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Pslam 123
1To you I lift up my eyes,
O you who are enthroned in the heavens!
2Behold, as the eyes of servants
look to the hand of their master,
as the eyes of a maidservant
to the hand of her mistress,
so our eyes look to the Lord our God,
till he has mercy upon us.
3Have mercy upon us, O Lord, have mercy upon us,
for we have had more than enough of contempt.
4Our soul has had more than enough
of the scorn of those who are at ease,
of the contempt of the proud.
1To you I lift up my eyes,
O you who are enthroned in the heavens!
2Behold, as the eyes of servants
look to the hand of their master,
as the eyes of a maidservant
to the hand of her mistress,
so our eyes look to the Lord our God,
till he has mercy upon us.
3Have mercy upon us, O Lord, have mercy upon us,
for we have had more than enough of contempt.
4Our soul has had more than enough
of the scorn of those who are at ease,
of the contempt of the proud.
1 As the hart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God.
[SUP]2 [/SUP]My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God: when shall I come and appear before God?
[SUP]3 [/SUP]My tears have been my meat day and night, while they continually say unto me, Where is thy God?
[SUP]4 [/SUP]When I remember these things, I pour out my soul in me: for I had gone with the multitude, I went with them to the house of God, with the voice of joy and praise, with a multitude that kept holyday.
[SUP]5 [/SUP]Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted in me? hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him for the help of his countenance.
[SUP]6 [/SUP]O my God, my soul is cast down within me: therefore will I remember thee from the land of Jordan, and of the Hermonites, from the hill Mizar.
[SUP]7 [/SUP]Deep calleth unto deep at the noise of thy waterspouts: all thy waves and thy billows are gone over me.
[SUP]8 [/SUP]Yet the Lord will command his lovingkindness in the day time, and in the night his song shall be with me, and my prayer unto the God of my life.
[SUP]9 [/SUP]I will say unto God my rock, Why hast thou forgotten me? why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?
[SUP]10 [/SUP]As with a sword in my bones, mine enemies reproach me; while they say daily unto me, Where is thy God?
[SUP]11 [/SUP]Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted within me? hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him, who is the health of my countenance, and my God. Psalm 42
[SUP]2 [/SUP]My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God: when shall I come and appear before God?
[SUP]3 [/SUP]My tears have been my meat day and night, while they continually say unto me, Where is thy God?
[SUP]4 [/SUP]When I remember these things, I pour out my soul in me: for I had gone with the multitude, I went with them to the house of God, with the voice of joy and praise, with a multitude that kept holyday.
[SUP]5 [/SUP]Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted in me? hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him for the help of his countenance.
[SUP]6 [/SUP]O my God, my soul is cast down within me: therefore will I remember thee from the land of Jordan, and of the Hermonites, from the hill Mizar.
[SUP]7 [/SUP]Deep calleth unto deep at the noise of thy waterspouts: all thy waves and thy billows are gone over me.
[SUP]8 [/SUP]Yet the Lord will command his lovingkindness in the day time, and in the night his song shall be with me, and my prayer unto the God of my life.
[SUP]9 [/SUP]I will say unto God my rock, Why hast thou forgotten me? why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?
[SUP]10 [/SUP]As with a sword in my bones, mine enemies reproach me; while they say daily unto me, Where is thy God?
[SUP]11 [/SUP]Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted within me? hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him, who is the health of my countenance, and my God. Psalm 42
1 Save me, O God; for the waters are come in unto my soul.
[SUP]2 [/SUP]I sink in deep mire, where there is no standing: I am come into deep waters, where the floods overflow me.
[SUP]3 [/SUP]I am weary of my crying: my throat is dried: mine eyes fail while I wait for my God.
[SUP]4 [/SUP]They that hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of mine head: they that would destroy me, being mine enemies wrongfully, are mighty: then I restored that which I took not away.
[SUP]5 [/SUP]O God, thou knowest my foolishness; and my sins are not hid from thee.
[SUP]6 [/SUP]Let not them that wait on thee, O Lord God of hosts, be ashamed for my sake: let not those that seek thee be confounded for my sake, O God of Israel.
[SUP]7 [/SUP]Because for thy sake I have borne reproach; shame hath covered my face.
[SUP]8 [/SUP]I am become a stranger unto my brethren, and an alien unto my mother's children.
