PSALMS
[VI
- They flatter with their tongue.
- Destroy thou them, O God; let them fall by their own counsels;
- Cast them out in the multitude of their transgressions;
- For they have rebelled against thee.
- But let all those that put their trust in thee rejoice:
- Let them ever shout for joy, because thou defendest them:
- Let them also that love thy name be joyful in thee.
- For thou, Lord, wilt bless the righteous;
- With favour wilt thou compass him as with a shield.
VI
To the chief Musician on Neginoth upon Sheminith
A Psalm of David
- O Lord, rebuke me not in thine anger,
- Neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure.
- Have mercy upon me, O Lord; for I am weak:
- Lord, heal me; for my bones are vexed.
- My soul is also sore vexed:
- But thou, O Lord, how long?
- Return, O Lord, deliver my soul:
- Oh save me for thy mercies' sake.
- For in death there is no remembrance of thee:
- In the grave who shall give thee thanks?
- I am weary with my groaning;
- All the night make I my bed to swim;
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