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Book of Psalms 691

2 Blessed is the man to whom the Lord hath 3 Sing to him a new canticle, sing well unto
not inputed sin, and in whose spirit there is no him with a loud noise.
guile. 4 For the word of the Lord is right, and all his
3 Because I was silent my bones grew old; works are done with faithfulness.
whilst I cried out all the day long. 5 He loveth mercy and judgment; the earth is
4 For day and night thy hand was heavy upon full of the mercy of the Lord.
me: I am turned in my anguish, whilst the thorn 6 By the word of the Lord the heavens were
is fastened. established; and all the power of them by the
5 I have acknowledged my sin to thee, and spirit of his mouth:
my injustice I have not concealed. I said I will 7 Gathering together the waters of the sea, as
confess against my self my injustice to the Lord: in a vessel; laying up the depths in storehouses.
and thou hast forgiven the wickedness of my sin. 8 Let all the earth fear the Lord, and let all
the inhabitants of the world be in awe of him.
6 For this shall every one that is holy pray to
9 For he spoke and they were made: he com-
thee in a seasonable time. And yet in a flood of
manded and they were created.
many waters, they shall not come nigh unto him.
10 The Lord bringeth to nought the counsels
7 Thou art my fefuge from the trouble which
of nations; and he rejecteth the devices of people,
hath eencompassed me: my joy, deliver me from
and casteth away the counsels of princes.
them that surround me.
11 But the counsel of the Lord standeth for
8 I will give thee understanding, and I will
ever: the thoughts of his heart to all generations.
instruct thee in this way, in which thou shalt go:
12 Blessed is the nation whose God is the
I will fix my eyes upon thee.
Lord: the people whom he hath chosen for his
9 Do not become like the horse and the mule,
inheritance.
who have no understanding. With bit and bridle
13 The Lord hath looked from heaven: he
bind fast their jaws, who come not near unto
hath beheld all the sons of men.
thee.
14 From his habitation which he hath pre-
10 Many are the scourges of the sinner, but pared, he hath looked upon all that dwell on the
mercy shall encompass him that hopeth in the earth.
Lord. 15 He who hath made the hearts of every one
11 Be glad in the Lord, and rejoice, ye just, of them: who understandeth all their works.
and glory, all ye right of heart. 16 The king is not saved by a great army:
nor shall the giant be saved by his own great
strength.
Chapter 32 17 Vain is the horse for safety: neither shall
he be saved by the abundance of his strength.
A psalm for David. Rejoice in the Lord, O ye 18 Behold the eyes of the Lord are on them
just: praise becometh the upright. that fear him: and on them that hope in his
2 Give praise to the Lord on the harp; sing mercy.
to him with the psaltery, the instrument of ten 19 To deliver their souls from death; and feed
strings. them in famine.