DR — Douay-Rheims Bible

90:1

A prayer of Moses the man of God. Lord, thou hast been our refuge from generation to generation.

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Before the mountains were made, or the earth and the world was formed; from eternity and to eternity thou art God.

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Turn not man away to be brought low: and thou hast said: Be converted, O ye sons of men.

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For a thousand years in thy sight are as yesterday, which is past. And as a watch in the night,

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things that are counted nothing, shall their years be.

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In the morning man shall grow up like grass; in the morning he shall flourish and pass away: in the evening he shall fall, grow dry, and wither.

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For in thy wrath we have fainted away: and are troubled in thy indignation.

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Thou hast set our iniquities before thy eyes: our life in the light of thy countenance.

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For all our days are spent; and in thy wrath we have fainted away. Our years shall be considered spider:

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the days of our years in them are threescore and ten years. But if in the strong they be fourscore years: and what is more of them is labour and sorrow. For mildness is come upon us: and we shall be corrected.

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Who knoweth the power of thy anger, and for thy fear

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can number thy wrath? So make thy right hand known: and men learned in heart, in wisdom.

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Return, O Lord, how long? and be entreated in favour of thy servants.

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We are filled in the morning with thy mercy: and we have rejoiced, and are delighted all our days.

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We have rejoiced for the days in which thou hast humbled us: for the years in which we have seen evils.

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Look upon thy servants and upon their works: and direct their children.

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And let the brightness of the Lord our God be upon us: and direct thou the works of our hands over us; yea, the work of our hands do thou direct.

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The praise of a canticle for David. He that dwelleth in the aid of the most High, shall abide under the protection of the God of Jacob.

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He shall say to the Lord: Thou art my protector, and my refuge: my God, in him will I trust.

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For he hath delivered me from the snare of the hunters: and from the sharp word.

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He will overshadow thee with his shoulders: and under his wings thou shalt trust.

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His truth shall compass thee with a shield: thou shalt not be afraid of the terror of the night.

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Of the arrow that flieth in the day, of the business that walketh about in the dark: of invasion, or of the noonday devil.

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A thousand shall fall at thy side, and ten thousand at thy right hand: but it shall not come nigh thee.

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But thou shalt consider with thy eyes: and shalt see the reward of the wicked.

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Because thou, O Lord, art my hope: thou hast made the most High thy refuge.

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There shall no evil come to thee: nor shall the scourge come near thy dwelling.

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For he hath given his angels charge over thee; to keep thee in all thy ways.

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In their hands they shall bear thee up: lest thou dash thy foot against a stone.

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Thou shalt walk upon the asp and the basilisk: and thou shalt trample under foot the lion and the dragon.

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Because he hoped in me I will deliver him: I will protect him because he hath known my name.

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He shall cry to me, and I will hear him: I am with him in tribulation, I will deliver him, and I will glorify him.

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I will fill him with length of days; and I will shew him my salvation.

92:1

A psalm of a canticle on the sabbath day. It is good to give praise to the Lord: and to sing to thy name, O most High.

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To shew forth thy mercy in the morning, and thy truth in the night:

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Upon an instrument of ten strings, upon the psaltery: with a canticle upon the harp.

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For thou hast given me, O Lord, a delight in thy doings: and in the works of thy hands I shall rejoice.

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O Lord, how great are thy works! thy thoughts are exceeding deep.

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The senseless man shall not know: nor will the fool understand these things.

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When the wicked shall spring up as grass: and all the workers of iniquity shall appear: That they may perish for ever and ever:

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but thou, O Lord, art most high for evermore.

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For behold thy enemies, O Lord, for behold thy enemies shall perish: and all the workers of iniquity shall be scattered.

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But my horn shall be exalted like that of the unicorn: and my old age in plentiful mercy.

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My eye also hath looked down upon my enemies: and my ear shall hear of the downfall of the malignant that rise up against me.

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The just shall flourish like the palm tree: he shall grow up like the cedar of Libanus.

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They that are planted in the house of the Lord shall flourish in the courts of the house of our God.

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They shall still increase in a fruitful old age: and shall be well treated,

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that they may shew, That the Lord our God is righteous, and there is no iniquity in him.

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The Lord hath reigned, he is clothed with beauty: the Lord is clothed with strength, and hath girded himself. For he hath established the world which shall not be moved.

