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Hello, this is Father Paul, and I'm glad we're

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taking this journey together to read the Bible

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in a year. Today we conclude the group of psalms

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known as the Psalms of Lament. Today's readings

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are from Psalms 86, 102, 109, 139 -141, and 143.

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Psalm 86, inscription, A Prayer of David. Bow

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down your ear, O Lord, hear me, for I am poor

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and needy. Preserve my life, for I am holy. You

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are my God, save your servant who trusts in you.

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Be merciful to me, O Lord, for I cry to you all

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day long. Rejoice the soul of your servant, for

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to you, O Lord, I lift up my soul. For you, O

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Lord, are good and ready to forgive, and abundant

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in mercy to all those who call upon you. Give

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ear, O Lord, to my prayer, and attend to the

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voice of my supplications. In the day of my trouble

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I will call upon you, for you will answer me.

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Among the gods there is none like you, O Lord,

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nor are there any works like your works. All

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nations whom you have made shall come and worship

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before you, O Lord, and shall glorify your name.

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For you are great in the wondrous things, you

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alone are God. Teach me your way, O Lord, I will

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walk in your truth. Unite my heart to fear your

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name. I will praise you, O Lord my God, with

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all my heart, and I will glorify your name forevermore.

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For great is your mercy toward me, and you have

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delivered my soul from the depth of Sheol. O

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God, the proud have risen against me, and a mob

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of violent men have sought my life, and have

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not set you before them. But you, O Lord, are

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a God full of compassion and gracious, longsuffering

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and abundant in mercy and truth. O turn to me

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and have mercy on me. Give your strength to your

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servant, and save the son of your maidservant.

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Show me a sign for good, that those who hate

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me may see it and be ashamed, because you, Lord,

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have helped me and comforted me. Psalm 102 A

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prayer of the afflicted, when he is overwhelmed

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and pours out his complaint before the Lord.

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I am like a pelican of the wilderness, I am like

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an owl of the desert. I lie awake, and I am like

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a sparrow alone on a housetop. My enemies reproach

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me all day long. Those who deride me swear an

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oath against me, for I have eaten ashes like

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bread, and mingled my drink with weeping, because

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of your indignation and your wrath, for you have

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lifted me up and cast me away. My days are like

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a shadow that lengthens, and I wither away like

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grass. But you, O Lord, shall endure forever,

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and the remembrance of your name to all generations.

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You will arise and have mercy on Zion, for the

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time to favor her, yes, the set time has come.

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For your servants take pleasure in her stones,

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and show favor to her dust. So the nations shall

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fear the name of the Lord, and all the kings

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of the earth your glory. For the Lord shall build

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up Zion, he shall appear in his glory, he shall

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regard the prayer of the destitute. and shall

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not despise their prayer this will be written

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for the generation to come that a people yet

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to be created may praise the lord for he looked

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down from the height of his sanctuary from heaven

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the lord viewed the earth to hear the groaning

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of the prisoner to release those appointed to

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death to declare the name of the lord in zion

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and his praise in jerusalem when the peoples

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are gathered together and the kingdoms to serve

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the lord he weakened my strength in the way He

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shortened my days. I said, O my God, do not take

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me away in the midst of my days. Your years are

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throughout all generations. Of old you laid down

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the foundation of the earth, and the heavens

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are the work of your hands. They will perish,

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but you will endure. Yes, they will all grow

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old like a garment. Like a cloak, you will change

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them, and they will be changed. But you are the

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same, and your years will have no end. The children

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of your servants will continue, and their descendants

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will be established before you. Psalm 109 Inscription

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To the Chief Musician A Psalm of David Do not

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keep silent, O God of my praise, for the mouth

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of the wicked and the mouth of the deceitful

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have opened against me. They have spoken against

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me with a lying tongue. They have also surrounded

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me with the words of hatred and fought against

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me without a cause. In return for my love they

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are my accusers. But I give myself to prayer.

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Thus they have rewarded me evil for good and

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hatred for my love. Set a wicked man over him

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and let an accuser stand at his right hand. When

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he is judged, let him be found guilty and let

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his prayer become sin. Let his days be few and

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let another take his office. Let his children

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be fatherless and his wife a widow. Let his children

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continually be vagabonds and beg. Let them seek

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their bread also from their desolate places.

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Let the creditor seize all that he has and let

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strangers plunder his labor. Let there be none

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to extend mercy to him. nor let there be any

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to favor his fatherless children. Let his posterity

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be cut off, and in the generation following let

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their name be blotted out. Let the iniquity of

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his fathers be remembered before the Lord, and

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let not the sin of his mother be blotted out.

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Let them be continually before the Lord, that

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he may cut off the memory of them from the earth.

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Because he did not remember to show mercy, but

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persecuted the poor and needy man, that he might

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even slay the broken in heart. As he loved cursing,

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so let it come to him. As he did not delight

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in blessing, so let it be far from him. As he

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clothed himself with cursing as with his garment,

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so let it enter his body like water and like

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oil into his bones. Let it be to him like the

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garment which covers him, and for a belt with

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which he girds himself continually. Let this

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be the Lord's reward to my accusers and to those

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who speak evil against my person. But you, O

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God the Lord, deal with me for your name's sake,

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because your mercy is good. Deliver me, for I

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am poor and needy, and my heart is wounded within

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me. I am gone like a shadow when it lengthens.

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I am shaken off like a locust. My knees are weak

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through fasting, and my flesh is feeble from

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lack of fatness. I also have become a reproach

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to them. When they look at me, they shake their

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heads. Help me, O Lord my God, O save me according

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to your mercy, that they may know that this is

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your hand, that you, Lord, have done it. Let

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them curse, but you bless. When they arise, let

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them be ashamed, but let your servant rejoice.

