Chapter 139

The just diversly afflicted by the wicked, pray to be defended, ℣.7 repose their confidence in God. ℣.10 Who will adjudge the reprobate to eternal punishment, ℣.13 and reward the good with the fruition of himself.

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   Unto the end, a Psalm of David.

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   from the unjust man rescue me. Deliver me, o Lord, from the evil man:

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   Which have devised iniquity in their heart: all the day they did appoint battles. They have whet their tongues as that of a serpent:

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   the venom of asps is under their lips.

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   Keep me, o Lord, from the hand of the sinner: and from unjust men deliver me.

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   Who have devised to supplant my steps: the proud have hid a snare for me: And they have stretched out ropes for a snare: they have laid a stumbling block for me near the way.

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   I said to our Lord: Thou art my God: hear, o Lord, the voice of my petition.

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   O Lord, Lord the strength of my salvation: thou hast overshadowed my head in the day of battle.

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   Yield me not, o Lord, from my desire to the sinner: they have devised against me, forsake me not, lest they perhaps be proud.

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    The head of their compass: the labour of their lips shall cover them.

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    Coals shall fall upon them, thou shalt cast them down into fire: in miseries they shall not stand up.

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    A man full of tongue shall not be directed in the earth: evils shall take the unjust man into destruction.

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    I have known that our Lord will do the judgment of the needy: and the revenge of the poor.

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    But as for the just, they shall confess to thy name: and the righteous shall dwell with thy countenance.