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Thy throne is prepared from of old: thou art from everlasting.

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The floods have lifted up, O Lord: the floods have lifted up their voice. The floods have lifted up their waves,

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with the noise of many waters. Wonderful are the surges of the sea: wonderful is the Lord on high.

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Thy testimonies are become exceedingly credible: holiness becometh thy house, O Lord, unto length of days.

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The Lord is the God to whom revenge belongeth: the God of revenge hath acted freely.

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Lift up thyself, thou that judgest the earth: render a reward to the proud.

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How long shall sinners, O Lord: how long shall sinners glory?

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Shall they utter, and speak iniquity: shall all speak who work injustice?

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Thy people, O Lord, they have brought low: and they have afflicted thy inheritance.

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They have slain the widow and the stranger: and they have murdered the fatherless.

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And they have said: The Lord shall not see: neither shall the God of Jacob understand.

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Understand, ye senseless among the people: and, you fools, be wise at last.

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He that planted the ear, shall he not hear? or he that formed the eye, doth he not consider?

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He that chastiseth nations, shall he not rebuke: he that teacheth man knowledge?

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The Lord knoweth the thoughts of men, that they are vain.

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Blessed is the man whom thou shalt instruct, O Lord: and shalt teach him out of thy law.

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That thou mayst give him rest from the evil days: till a pit be dug for the wicked.

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For the Lord will not cast off his people: neither will he forsake his own inheritance.

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Until justice be turned into judgment: and they that are near it are all the upright in heart.

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Who shall rise up for me against the evildoers? or who shall stand with me against the workers of iniquity?

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Unless the Lord had been my helper, my soul had almost dwelt in hell.

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If I said: My foot is moved: thy mercy, O Lord, assisted me.

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According to the multitude of my sorrows in my heart, thy comforts have given joy to my soul.

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Doth the seat of iniquity stick to thee, who framest labour in commandment?

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They will hunt after the soul of the just, and will condemn innocent blood.

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But the Lord is my refuge: and my God the help of my hope.

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And he will render them their iniquity: and in their malice he will destroy them: the Lord our God will destroy them.

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Come let us praise the Lord with joy: let us joyfully sing to God our saviour.

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Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving; and make a joyful noise to him with psalms.

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For the Lord is a great God, and a great King above all gods.

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For in his hand are all the ends of the earth: and the heights of the mountains are his.

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For the sea is his, and he made it: and his hands formed the dry land.

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Come let us adore and fall down: and weep before the Lord that made us.

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For he is the Lord our God: and we are the people of his pasture and the sheep of his hand.

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To day if you shall hear his voice, harden not your hearts:

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As in the provocation, according to the day of temptation in the wilderness: where your fathers tempted me, they proved me, and saw my works.

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Forty years long was I offended with that generation, and I said: These always err in heart.

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And these men have not known my ways: so I swore in my wrath that they shall not enter into my rest.

96:1

A canticle for David himself, when the house was built after the captivity. Sing ye to the Lord a new canticle: sing to the Lord, all the earth.

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Sing ye to the Lord and bless his name: shew forth his salvation from day to day.

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Declare his glory among the Gentiles: his wonders among all people.

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For the Lord is great, and exceedingly to be praised: he is to be feared above all gods.

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For all the gods of the Gentiles are devils: but the Lord made the heavens.

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Praise and beauty are before him: holiness and majesty in his sanctuary.

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Bring ye to the Lord, O ye kindreds of the Gentiles, bring ye to the Lord glory and honour:

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bring to the Lord glory unto his name. Bring up sacrifices, and come into his courts:

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adore ye the Lord in his holy court. Let all the earth be moved at his presence.

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Say ye among the Gentiles, the Lord hath reigned. For he hath corrected the world, which shall not be moved: he will judge the people with justice.

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Let the heavens rejoice, and let the earth be glad, let the sea be moved, and the fulness thereof:

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the fields and all things that are in them shall be joyful. Then shall all the trees of the woods rejoice

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before the face of the Lord, because he cometh: because he cometh to judge the earth. He shall judge the world with justice, and the people with his truth.

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For the same David, when his land was restored again to him. The Lord hath reigned, let the earth rejoice: let many islands be glad.

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Clouds and darkness are round about him: justice and judgment are the establishment of his throne.

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A fire shall go before him, and shall burn his enemies round about.

