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51.7
PSALMS
- 8Behold, Thou desirest truth in the inward parts;
- Make me, therefore, to know wisdom in mine inmost heart.
- 9Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean;
- Wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.
- 10Make me to hear joy and gladness;
- That the bones which Thou hast crushed may rejoice.
- 11Hide Thy face from my sins,
- Aand blot out all mine iniquities.
- 12Create me a clean heart, O God;
- And renew a stedfast spirit within me.
- 13Cast me not away from Thy presence;
- And take not Thy holy spirit from me.
- 14Restore unto me the joy of Thy salvation;
- And let a willing spirit uphold me.
- 15Then will I teach transgressors Thy ways;
- And sinners shall return unto Thee.
- 16Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God, Thou God of my salvation;
- So shall my tongue sing aloud of Thy righteousness.
- 17O Lord, open Thou my lips;
- And my mouth shall declare Thy praise.
- 18For Thou delightest not in sacrifice, else would I give it;
- Thou hast no pleasure in burnt-offering.
- 19The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit;
- A broken and a contrite heart, O God, Thou wilt not despise.
- 20Do good in Thy favour unto Zion;
- Build Thou the walls of Jerusalem.
- 21Then wilt Thou delight in the sacrifices of righteousness, in burnt-offering and whole offering;
- Then will they offer bullocks upon Thine altar.
52 For the Leader. Maschil of David; 2when Doeg the Edomite came and told Saul, and said unto him: 'David is come to the house of Ahimelech.'
- 3Why boastest thou thyself of evil, O mighty man?
- The mercy of God endureth continually.
- 4Thy tongue deviseth destruction;
- Like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.
- 5Thou lovest evil more than good;
- Falsehood rather than speaking righteousness. Selah
- 6Thou lovest all devouring words,
- The deceitful tongue.
- 7God will likewise break thee for ever,
- He will take thee up, and pluck thee out of thy tent,
- And root thee out of the land of the living. Selah
- 8The righteous also shall see, and fear,
- And shall laugh at him:
- 9'Lo, this is the man that made not God his stronghold;
- But trusted in the abundance of his riches,
- And strengthened himself in his wickedness.'
- 10But as for me, I am like a leafy olive-tree in the house of God;
- I trust in the mercy of God for ever and ever.
- 11I will give Thee thanks for ever, because Thou hast done it;
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