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    Psalm 91  
     
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  Whoever dwells in the shelter of the Most High •
    and abides under the shadow of the Almighty,
     
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  Shall say to the Lord, 'My refuge and my stronghold, •
    my God, in whom I put my trust.'
     
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  For he shall deliver you from the snare of the fowler •
    and from the deadly pestilence.
     
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  He shall cover you with his wings
    and you shall be safe under his feathers; •
    his faithfulness shall be your shield and buckler.
     
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  You shall not be afraid of any terror by night, •
    nor of the arrow that flies by day;
     
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  Of the pestilence that stalks in darkness, •
    nor of the sickness that destroys at noonday.
     
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  Though a thousand fall at your side
    and ten thousand at your right hand, •
    yet it shall not come near you.
     
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  Your eyes have only to behold •
    to see the reward of the wicked.
     
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  Because you have made the Lord your refuge •
    and the Most High your stronghold,
     
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  There shall no evil happen to you, •
    neither shall any plague come near your tent.
     
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  For he shall give his angels charge over you, •
    to keep you in all your ways.
     
12
  They shall bear you in their hands, •
    lest you dash your foot against a stone.
     
13
  You shall tread upon the lion and adder; •
    the young lion and the serpent you shall trample underfoot.
     
     
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  Because they have set their love upon me,
    therefore will I deliver them; •
    I will lift them up, because they know my name.
     
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  They will call upon me and I will answer them; •
    I am with them in trouble,
    I will deliver them and bring them to honour.
     
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  With long life will I satisfy them •
    and show them my salvation.
     
    Psalm 92  
     
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  It is a good thing to give thanks to the Lord •
    and to sing praises to your name, O Most High;
     
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  To tell of your love early in the morning •
    and of your faithfulness in the night-time,
     
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  Upon the ten-stringed instrument, upon the harp, •
    and to the melody of the lyre.
     
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  For you, Lord, have made me glad by your acts, •
    and I sing aloud at the works of your hands.
     
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  O Lord, how glorious are your works! •
    Your thoughts are very deep.
     
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  The senseless do not know, •
    nor do fools understand,
     
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  That though the wicked sprout like grass •
    and all the workers of iniquity flourish,
     
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  It is only to be destroyed for ever; •
    but you, O Lord, shall be exalted for evermore.
     
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  For lo, your enemies, O Lord,
    lo, your enemies shall perish, •
    and all the workers of iniquity shall be scattered.
     
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  But my horn you have exalted
    like the horns of wild oxen; •
    I am anointed with fresh oil.
     
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  My eyes will look down on my foes; •
    my ears shall hear the ruin of the evildoers
    who rise up against me.
     
12
  The righteous shall flourish like a palm tree, •
    and shall spread abroad like a cedar of Lebanon.
     
13
  Such as are planted in the house of the Lord •
    shall flourish in the courts of our God.
     
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  They shall still bear fruit in old age; •
    they shall be vigorous and in full leaf;
     
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  That they may show that the Lord is true; •
    he is my rock,
    and there is no unrighteousness in him.
     
    Psalm 93  
     
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  The Lord is king and has put on glorious apparel; •
    the Lord has put on his glory
    and girded himself with strength.
     
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  He has made the whole world so sure •
    that it cannot be moved.
     
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  Your throne has been established from of old; •
    you are from everlasting.
     
4
  The floods have lifted up, O Lord,
    the floods have lifted up their voice; •
    the floods lift up their pounding waves.
     
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  Mightier than the thunder of many waters,
    mightier than the breakers of the sea, •
    the Lord on high is mightier.
     
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  Your testimonies are very sure; •
    holiness adorns your house, O Lord, for ever.
     
    Psalm 94  
     
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  Lord God to whom vengeance belongs, •
    O God to whom vengeance belongs, shine out in majesty.
     
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  Rise up, O Judge of the earth; •
    give the arrogant their just deserts.
     
3
  Lord, how long shall the wicked, •
    how long shall the wicked triumph?
     
4
  How long shall the evildoers boast •
    and pour out such impudent words?
     
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  They crush your people, O Lord, •
    and afflict your heritage.
     
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  They murder the widow and the stranger; •
    the orphans they put to death.
     
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  And yet they say, 'The Lord will not see, •
    neither shall the God of Jacob regard it.'
     
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  Consider, most stupid of people; •
    you fools, when will you understand?
     
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  He that planted the ear, shall he not hear? •
    He that formed the eye, shall he not see?
     
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  He who corrects the nations, shall he not punish? •
    He who teaches the peoples, does he lack knowledge?
     
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  The Lord knows every human thought, •
    that they are but a breath.
     
     
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  Blessed are those whom you chasten, O Lord, •
    whom you instruct from your law;
     
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  That you may give them rest in days of adversity, •
    until a pit is dug for the wicked.
     
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  For the Lord will not fail his people, •
    neither will he forsake his inheritance.
     
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  For justice shall return to the righteous, •
    and all that are true of heart shall follow it.
     
     
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  Who will rise up for me against the wicked? •
    Who will take my part against the evildoers?
     
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  If the Lord had not helped me, •
    my soul would soon have been put to silence.
     
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  And when I said, 'My foot has slipped', •
    your loving mercy, O Lord, upheld me.
     
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  In the multitude of cares that troubled my heart, •
    your comforts have refreshed my soul.
     
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  Will you have anything to do with the throne of wickedness, •
    which fashions evil through its law?
     
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  They gather together against the life of the righteous •
    and condemn the innocent to death.
     
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  But the Lord has become my stronghold •
    and my God the rock of my trust.
     
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  He will turn against them their own wickedness
    and silence them through their own malice; •
    the Lord our God will put them to silence.
     
    Psalm 95  
     
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  O come, let us sing to the Lord; •
    let us heartily rejoice in the rock of our salvation.
     
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  Let us come into his presence with thanksgiving •
    and be glad in him with psalms.
     
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  For the Lord is a great God •
    and a great king above all gods.
     
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  In his hand are the depths of the earth •
    and the heights of the mountains are his also.
     
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  The sea is his, for he made it, •
    and his hands have moulded the dry land.
     
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  Come, let us worship and bow down •
    and kneel before the Lord our Maker.
     
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  For he is our God; •
    we are the people of his pasture and the sheep of his hand.
     
     
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  O that today you would listen to his voice: •
    'Harden not your hearts as at Meribah,
    on that day at Massah in the wilderness,
     
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  'When your forebears tested me, and put me to the proof, •
    though they had seen my works.
     
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  'Forty years long I detested that generation and said, •
    "This people are wayward in their hearts;
    they do not know my ways."
     
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  'So I swore in my wrath, •
    "They shall not enter into my rest." '
     
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