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Let my accusers be clothed with shame, and let

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them cover themselves with their own disgrace

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as with a mantle. I will greatly praise the Lord

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with my mouth. Yes, I will praise him among the

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multitude, for he shall stand at the right hand

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of the poor. to save him from those who condemn

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him. Psalm 139 Inscription for the Chief Musician

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A Psalm of David O Lord, you have searched me

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and known me. You know my sitting down and my

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rising up. You understand my thought afar off.

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You comprehend my path and my lying down, and

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are acquainted with all my ways. For there is

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not a word on my tongue, but behold, O Lord,

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you know it altogether. You have hedged me behind

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and before, and laid your hand upon me. Such

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knowledge is too wonderful for me. It is high.

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I cannot attain it. Where can I go from your

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spirit? Or where can I flee from your presence?

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If I ascend into heaven, you are there. If I

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make my bed in hell, behold, you are there. If

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I take the wings of the morning and dwell in

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the utmost parts of the sea, even there your

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hand shall lead me and your right hand shall

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hold me. If I say, surely the darkness shall

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fall on me, even the night shall be light about

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me. Indeed, the darkness shall not hide from

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you. But the night shines as the day. The darkness

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and the light are both alike to you. For you

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formed my inward parts. You covered me in my

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mother's womb. I will praise you, for I am fearfully

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and wonderfully made. Marvelous are your works,

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and that my soul knows very well. My frame was

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not hidden from you, when I was made in secret,

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and skillfully wrought in the lowest parts of

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the earth. Your eyes saw my substance being yet

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unformed. And in your book they all were written,

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the days fashioned for me. When as yet there

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were none of them. How precious also are your

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thoughts to me, O God! How great is the sum of

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them! If I should count them, they would be more

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in number than the sand. When I awake, I am still

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with you. O that you would slay the wicked, O

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God! Depart from me, therefore, you bloodthirsty

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men, for they speak against you wickedly. Your

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enemies take your name in vain. Do I not hate

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them, O Lord, who hate you? And do I not loathe

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those who rise up against you? I hate them with

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perfect hatred. I count them my enemies. Search

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me, O God, and know my heart. Try me and know

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my anxieties, and see if there is any wicked

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way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.

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Psalm 140, Inscription, to the Chief Musician,

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a Psalm of David. Deliver me, O Lord, from evil

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men. Preserve me from violent men, who plan evil

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things in their hearts. They continually gather

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together for war. They sharpen their tongues

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like a serpent. The poison of asps is under their

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lips. Salah. Keep me, O Lord, from the hands

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of the wicked. Preserve me from violent men who

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have purposed to make my steps stumble. The proud

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have hidden a snare for me and cords. They have

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spread a net by the wayside. They have set traps

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for me. Salah. I said to the Lord, You are my

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God. Hear the voice of my supplications, O Lord.

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O God, the Lord, the strength of my salvation.

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You have covered my head in the day of battle.

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Do not grant, O Lord, the desires of the wicked.

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Do not further his wicked scheme, lest they be

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exalted. Salah As for the head of those who surround

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me, let the evil of their lips cover them. Let

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burning coals fall upon them. Let them be cast

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into the fire, into deep pits, that they rise

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not up again. Let not a slanderer be established

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in the earth. Let evil hunt the violent man to

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overthrow him. I know that the Lord will maintain

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the cause of the afflicted and justice for the

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poor. Surely the righteous shall give thanks

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to your name. The upright shall dwell in your

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presence. Psalm 141 Inscription A Psalm of David

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Lord, I cry out to you. Make haste to me. Give

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ear to my voice when I cry out to you. Let my

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prayer be set before you as incense, the lifting

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up of my hands as the evening sacrifice. Set

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a guard, O Lord, over my mouth. Keep watch over

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the door of my lips. Do not incline my heart

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to any evil thing. to practice wicked works with

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men who work iniquity, and do not let me eat

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of their delicacies. Let the righteous strike

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me, it shall be a kindness, and let him rebuke

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me, it shall be as excellent oil, let my head

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not refuse it. For still my prayer is against

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the deeds of the wicked. Their judges are overthrown

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by the sides of the cliff, and they hear my words,

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for they are sweet. Our bones are scattered at

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the mouth of the grave, as when one plows and

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breaks up the earth. But my eyes are upon you,

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O God the Lord. In you I take refuge. Do not

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leave my soul destitute. Keep me from the snares

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they have laid for me, and from the traps of

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the workers of iniquity. Let the wicked fall

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into their own nets, while I escape safely. Psalm

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143 Inscription A Psalm of David Hear my prayer,

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O Lord. Give ear to my supplications. In your

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faithfulness answer me, and in your righteousness.

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My soul longs for you like a thirsty land. Salah.

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Answer me speedily, O Lord. My spirit fails.

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Do not hide your face from me, lest I be like

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those who go down into the pit. Cause me to hear

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your loving kindness in the morning, for in you

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do I trust. Cause me to know the way in which

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I should walk, for I lift up my soul to you.

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Deliver me, O Lord, from my enemies. In you I

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take shelter. Teach me to do your will, for you

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are my God. Your spirit is good. Lead me in the

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land of uprightness. Revive me, O Lord, for your

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name's sake. For your righteousness' sake, bring

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my soul out of trouble. In your mercy, cut off

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my enemies and destroy all those who afflict

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my soul. For I am your servant. I hope you enjoyed

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today's reading as much as I did. And I look

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forward to seeing you again tomorrow to continue

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on our journey. God bless you and have a great

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day.