[SUP]9 [/SUP]For the zeal of thine house hath eaten me up; and the reproaches of them that reproached thee are fallen upon me.
[SUP]10 [/SUP]When I wept, and chastened my soul with fasting, that was to my reproach.
[SUP]11 [/SUP]I made sackcloth also my garment; and I became a proverb to them.
[SUP]12 [/SUP]They that sit in the gate speak against me; and I was the song of the drunkards.
[SUP]13 [/SUP]But as for me, my prayer is unto thee, O Lord, in an acceptable time: O God, in the multitude of thy mercy hear me, in the truth of thy salvation.
[SUP]14 [/SUP]Deliver me out of the mire, and let me not sink: let me be delivered from them that hate me, and out of the deep waters.
[SUP]15 [/SUP]Let not the waterflood overflow me, neither let the deep swallow me up, and let not the pit shut her mouth upon me.
[SUP]16 [/SUP]Hear me, O Lord; for thy lovingkindness is good: turn unto me according to the multitude of thy tender mercies.
[SUP]17 [/SUP]And hide not thy face from thy servant; for I am in trouble: hear me speedily.
[SUP]18 [/SUP]Draw nigh unto my soul, and redeem it: deliver me because of mine enemies.
[SUP]19 [/SUP]Thou hast known my reproach, and my shame, and my dishonour: mine adversaries are all before thee.
[SUP]20 [/SUP]Reproach hath broken my heart; and I am full of heaviness: and I looked for some to take pity, but there was none; and for comforters, but I found none.
[SUP]21 [/SUP]They gave me also gall for my meat; and in my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.
[SUP]22 [/SUP]Let their table become a snare before them: and that which should have been for their welfare, let it become a trap.
[SUP]23 [/SUP]Let their eyes be darkened, that they see not; and make their loins continually to shake.
[SUP]24 [/SUP]Pour out thine indignation upon them, and let thy wrathful anger take hold of them.
[SUP]25 [/SUP]Let their habitation be desolate; and let none dwell in their tents.
[SUP]26 [/SUP]For they persecute him whom thou hast smitten; and they talk to the grief of those whom thou hast wounded.
[SUP]27 [/SUP]Add iniquity unto their iniquity: and let them not come into thy righteousness.
[SUP]28 [/SUP]Let them be blotted out of the book of the living, and not be written with the righteous.
[SUP]29 [/SUP]But I am poor and sorrowful: let thy salvation, O God, set me up on high.
[SUP]30 [/SUP]I will praise the name of God with a song, and will magnify him with thanksgiving.
[SUP]31 [/SUP]This also shall please the Lord better than an ox or bullock that hath horns and hoofs.
[SUP]32 [/SUP]The humble shall see this, and be glad: and your heart shall live that seek God.
[SUP]33 [/SUP]For the Lord heareth the poor, and despiseth not his prisoners.
[SUP]34 [/SUP]Let the heaven and earth praise him, the seas, and every thing that moveth therein.
[SUP]35 [/SUP]For God will save Zion, and will build the cities of Judah: that they may dwell there, and have it in possession.
[SUP]36 [/SUP]The seed also of his servants shall inherit it: and they that love his name shall dwell therein. Psalm 69
[SUP]2 [/SUP]I sink in deep mire, where there is no standing: I am come into deep waters, where the floods overflow me.
[SUP]3 [/SUP]I am weary of my crying: my throat is dried: mine eyes fail while I wait for my God.
[SUP]4 [/SUP]They that hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of mine head: they that would destroy me, being mine enemies wrongfully, are mighty: then I restored that which I took not away.
[SUP]5 [/SUP]O God, thou knowest my foolishness; and my sins are not hid from thee.
[SUP]6 [/SUP]Let not them that wait on thee, O Lord God of hosts, be ashamed for my sake: let not those that seek thee be confounded for my sake, O God of Israel.
[SUP]7 [/SUP]Because for thy sake I have borne reproach; shame hath covered my face.
[SUP]8 [/SUP]I am become a stranger unto my brethren, and an alien unto my mother's children.
[SUP]9 [/SUP]For the zeal of thine house hath eaten me up; and the reproaches of them that reproached thee are fallen upon me.
[SUP]10 [/SUP]When I wept, and chastened my soul with fasting, that was to my reproach.