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His lightnings have shone forth to the world: the earth saw and trembled.

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The mountains melted like wax, at the presence of the Lord: at the presence of the Lord of all the earth.

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The heavens declared his justice: and all people saw his glory.

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Let them be all confounded that adore graven things, and that glory in their idols. Adore him, all you his angels:

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Sion heard, and was glad. And the daughters of Juda rejoiced, because of thy judgments, O Lord.

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For thou art the most high Lord over all the earth: thou art exalted exceedingly above all gods.

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You that love the Lord, hate evil: the Lord preserveth the souls of his saints, he will deliver them out of the hand of the sinner.

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Light is risen to the just, and joy to the right of heart.

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Rejoice, ye just, in the Lord: and give praise to the remembrance of his holiness.

98:1

A psalm for David himself. Sing ye to the Lord anew canticle: because he hath done wonderful things. His right hand hath wrought for him salvation, and his arm is holy.

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The Lord hath made known his salvation: he hath revealed his justice in the sight of the Gentiles.

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He hath remembered his mercy his truth toward the house of Israel. All the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God.

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Sing joyfully to God, all the earth; make melody, rejoice and sing.

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Sing praise to the Lord on the harp, on the harp, and with the voice of a psalm:

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with long trumpets, and sound of comet. Make a joyful noise before the Lord our king:

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let the sea be moved and the fulness thereof: the world end they that dwell therein.

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The rivers shall clap their hands, the mountains shall rejoice together

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at the presence of the Lord: because he cometh to judge the earth. He shall judge the world with justice, and the people with equity.

99:1

A psalm for David himself. The Lord hath reigned, let the people be angry: he that sitteth on the cherubims: let the earth be moved.

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The Lord is great in Sion, and high above all people.

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Let them give praise to thy great name: for it is terrible and holy:

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and the king's honour loveth judgment. Thou hast prepared directions: thou hast done judgment and justice in Jacob.

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Exalt ye the Lord our God, and adore his footstool, for it is holy.

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Moses and Aaron among his priests: and Samuel among them that call upon his name. They called upon the Lord, and he heard them:

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he spoke to them in the pillar of the cloud. They kept his testimonies, and the commandment which he gave them.

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Thou didst hear them, O Lord our God: thou wast a merciful God to them, and taking vengeance on all their inventions.

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Exalt ye the Lord our God, and adore at his holy mountain: for the Lord our God is holy.

100:1

A psalm of praise.

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Sing joyfully to God, all the earth: serve ye the Lord with gladness. Come in before his presence with exceeding great joy.

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Know ye that the Lord he is God: he made us, and not we ourselves. We are his people and the sheep of his pasture.

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Go ye into his gates with praise, into his courts with hymns: and give glory to him. Praise ye his name:

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for the Lord is sweet, his mercy endureth for ever, and his truth to generation and generation.

101:1

A psalm for David himself. Mercy and judgment I will sing to thee, O Lord: I will sing,

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and I will understand in the unspotted way, when thou shalt come to me. I walked in the innocence of my heart, in the midst of my house.

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I did not set before my eyes any unjust thing: I hated the workers of iniquities.

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The perverse heart did not cleave to me: and the malignant, that turned aside from me, I would not know.

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The man that in private detracted his neighbour, him did I persecute. With him that had a proud eye, and an unsatiable heart, I would not eat.

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My eyes were upon the faithful of the earth, to sit with me: the man that walked in the perfect way, he served me.

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He that worketh pride shall not dwell in the midst of my house: he that speaketh unjust things did not prosper before my eyes.

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In the morning I put to death all the wicked of the land: that I might cut off all the workers of iniquity from the city of the Lord.

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The prayer of the poor man, when he was anxious, and poured out his supplication before the Lord. Hear, O Lord, my prayer: and let my cry come to thee.

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Turn not away thy face from me: in the day when I am in trouble, incline thy ear to me. In what day soever I shall call upon thee, hear me speedily.

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For my days are vanished like smoke: and my bones are grown dry like fuel for the fire.

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I am smitten as grass, and my heart is withered: because I forgot to eat my bread.

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Through the voice of my groaning, my bone hath cleaved to my flesh.

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I am become like to a pelican of the wilderness: I am like a night raven in the house.

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I have watched, and am become as a sparrow all alone on the housetop.

