Book of Psalms

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American Bible Society, 1877 - 212 pages

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Page 12 - They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good.
Page 153 - Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men ! 9 For he satisfieth the longing soul, and filleth the hungry soul with goodness.
Page 193 - BY THE rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yea, we wept, when we remembered Zion. We hanged our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof. For there they that carried us away captive required of us a song; and they that wasted us required of us mirth, saying, Sing us one of the songs of Zion.
Page 188 - LORD, my heart is not haughty, nor mine eyes lofty: neither do I exercise myself in great matters, or in things too high for me. 2 Surely I have behaved and quieted myself, as a child that is weaned of his mother: my soul is even as a weaned child.
Page 142 - But the mercy of the Lord is from everlasting to everlasting upon them that fear him, and his righteousness unto children's children; To such as keep his covenant, and to those that remember his commandments to do them.
Page 67 - Against thee, thee only, have I sinned, and done this evil in thy sight; that thou mightest be justified when thou speakest, and be clear when thou judgest.
Page 81 - My soul shall be satisfied as with marrow and fatness; and my mouth shall praise thee with joyful lips: ' when I remember thee upon my bed, and meditate on thee in the night watches.
Page 127 - For a thousand years in thy sight are but as yesterday when it is past, and as a watch in the night. 5 Thou carriest them away as with a flood ; they are as a sleep : in the morning they are like grass which groweth up. 6 In the morning it flourisheth, and groweth up ; in the evening it is cut down, and withereth.
Page 184 - As the mountains are round about Jerusalem, So the Lord is round about His people from henceforth even for ever.
Page 199 - Let the righteous smite me ; it shall be a kindness : And let him reprove me ; it shall be an excellent oil, Which shall not break my head : For yet my prayer also shall be in their calamities.

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