[SUP]11 [/SUP]I made sackcloth also my garment; and I became a proverb to them.
[SUP]12 [/SUP]They that sit in the gate speak against me; and I was the song of the drunkards.
[SUP]13 [/SUP]But as for me, my prayer is unto thee, O Lord, in an acceptable time: O God, in the multitude of thy mercy hear me, in the truth of thy salvation.
[SUP]14 [/SUP]Deliver me out of the mire, and let me not sink: let me be delivered from them that hate me, and out of the deep waters.
[SUP]15 [/SUP]Let not the waterflood overflow me, neither let the deep swallow me up, and let not the pit shut her mouth upon me.
[SUP]16 [/SUP]Hear me, O Lord; for thy lovingkindness is good: turn unto me according to the multitude of thy tender mercies.
[SUP]17 [/SUP]And hide not thy face from thy servant; for I am in trouble: hear me speedily.
[SUP]18 [/SUP]Draw nigh unto my soul, and redeem it: deliver me because of mine enemies.
[SUP]19 [/SUP]Thou hast known my reproach, and my shame, and my dishonour: mine adversaries are all before thee.
[SUP]20 [/SUP]Reproach hath broken my heart; and I am full of heaviness: and I looked for some to take pity, but there was none; and for comforters, but I found none.
[SUP]21 [/SUP]They gave me also gall for my meat; and in my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.
[SUP]22 [/SUP]Let their table become a snare before them: and that which should have been for their welfare, let it become a trap.
[SUP]23 [/SUP]Let their eyes be darkened, that they see not; and make their loins continually to shake.
[SUP]24 [/SUP]Pour out thine indignation upon them, and let thy wrathful anger take hold of them.
[SUP]25 [/SUP]Let their habitation be desolate; and let none dwell in their tents.
[SUP]26 [/SUP]For they persecute him whom thou hast smitten; and they talk to the grief of those whom thou hast wounded.
[SUP]27 [/SUP]Add iniquity unto their iniquity: and let them not come into thy righteousness.
[SUP]28 [/SUP]Let them be blotted out of the book of the living, and not be written with the righteous.
[SUP]29 [/SUP]But I am poor and sorrowful: let thy salvation, O God, set me up on high.
[SUP]30 [/SUP]I will praise the name of God with a song, and will magnify him with thanksgiving.
[SUP]31 [/SUP]This also shall please the Lord better than an ox or bullock that hath horns and hoofs.
[SUP]32 [/SUP]The humble shall see this, and be glad: and your heart shall live that seek God.
[SUP]33 [/SUP]For the Lord heareth the poor, and despiseth not his prisoners.
[SUP]34 [/SUP]Let the heaven and earth praise him, the seas, and every thing that moveth therein.
[SUP]35 [/SUP]For God will save Zion, and will build the cities of Judah: that they may dwell there, and have it in possession.
[SUP]36 [/SUP]The seed also of his servants shall inherit it: and they that love his name shall dwell therein. Psalm 69
Psa 73:1 Truly God is good to Israel, even to such as are of a clean heart.
Psa 73:2 But as for me, my feet were almost gone; my steps had well nigh slipped.
Psa 73:3 For I was envious at the foolish, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.
Psa 73:4 For there are no bands in their death: but their strength is firm.
Psa 73:5 They are not in trouble as other men; neither are they plagued like other men.
Psa 73:6 Therefore pride compasseth them about as a chain; violence covereth them as a garment.
Psa 73:7 Their eyes stand out with fatness: they have more than heart could wish.
Psa 73:8 They are corrupt, and speak wickedly concerning oppression: they speak loftily.
Psa 73:9 They set their mouth against the heavens, and their tongue walketh through the earth.
Psa 73:10 Therefore his people return hither: and waters of a full cup are wrung out to them.
Psa 73:11 And they say, How doth God know? and is there knowledge in the most High?
Psa 73:12 Behold, these are the ungodly, who prosper in the world; they increase in riches.
Psa 73:13 Verily I have cleansed my heart in vain, and washed my hands in innocency.
Psa 73:14 For all the day long have I been plagued, and chastened every morning.
Psa 73:15 If I say, I will speak thus; behold, I should offend against the generation of thy children.
Psa 73:16 When I thought to know this, it was too painful for me;
Psa 73:17 Until I went into the sanctuary of God; then understood I their end.