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All the day long my enemies reproached me: and they that praised me did swear against me.

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For I did eat ashes like bread, and mingled my drink with weeping.

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Because of thy anger and indignation: for having lifted me up thou hast thrown me down.

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My days have declined like a shadow, and I am withered like grass.

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But thou, O Lord, endurest for ever: and thy memorial to all generations.

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Thou shalt arise and have mercy on Sion: for it is time to have mercy on it, for the time is come.

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For the stones thereof have pleased thy servants: and they shall have pity on the earth thereof.

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And the Gentiles shall fear thy name, O Lord, and all the kings of the earth thy glory.

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For the Lord hath built up Sion: and he shall be seen in his glory.

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He hath had regard to the prayer of the humble: and he hath not despised their petition.

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Let these things be written unto another generation: and the people that shall be created shall praise the Lord:

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Because he hath looked forth from his high sanctuary: from heaven the Lord hath looked upon the earth.

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That he might hear the groans of them that are in fetters: that he might release the children of the slain:

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That they may declare the name of the Lord in Sion: and his praise in Jerusalem;

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When the people assemble together, and kings, to serve the Lord.

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He answered him in the way of his strength: Declare unto me the fewness of my days.

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Call me not away in the midst of my days: thy years are unto generation and generation.

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In the beginning, O Lord, thou foundedst the earth: end the heavens are the works of thy hands.

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They shall perish but thou remainest: and all of them shall grow old like a garment: And as a vesture thou shalt change them, and they shall be changed.

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But thou art always the selfsame, and thy years shall not fail.

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The children of thy servants shall continue: and their seed shall be directed for ever.

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For David himself. Bless the Lord, O my soul: and let all that is within me bless his holy name.

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Bless the Lord, O my soul, and never forget all he hath done for thee.

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Who forgiveth all thy iniquities: who healeth all thy diseases.

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Who redeemeth thy life from destruction: who crowneth thee with mercy and compassion.

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Who satisfieth thy desire with good things: thy youth shall be renewed like the eagle's.

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The Lord doth mercies, and judgment for all that suffer wrong.

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He hath made his ways known to Moses: his wills to the children of Israel.

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The Lord is compassionate and merciful: longsuffering and plenteous in mercy.

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He will not always be angry: nor will he threaten for ever.

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He hath not dealt with us according to our sins: nor rewarded us according to our iniquities.

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For according to the height of the heaven above the earth: he hath strengthened his mercy towards them that fear him.

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As far as the east is from the west, so far hath he removed our iniquities from us.

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As a father hath compassion on his children, so hath the Lord compassion on them that fear him:

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for he knoweth our frame. He remembereth that we are dust:

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man's days are as grass, as the flower of the field so shall he flourish.

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For the spirit shall pass in him, and he shall not be: and he shall know his place no more.

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But the mercy of the Lord is from eternity and unto eternity upon them that fear him: And his justice unto children's children,

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to such as keep his covenant, And are mindful of his commandments to do them.

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The Lord hath prepared his throne in heaven: and his kingdom shall rule over all.

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Bless the Lord, all ye his angels: you that are mighty in strength, and execute his word, hearkening to the voice of his orders.

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Bless the Lord, all ye his hosts: you ministers of his that do his will.

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Bless the Lord, all his works: in every place of his dominion, O my soul, bless thou the Lord.

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For David himself. Bless the Lord, O my soul: O Lord my God, thou art exceedingly great. Thou hast put on praise and beauty:

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and art clothed with light as with a garment. Who stretchest out the heaven like a pavilion:

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who coverest the higher rooms thereof with water. Who makest the clouds thy chariot: who walkest upon the wings of the winds.

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Who makest thy angels spirits: and thy ministers a burning fire.

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Who hast founded the earth upon its own bases: it shall not be moved for ever and ever.

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The deep like a garment is its clothing: above the mountains shall the waters stand.

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At thy rebuke they shall flee: at the voice of thy thunder they shall fear.

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The mountains ascend, and the plains descend into the place which thou hast founded for them.

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Thou hast set a bound which they shall not pass over; neither shall they return to cover the earth.

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Thou sendest forth springs in the vales: between the midst of the hills the waters shall pass.

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All the beasts of the field shall drink: the wild asses shall expect in their thirst.

