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Let thy salvation, O God, set me on high. 30 I will praise the name of God with a song, And will magnify him with thanksgiving.

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This also shall please Jehovah better than

an ox,

Or a bullock, with horns and* hoofs.

The lowly shall see this, and* be glad ;
And
your heart shall live that seek God;

33 For Jehovah heareth the needy,

And despiseth not his prisoners.

34 Let heaven and earth praise him,

The seas, and everything that creepeth therein;

35 For God will save Zion,

And build the cities of Judah,

And they shall dwell there, and possess it ; 36 And the seed of his servants shall inherit it, And those that love his name shall dwell

therein.

PSALM LXX.b

For the chief Musician. By David. To bring to remem

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brance.

BE pleased, O God, to deliver me:
O Jehovah, make haste for my help.

a Ps. cii. 28.

b Ps. xl. 13-17.

2 Let those be ashamed and confounded that

seek after my soul;

Let those be turned back and put to confusion that delight in evil for me.

3 Let those be turned back to their shame

That say, "Ha! Ha!"

4 Let all those that seek thee rejoice and be glad in thee:

And let those that love thy salvation say continually, "Let God be magnified."

5 But, as for me, I am afflicted and needy; make haste unto me, O God.

Thou art my help and my deliverer; make no tarrying, O Jehovah.

PSALM LXXI.

1 IN thee, O Jehovah, do I take refuge :

Let me never be ashamed.

2 Deliver me in thy righteousness, and cause

me to escape:

Incline thine ear unto me, and save me.

3 Be to me a rock for a habitation, to which I may continually go.

Thou wilt give commandment to save me;

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For thou art my rock and my fortress." Deliver me, O my God, out of the hand of the wicked one,

Out of the hand of the unrighteous and cruel

one;

For thou art my hope, O my Lord Jehovah ;

Thou art my trust from my youth.

6 By thee have I been upheld from the womb; From my mother's bowels thou hast been my

refuge :

My praise shall be continually of thee.

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7 I am as a sign unto many;

But thou art my strong refuge.

8 My mouth shall be filled with thy praise

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And with thy glory, all the day.

Cast me not off in the time of old age,

Forsake me not when my strength faileth;
For my enemies speak against me,

And those that lie in wait for my soul consult
together,

Saying, "God hath forsaken him :

"Pursue and take him; for there is none to

deliver him."

12 O God, be not far from me:

O my God, make haste for my help.

a Ps. xxxi. 1-3.

b Ezek. xiv. 8; Deut. xxviii. 45, 46; Isa. liii. 4.

13 Let those be ashamed and consumed that are the adversaries of my soul;

Let those be covered with reproach and confusion, that seek evil for me.

14 But as for me, I will hope continually, And still add to all thy praise.

15 My mouth shall declare thy righteousness And thy salvation all the day;

For I know not the numbers thereof.

16 I will bring forth the mighty acts of my Lord Jehovah :

I will make mention of thy righteousness, of thine only.

17 O God, thou hast taught me from my youth,

And hitherto have I showed forth thy wonder

ful works ;.

8 Also, to old age and grey hairs,

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Forsake me not, O God,

Until I have showed forth thine arm unto this

generation,

And thy might to every one that is to come.

Thy righteousness also, O God, is very high, Thou, who doest great things:

O God, who is like unto thee !

20 Thou, who hast showed me* many and sore

troubles,

Wilt restore me* to life again,

And bring me up again from the depths of

the earth.a

21 Thou wilt increase my greatness, and comfort me on every side.

22 And as for me, I will give thee thanks with

the lyre,

Even on account of thy truth, O my God;

I will sing praises to thee with the harp,
O thou Holy One of Israel.

23 My lips shall shout for joy when I sing praises to thee,

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my soul which thou hast redeemed. 24 Yea, my tongue shall talk of thy righteousness all the day;"

Because they are ashamed, because they are confounded, even those that sought evil

for me.

PSALM LXXII.

By Solomon.

1 GIVE the King thy judgments, O God, And thy righteousness unto the King's son.

a Ps. xxx. 3.

b Ps. xxxv. 28.

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