Psa 73:18 Surely thou didst set them in slippery places: thou castedst them down into destruction.
Psa 73:19 How are they brought into desolation, as in a moment! they are utterly consumed with terrors.
Mal 3:13 Your words have been stout against me, saith the LORD. Yet ye say, What have we spoken so much against thee?
Mal 3:14 Ye have said, It is vain to serve God: and what profit is it that we have kept his ordinance, and that we have walked mournfully before the LORD of hosts?
Mal 3:15 And now we call the proud happy; yea, they that work wickedness are set up; yea, they that tempt God are even delivered.
Mal 3:16 Then they that feared the LORD spake often one to another: and the LORD hearkened, and heard it, and a book of remembrance was written before him for them that feared the LORD, and that thought upon his name.
Mal 3:17 And they shall be mine, saith the LORD of hosts, in that day when I make up my jewels; and I will spare them, as a man spareth his own son that serveth him.
Mal 3:18 Then shall ye return, and discern between the righteous and the wicked, between him that serveth God and him that serveth him not.
Mal 4:1 For, behold, the day cometh, that shall burn as an oven; and all the proud, yea, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble: and the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith the LORD of hosts, that it shall leave them neither root nor branch.
Mal 4:2 But unto you that fear my name shall the Sun of righteousness arise with healing in his wings; and ye shall go forth, and grow up as calves of the stall.
Mal 4:3 And ye shall tread down the wicked; for they shall be ashes under the soles of your feet in the day that I shall do this, saith the LORD of hosts.
Psa 73:2 But as for me, my feet were almost gone; my steps had well nigh slipped.
Psa 73:3 For I was envious at the foolish, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.
Psa 73:4 For there are no bands in their death: but their strength is firm.
Psa 73:5 They are not in trouble as other men; neither are they plagued like other men.
Psa 73:6 Therefore pride compasseth them about as a chain; violence covereth them as a garment.
Psa 73:7 Their eyes stand out with fatness: they have more than heart could wish.
Psa 73:8 They are corrupt, and speak wickedly concerning oppression: they speak loftily.
Psa 73:9 They set their mouth against the heavens, and their tongue walketh through the earth.
Psa 73:10 Therefore his people return hither: and waters of a full cup are wrung out to them.
Psa 73:11 And they say, How doth God know? and is there knowledge in the most High?
Psa 73:12 Behold, these are the ungodly, who prosper in the world; they increase in riches.
Psa 73:13 Verily I have cleansed my heart in vain, and washed my hands in innocency.
Psa 73:14 For all the day long have I been plagued, and chastened every morning.
Psa 73:15 If I say, I will speak thus; behold, I should offend against the generation of thy children.
Psa 73:16 When I thought to know this, it was too painful for me;
Psa 73:17 Until I went into the sanctuary of God; then understood I their end.
Psa 73:18 Surely thou didst set them in slippery places: thou castedst them down into destruction.
Psa 73:19 How are they brought into desolation, as in a moment! they are utterly consumed with terrors.
Mal 3:13 Your words have been stout against me, saith the LORD. Yet ye say, What have we spoken so much against thee?
Mal 3:14 Ye have said, It is vain to serve God: and what profit is it that we have kept his ordinance, and that we have walked mournfully before the LORD of hosts?
Mal 3:15 And now we call the proud happy; yea, they that work wickedness are set up; yea, they that tempt God are even delivered.
Mal 3:16 Then they that feared the LORD spake often one to another: and the LORD hearkened, and heard it, and a book of remembrance was written before him for them that feared the LORD, and that thought upon his name.
Mal 3:17 And they shall be mine, saith the LORD of hosts, in that day when I make up my jewels; and I will spare them, as a man spareth his own son that serveth him.
Mal 3:18 Then shall ye return, and discern between the righteous and the wicked, between him that serveth God and him that serveth him not.
Mal 4:1 For, behold, the day cometh, that shall burn as an oven; and all the proud, yea, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble: and the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith the LORD of hosts, that it shall leave them neither root nor branch.
Mal 4:2 But unto you that fear my name shall the Sun of righteousness arise with healing in his wings; and ye shall go forth, and grow up as calves of the stall.
Mal 4:3 And ye shall tread down the wicked; for they shall be ashes under the soles of your feet in the day that I shall do this, saith the LORD of hosts.