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Over them the birds of the air shall dwell: from the midst of the rocks they shall give forth their voices.

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Thou waterest the hills from thy upper rooms: the earth shall be filled with the fruit of thy works:

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Bringing forth grass for cattle, and herb for the service of men. That thou mayst bring bread out of the earth:

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and that wine may cheer the heart of man. That he may make the face cheerful with oil: and that bread may strengthen man's heart.

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The trees of the field shall be filled, and the cedars of Libanus which he hath planted:

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there the sparrows shall make their nests. The highest of them is the house of the heron.

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The high hills are a refuge for the harts, the rock for the irchins.

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He hath made the moon for seasons: the sun knoweth his going down.

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Thou hast appointed darkness, and it is night: in it shall all the beasts of the woods go about:

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The young lions roaring after their prey, and seeking their meat from God.

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The sun ariseth, and they are gathered together: and they shall lie down in their dens.

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Man shall go forth to his work, and to his labour until the evening.

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How great are thy works, O Lord? thou hast made all things in wisdom: the earth is filled with thy riches.

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So is this great sea, which stretcheth wide its arms: there are creeping things without number: Creatures little and great.

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There the ships shall go. This sea dragon which thou hast formed to play therein.

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All expect of thee that thou give them food in season.

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What thou givest to them they shall gather up: when thou openest thy hand, they shall all be filled with good.

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But if thou turnest away thy face, they shall be troubled: thou shalt take away their breath, and they shall fail, and shall return to their dust.

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Thou shalt send forth thy spirit, and they shall be created: and thou shalt renew the face of the earth.

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May the glory of the Lord endure for ever: the Lord shall rejoice in his works.

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He looketh upon the earth, and maketh it tremble: he toucheth the mountains, and they smoke.

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I will sing to the Lord as long as I live: I will sing praise to my God while I have my being.

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Let my speech be acceptable to him: but I will take delight in the Lord.

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Let sinners be consumed out of the earth, and the unjust, so that they be no more: O my soul, bless thou the Lord.

105:1

Alleluia. Give glory to the Lord, and call upon his name: declare his deeds among the Gentiles.

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Sing to him, yea sing praises to him: relate all his wondrous works.

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Glory ye in his holy name: let the heart of them rejoice that seek the Lord.

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Seek ye the Lord, and be strengthened: seek his face evermore.

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Remember his marvellous works which he hath done; his wonders, and the judgments of his mouth.

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O ye seed of Abraham his servant; ye sons of Jacob his chosen.

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He is the Lord our God: his judgments are in all the earth.

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He hath remembered his covenant for ever: the word which he commanded to a thousand generations.

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Which he made to Abraham; and his oath to Isaac:

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And he appointed the same to Jacob for a law, and to Israel for an everlasting testament:

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Saying: To thee will I give the land of Chanaan, the lot of your inheritance.

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When they were but a small number: yea very few, and sojourners therein:

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And they passed from nation to nation, and from one kingdom to another people.

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He suffered no man to hurt them: and he reproved kings for their sakes.

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Touch ye not my anointed: and do no evil to my prophets.

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And he called a famine upon the land: and he broke in pieces all the support of bread.

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He sent a man before them: Joseph, who was sold for a slave.

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They humbled his feet in fetters: the iron pierced his soul,

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until his word came. The word of the Lord inflamed him.

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The king sent, and he released him: the ruler of the people, and he set him at liberty.

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He made him master of his house, and ruler of all his possession.

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That he might instruct his princes as himself, and teach his ancients wisdom.

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And Israel went into Egypt: and Jacob was a sojourner in the land of Cham.

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And he increased his people exceedingly: and strengthened them over their enemies,

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He turned their heart to hate his people: and to deal deceitfully with his servants.

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He sent Moses his servant: Aaron the man whom he had chosen.

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He gave them power to shew his signs, and his wonders in the land of Cham.

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He sent darkness, and made it obscure: and grieved not his words.

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He turned their waters into blood, and destroyed their fish.

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Their land brought forth frogs, in the inner chambers of their kings.

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He spoke, and there came divers sorts of flies and sciniphs in all their coasts.

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He gave them hail for rain, a burning fire in the land.

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And he destroyed their vineyards and their fig trees: and he broke in pieces the trees of their coasts.

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He spoke, and the locust came, and the bruchus, of which there was no number.

