Psalms 138
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Of David.
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I will thank you, O Lord, with all my heart: in the sight of the gods I will sing your praise,
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and prostrate before your holy temple, will praise your name for your constant love, for you have exulted your promise above all.
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When I called you, you answered; you gave me strength, you inspired me.
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All the kings of the earth shall praise you, O Lord, when they shall have heard the words you have uttered;
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and they shall sing of the ways of the Lord, and tell of the Lord’s transcendent glory.
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For, high though the Lord is, he looks on the lowly, and strikes down the haughty from far away.
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Though my way be distressful, yet you preserve me: you lay your hand on my angry foes, and your right hand gives me victory.
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The Lord will accomplish all that which concerns me. Your kindness, O Lord, endures forever. O do not abandon the work of your hands.
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