Chapter 59

King David after his own and the people's many tribulations, ℣.8 rendereth thanks for their renowmed victories, ℣.11 achieved by God's only power.

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   Unto the end, for them that shall be changed, in the inscription of the title to David himself, for doctrine,

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   when he set fire on Mesopotamia of Syria, and in Sobal, and Joab returned, and struck Idumæa in the valley of salt-pits twelve thousand.

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   O God thou hast repelled us, & hast destroyed us: thou wast angry and hast had mercy on us.

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   Thou hast moved the earth, and hast troubled it: heal the breaches thereof, because it is moved.

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   Thou hast shewed unto thy people hard things: thou hast made us drink the wine of compunction.

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   Thou hast given a signification to them that fear thee: that they fly from the face of the bow.

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   That thy beloved may be delivered, save me with thy right hand, and hear me.

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   God hath spoken in his holy: I shall rejoice, and shall divide Sichem: and shall measure the valley of tabernacles.

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   Galaad is mine, and Manasses is mine: and Ephraim the strength of my head.

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    Juda my king: Moab the pot of my hope. Into Edom I will stretch out my shoe: the foreigners are subject to me.

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    Who shall conduct me into a fenced city? Who shall conduct me even into Idumea?

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    Shall not thou, o God, that hast expelled us: and wilt not thou o God, go forth in our hosts?

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    Give us aid from tribulation: because man's salvation is vain.

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    In God we shall do strength: and he shall bring to nothing them that afflict us.