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For it is you who light my lamp; the Lord my God lightens my darkness.
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I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint; my heart is like wax; it is melted within my breast;
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For your name's sake, O Lord, pardon my guilt, for it is great.
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When evildoers assail me to eat up my flesh, my adversaries and foes, it is they who stumble and fall.
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But for you, O Lord, do I wait; it is you, O Lord my God, who will answer.
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I am mute; I do not open my mouth, for it is you who have done it.
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Then I said, “Behold, I have come; in the scroll of the book it is written of me:
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I will thank you forever, because you have done it. I will wait for your name, for it is good, in the presence of the godly.
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With a freewill offering I will sacrifice to you; I will give thanks to your name, O Lord, for it is good.
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For it is not an enemy who taunts me— then I could bear it; it is not an adversary who deals insolently with me— then I could hide from him.
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But it is you, a man, my equal, my companion, my familiar friend.
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With God we shall do valiantly; it is he who will tread down our foes.
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For it is for your sake that I have borne reproach, that dishonor has covered my face.
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But for me it is good to be near God; I have made the Lord God my refuge, that I may tell of all your works.
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When the earth totters, and all its inhabitants, it is I who keep steady its pillars. Selah
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but it is God who executes judgment, putting down one and lifting up another.
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For it is a statute for Israel, a rule of the God of Jacob.
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For a thousand years in your sight are but as yesterday when it is past, or as a watch in the night.
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How Great Are Your Works
A Psalm. A Song for the Sabbath.
It is good to give thanks to the Lord, to sing praises to your name, O Most High;
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Know that the Lord, he is God! It is he who made us, and we are his; we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.
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You will arise and have pity on Zion; it is the time to favor her; the appointed time has come.
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for the wind passes over it, and it is gone, and its place knows it no more.
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You make darkness, and it is night, when all the beasts of the forest creep about.
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With God we shall do valiantly; it is he who will tread down our foes.
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It is well with the man who deals generously and lends; who conducts his affairs with justice.
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It is better to take refuge in the Lord than to trust in man.
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It is better to take refuge in the Lord than to trust in princes.
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This is the Lord's doing; it is marvelous in our eyes.
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It is good for me that I was afflicted, that I might learn your statutes.
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Mem
Oh how I love your law! It is my meditation all the day.
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Your commandment makes me wiser than my enemies, for it is ever with me.
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It is time for the Lord to act, for your law has been broken.
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It is in vain that you rise up early and go late to rest, eating the bread of anxious toil; for he gives to his beloved sleep.
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When Brothers Dwell in Unity
A Song of Ascents. Of David.
Behold, how good and pleasant it is when brothers dwell in unity!
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It is like the precious oil on the head, running down on the beard, on the beard of Aaron, running down on the collar of his robes!
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It is like the dew of Hermon, which falls on the mountains of Zion! For there the Lord has commanded the blessing, life forevermore.
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Praise the Lord, for the Lord is good; sing to his name, for it is pleasant!
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He it is who makes the clouds rise at the end of the earth, who makes lightnings for the rain and brings forth the wind from his storehouses.
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It is he who remembered us in our low estate, for his steadfast love endures forever;
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Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is high; I cannot attain it.
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Let a righteous man strike me—it is a kindness; let him rebuke me—it is oil for my head; let my head not refuse it. Yet my prayer is continually against their evil deeds.
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He Heals the Brokenhearted
Praise the Lord! For it is good to sing praises to our God; for it is pleasant, and a song of praise is fitting.