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694 Book of Psalms

5 He hath devised iniquity on his bed, he hath the man who doth unjust things.
set himself on every way that is not good: but 8 Cease from anger, and leave rage; have no
evil he hath not hated. emulation to do evil.
6 O Lord, thy mercy is in heaven, and thy 9 For evildoers shall be cut off: but they that
truth reacheth even to the clouds. wait upon the Lord, they shall inherit the land.
7 Thy justice is as the mountains of God, thy 10 For yet a little while, and the wicked shall
judgments are a great deep. Men and beasts not be: and thou shalt seek his place, and shalt
thou wilt preserve, O Lord: not find it.
8 O how hast thou multiplied thy mercy, O 11 But the meek shall inherit the land, and
God! But the children of men shall put their shall delight in abundance of peace.
trust under the covert of thy wings. 12 The sinner shall watch the just man: and
9 They shall be inebriated with the plenty of shall gnash upon him with his teeth.
thy house; and thou shalt make them drink of 13 But the Lord shall laugh at him: for he
the torrent of thy pleasure. foreseeth that his day shall come.
10 For with thee is the fountain of life; and in 14 The wicked have drawn out the sword:
thy light we shall see light. they have bent their bow. To cast down the poor
11 Extend thy mercy to them that know thee, and needy, to kill the upright of heart.
and thy justice to them that are right in heart. 15 Let their sword enter into their own hearts,
12 Let not the foot of pride come to me, and andlet their bow be broken.
let not the hand of the sinner move me. 16 Better is a little to the just, than the great
13 There the workers of iniquity are fallen, riches of the wicked.
they are cast out, and could not stand. 17 For the arms of the wicked shall be broken
in pieces; but the Lord strengtheneth the just.
18 The Lord knoweth the days of the unde-
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19 They shall not be confounded in the evil
Be not emulous of evildoers; nor envy them that time; and in the days of famine they shall be
work iniquity. filled:
2 For they shall shortly wither away as grass, 20 Because the wicked shall perish. And the
and as the green herbs shall quickly fall. enemies of the Lord, presently after they shall
3 Trust in the Lord, and do good, and dwell be honoured and exalted, shall come to nothing
in the land, and thou shalt be fed with its riches. and vanish like smoke.
4 Delight in the Lord, and he will give thee 21 The sinner shall borrow, and not pay again;
the requests of thy heart. but the just sheweth mercy and shall give.
5 Commit thy way to the Lord, and trust in 22 For such as bless him shall inherit the land:
him, and he will do it. but such as curse him shall perish.
6 And he will bring forth thy justice as the 23 With the Lord shall the steps of a man be
light, and thy judgment as the noonday. directed, and he shall like well his way.
7 Be subject to the Lord and pray to him. 24 When he shall fall he shall not be bruised,
Envy not the man who prospereth in his way; for the Lord putteth his hand under him.