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That stand in the house of the LORD in the night seasons.

2 Lift up your hands to the sanctuary, And bless ye the LORD.

3 The LORD bless thee out of Zion; Even He that made heaven and earth.

Song of Zion

137 There we sat down, yea, we wept, By the rivers of Babylon,

When we remembered Zion.

2 Upon the willows in the midst thereof We hanged up our harps.

3 For there they that led us captive asked of us words of song,

And our tormentors asked of us mirth:

'Sing us one of the songs of Zion.'

4 How shall we sing the LORD's Song

In a foreign land?

5 If I forget thee, O Jerusalem,

Let my right hand forget her cunning.

6 Let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth,

If I remember thee not;
If I set not Jerusalem
Above my chiefest joy.

God Is Everywhere

139 For the Leader.

A Psalm of David.

O LORD, Thou hast searched me, and known

me.

2 Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising,

Thou understandest my thought afar off.

3 Thou measurest my going about and my lying down,

And art acquainted with all my ways.

4 For there is not a word in my tongue,

But, lo, O LORD, Thou knowest it altogether. 5 Thou hast hemmed me in behind and before,

And laid Thy hand upon me.

6 Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; Too high, I cannot attain unto it.

7 Whither shall I go from Thy spirit?

Or whither shall I flee from Thy presence? 8 If I ascend up into heaven, Thou art there; If I make my bed in the nether-world, behold, Thou art there.

9 If I take the wings of the morning,

And dwell in the uttermost parts of the

sea;

10 Even there would Thy hand lead me,

And Thy right hand would hold me. 11 And if I say: 'Surely the darkness shall envelop me,

And the light about me shall be night';

12 Even the darkness is not too dark for Thee, But the night shineth as the day; The darkness is even as the light.

142

In the Cave

Maschil of David, when he was in the cave; a Prayer.

2 With my voice I cry unto the LORD;
With my voice I make supplication unto
the LORD.

3 I pour out my complaint before Him,
I declare before Him my trouble;
4 When my spirit fainteth within me—
Thou knowest my path-

In the way wherein I walk

Have they hidden a snare for me.
5 Look on my right hand, and see,
For there is no man that knoweth me;
I have no way to flee;

No man careth for my soul.

6 I have cried unto Thee, O LORD;
I have said: "Thou art my refuge,
My portion in the land of the living.'
7 Attend unto my cry;

For I am brought very low;

Deliver me from my persecutors; For they are too strong for me. 8 Bring my soul out of prison, That I may give thanks unto Thy name; The righteous shall crown themselves because of me;

For Thou wilt deal bountifully with me.

143

A Plea for Deliverance

A Psalm of David.

O LORD, hear my prayer, give ear to my supplications;

In Thy faithfulness answer me, and in Thy righteousness.

2 And enter not into judgment with Thy serv

ant;

For in Thy sight shali no man living be justified.

3 For the enemy hath persecuted my soul; He hath crushed my life down to the ground; He hath made me to dwell in dark places, as those that have been long dead. 4 And my spirit fainteth within me; My heart within me is appalled.

5 I remember the days of old;

I meditate on all Thy doing;

I muse on the work of Thy hands.

6 I spread forth my hands unto Thee;

My soul [thirsteth] after Thee, as a weary land.

7 Answer me speedily, O LORD,

My spirit faileth;

Hide not Thy face from me;

Selah

Lest I become like them that go down into the pit.

8 Cause me to hear Thy lovingkindness in the

morning,

For in Thee do I trust;

Cause me to know the way wherein I should walk,

For unto Thee have I lifted up my soul.

9 Deliver me from mine enemies, O LORD; With Thee have I hidden myself.

10 Teach me to do Thy will,

For Thou art my God;

Let Thy good spirit

Lead me in an even land.

11 For Thy name's sake, O LORD, quicken me; In Thy righteousness bring my soul out of trouble.

12 And in Thy mercy cut off mine enemies, And destroy all them that harass my soul; For I am Thy servant.

Against the Treacherous

144 [A Psalm] of David.

Blessed be the LORD my Rock,
Who traineth my hands for war,
And my fingers for battle;

2 My lovingkindness, and my fortress,
My high tower, and my deliverer;

My shield, and He in whom I take refuge;
Who subdueth my people under me.

3 LORD, what is man, that Thou takest knowledge of him?

Or the son of man, that Thou makest account of him?

4 Man is like unto a breath;

His days are as a shadow that passeth away. 5 O LORD, bow Thy heavens, and come down; Touch the mountains, that they may smoke. 6 Cast forth lightning, and scatter them;

Send out Thine arrows, and discomfit them. 7 Stretch forth Thy hands from on high; Rescue me, and deliver me out of many

waters,

Out of the hand of strangers;

8 Whose mouth speaketh falsehood,

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