks unto thee, O Lord, among the people, and I will fing unto thee among the nations.

11 For the greatness of thy mercy reacheth unto the heavens, and thy truth unto the clouds.

12 Set up thyself, O God, above the heavens, and thy glory above all the earth.

PSALM 58.

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gregation; and do ye judge the thing that is right, O ye fons of men?

2 Yea, ye imagine mifchief in your heart upon the earth, and your hands deal with wickedness.

3 The ungodly are froward, even from their mothers womb; as foon as they are born, they go aftray, and fpeak lies.

4 They are as venomous as the poison of a ferpent; even

peth her ears;

like the deaf adder, that stop- | for my foul; the mighty men are gathered against me without any offence or fault of me, O Lord.

5 Which refufeth to hear the voice of the charmer; charm he never fo wifely.

6 Break their teeth, O God, in their mouths, fmite the jawbones of the lions, O Lord; let them fall away like water that runneth apace, and when they fhoot their arrows let them be rooted out.

7 Let them confume away like a fnail, and be like the untimely fruit of a woman, and let them not fee the fun.

8 Or ever your pots be made hot with thorns; fo let indignation vex him, even as a thing that is raw.

9 The righteous fhall rejoice when he feeth the vengeance; he fhall wash his footsteps in the blood of the ungodly.

10 So that a man fhall fay, Verily there is a reward for the righteous; doubtless there is a God that judgeth the earth.

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4 They run and prepare themselves without my fault; arife thou therefore to help me, and behold.

5 Stand up, O Lord God of hofts, thou God of Ifrael, to vifit all the heathen, and be not merciful unto them that offend of maliciouswickedness.

6 They go to and fro in the evening, they grin like a dog, and run about through the city.

7 Behold, they speak with their mouth, and fwords are in their lips; for who doth hear?

8 But thou, O Lord, fhalt have them in derifion, and thou fhalt laugh all the hea then to fcorn,

9 My ftrength will I afcribe unto thee; for thou art the God of my refuge.

10 God fheweth me his goodness plentequfly, and God fhall let me fee my defire upon mine enemies.

11 Slay them not, left my people forget it; but scatter them abroad among the people, and put them down, O Lord, our defence.

12 For the fin of their mouth, and for the words of their lips, they fhall be taken in their pride, and why? their

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13 Confume them in thy wrath,confume them, that they may perish, and know that it isGod that ruleth in Jacob, and unto the ends of the world. 14 And in the evening they will return, grin like a dog, and will go about the city.

15 They will run here and there for meat, and grudge if they be not satisfied.

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me.

6 God hath spoken in his holiness, I will rejoice and divide Sichem, and mete out the valley of Succoth.

7 Gilead is mine, and Ma. naffes is mine; Ephraim alfo is the ftrength of my head; Judah is my law-giver,

8 Moab is my wafhpot, over Edom will I caft out my fhoe; Philiftia, be thou glad of me.

16 As for me, I will fing of 9 Who will lead me into thy power, and will praife thy the ftrong city? Who will mercy betimes in the morn-bring me into Edom? ing; for thou hast been my defence and refuge in the day my trouble.

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17 Unto thee, O my ftrength, will I fing; for thou, O God, art my refuge, and my merciful God.

PSALM 60.

God, thou haft caft us out, and scattered us abroad;

thou haft alfo been difpleased,

O turn thee unto us again.

2 Thou haft moved the land, and divided it; heal the fores thereof, for it shaketh.

3 Thou haft fhewed thy people heavy things; thou haft given us a drink of deadlywine. 4 Thou haft given a token for fuch as fear thee, that they may triumph because of the truth.

5 Therefore were thy beloved delivered; help me

10 Haft not thou caft us out, O God? Wilt not thou, O God, go out with our hofts?

11 O be thou our help in trouble, for vain is the help of man.

12 Through God will we do great acts, for it is he that fhall tread down our enemies.

PSALM 61.

Hivecar unto my prayer. my crying, O God;

2 From the ends of the earth will I call upon thee, when my heart is in heaviness.

3 O fet me up upon the rock that is higher than I; for thou hast been my hope, and a ftrong tower for me against the enemy.

4 I will dwell in thy tabernacle for ever, and my truft fhall be under the covering of thy wings.

5 For thou, O Lord, haft and my falvation; he is my deheard my defires, and haft fence, fo that I fhall not fall. given an heritage unto those that fear thy Name.

6 Thou fhalt grant the King a long life, that his years may endure throughout all generations.

7 He shall dwell before God for ever; O prepare thy loving mercy and faithfulness, that they may preserve him. 8 So will I always fing praife unto thy Name, that I may daily perform my vows.

PSALM 62.

7 In God is my health and my glory, the rock of my might, and in God is my trust. 8 O put your trust in him alway, ye people; pour out your hearts before him, for God is our hope.

9 As for the children of men, they are but vanity; the children of men are deceitful upon the weights, they are altoge ther lighter than vanity itself.

10 Ŏ truft not in wrong and robbery, give not yourselves unto vanity; if riches increase, fet not your heart upon them. II God fpake once, and Mupon God, for of him twice I have allo heard the

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cometh my falvation.

2 He verily is my ftrength and my falvation; he is my defence, fo that I fhall not greatly fall.

3 How long will ye imagine mischief against every man; ye fhall be flain all the fort of you; yea, as a tottering wall shall ye

fame; that power belongeth unto God;

12 And that thou, Lord, art merciful; for thou rewardest every man according to his work.

PSALM 63.

be, and like a broken hedge. God, thou art my God;

4 Their device is only how to put him out whom God will exalt; their delight is in lies, they give good words with their mouth, but curfe with their heart.

5 Nevertheless, my foul, wait thou still upon God; for my hope is in him.

6 He truly is my ftrength

early will I feek thee. 2 My foul thirfteth for thee, my flesh alfo longeth after thee; in a barren and dry land where no water is.

3 Thus have I looked for thee in holiness, that I might behold thy power and glory.

4 For thy loving-kindness is better than the life itself; my lips fhall praife thee.

5 As long as I live will I out their arrows, even bitter magnify thee on this manner, words. and lift up my hands in thy Name.

6 My foul fhall be fatisfied even as it were with marrow and fatnefs, when my mouth praifeth thee with joyful lips. 7 Have I not remembered thee in my bed, and thought upon thee when I was waking?

8 Because thou hast been my helper; therefore under the fhadow of thy wings will I rejoice.

9 My foul hangeth upon thee; thy right hand hath upholden me.

10 Thefe also that seek the hurt of my foul, they shall go under the earth.

II Let them fall upon the edge of the fword, that they may be a portion for foxes.

12 But the King shall rejoice in God; all they also that fwear by him, shall be commended; for the mouth of them that speak lies shall be stopped.

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4 That they may privily fhoot at him that is perfect; fuddenly do they hit him, and fear not.

5 They encourage them. felves in mifchief, and commune among themselves, how they may lay fnares, and say, that no man fhall fee them.

6 They imagine wickednefs, and practise it; that they keep fecret among themselves, every man in the deep of his heart.

7 But God fhall fuddenly fhoot at them with a fwift arrow, that they shall be wounded.

8 Yea, their own tongues fhall make them fall; infomuch that whofo feeth them, fhall laugh them to scorn.

9 And all men that fee it, fhall fay, This hath God done; for they fhall perceive that it is his work.

10 The righteous fhall rejoice in the Lord, and his put truft in him, and all they that are true of heart fhall be glad.

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