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And they devoured all the grass in their land, and consumed all the fruit of their ground.

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And he slew all the firstborn in their land: the firstfruits of all their labour.

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And he brought them out with silver and gold: and there was not among their tribes one that was feeble.

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Egypt was glad when they departed: for the fear of them lay upon them.

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He spread a cloud for their protection, and fire to give them light in the night.

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They asked, and the quail came: and he filled them with the bread of heaven.

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He opened the rock, and waters flowed: rivers ran down in the dry land.

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Because he remembered his holy word, which he had spoken to his servant Abraham.

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And he brought forth his people with joy, and his chosen with gladness.

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And he gave them the lands of the Gentiles: and they possessed the labours of the people:

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That they might observe his justifications, and seek after his law.

106:1

Alleluia. Give glory to the Lord, for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever.

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Who shall declare the powers of the Lord? who shall set forth all his praises?

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Blessed are they that keep judgment, and do justice at all times.

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Remember us, O Lord, in the favour of thy people: visit us with thy salvation.

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That we may see the good of thy chosen, that we may rejoice in the joy of thy nation: that thou mayst be praised with thy inheritance.

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We have sinned with our fathers: we have acted unjustly, we have wrought iniquity.

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Our fathers understood not thy wonders in Egypt: they remembered not the multitude of thy mercies: And they provoked to wrath going up to the sea, even the Red Sea.

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And he saved them for his own name's sake: that he might make his power known.

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And he rebuked the Red Sea, and it was dried up: and he led them through the depths, as in a wilderness.

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And he saved them from the hand of them that hated them: and he redeemed them from the hand of the enemy.

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And the water covered them that afflicted them: there was not one of them left.

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And they believed his words: and they sang his praises.

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They had quickly done, they forgot his works: and they waited not for his counsels.

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And they coveted their desire in the desert: and they tempted God in the place without water.

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And he gave them their request: and sent fulness into their souls.

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And they provoked Moses in the camp, Aaron the holy one of the Lord.

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The earth opened and swallowed up Dathan: and covered the congregation of Abiron.

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And a fire was kindled in their congregation: the flame burned the wicked.

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They made also a calf in Horeb: and they adored the graven thing.

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And they changed their glory into the likeness of a calf that eateth grass.

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They forgot God, who saved them, who had done great things in Egypt,

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wondrous works in the land of Cham: terrible things in the Red Sea.

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And he said that he would destroy them: had not Moses his chosen stood before him in the breach: To turn away his wrath, lest he should destroy them.

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And they set at nought the desirable land. They believed not his word,

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and they murmured in their tents: they hearkened not to the voice of the Lord.

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And he lifted up his hand over them: to overthrow them in the desert;

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And to cast down their seed among the nations, and to scatter them in the countries.

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They also were initiated to Beelphegor: and ate the sacrifices of the dead.

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And they provoked him with their inventions: and destruction was multiplied among them.

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Then Phinees stood up, and pacified him: and the slaughter ceased.

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And it was reputed to him unto justice, to generation and generation for evermore.

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They provoked him also at the waters of contradiction: and Moses was afflicted for their sakes:

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because they exasperated his spirit. And he distinguished with his lips.

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They did not destroy the nations of which the Lord spoke unto them.

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And they were mingled among the heathens, and learned their works:

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and served their idols, and it became a stumblingblock to them.

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And they sacrificed their sons, and their daughters to devils.

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And they shed innocent blood: the blood of their sons and of their daughters which they sacrificed to the idols of Chanaan. And the land was polluted with blood,

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and was defiled with their works: and they went aside after their own inventions.

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And the Lord was exceedingly angry with his people: and he abhorred his inheritance.

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And he delivered them into the hands of the nations: and they that hated them had dominion over them.

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And their enemies afflicted them: and they were humbled under their hands:

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many times did he deliver them. But they provoked him with their counsel: and they were brought low by their iniquities.

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And he saw when they were in tribulation: and he heard their prayer.

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And he was mindful of his covenant: and repented according to the multitude of his mercies.

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And he gave them unto mercies, in the sight of all those that had made them captives.

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Save us, O Lord, our God: and gather us from among nations: That we may give thanks to thy holy name, and may glory in thy praise.

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Blessed be the Lord the God of Israel, from everlasting to everlasting: and let all the people say: So be it, so be it.