Only with thine eyes shalt thou behold,
And see the reward of the wicked.

'For thou, O LORD, art my refuge!'

Thou hast made the Most High thy habitation:
There shall no evil befall thee,

Neither shall any plague come nigh thy tent.
For he shall give his angels charge over thee,
To keep thee in all thy ways.

They shall bear thee up in their hands,

Lest thou dash thy foot against a stone. Thou shalt tread upon the lion and adder:

The young lion and the serpent shalt thou trample under feet.

"Because he hath set his love upon me, therefore will I deliver him:

"I will set him on high, because he hath known my

name.

"He shall call upon me, and I will answer him;

"I will be with him in trouble:

"I will deliver him, and honour him.

"With long life will I satisfy him,

"And shew him my salvation."

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I will triumph in the Works of Thy Hands

A Votive Hymn

It is a good thing to give thanks unto the LORD,
And to sing praises unto thy name, O Most High:
To shew forth thy lovingkindness in the morning,
And thy faithfulness every night,

With an instrument of ten strings, and with the psaltery;
With a solemn sound upon the harp.

For thou, LORD, hast made me glad through thy work: I will triumph in the works of thy hands.

How great are thy works, O LORD!

Thy thoughts are very deep.

A brutish man knoweth not;

Neither doth a fool understand this:

When the wicked spring as the grass,

And when all the workers of iniquity do flourish;

It is that they shall be destroyed for ever:

But thou, O LORD, art on high for evermore.

For, lo, thine enemies, O LORD, for, lo, thine enemies shall perish;

All the workers of iniquity shall be scattered.

But my horn hast thou exalted like the horn of the wild-ox :

I am anointed with fresh oil.

Mine eye also hath seen my desire on mine enemies,

Mine ears have heard my desire of the evil-doers that
rise up against me.

The righteous shall flourish like the palm tree:
He shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon.
They that are planted in the house of the LORD
Shall flourish in the courts of our God.
They shall still bring forth fruit in old age;
They shall be full of sap and green:

To shew that the LORD is upright;

He is my rock, and there is no unrighteousness in him.

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Jehovah's Immovable Throne

The LORD reigneth; he is apparelled with majesty;
The LORD is apparelled, he hath girded himself with
strength:

The world also is stablished, that it cannot be moved.
Thy throne is established of old: thou art from everlast-

ing.

The floods have lifted up, O LORD,

The floods have lifted up their voice;
The floods lift up their waves.

Above the voices of many waters,

The mighty breakers of the sea,
The LORD on high is mighty.

Thy testimonies are very sure:

Holiness becometh thine house, O LORD, for evermore.

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LORD, How long?

O LORD, thou God to whom vengeance belongeth,
Thou God to whom vengeance belongeth, shine forth.
Lift up thyself, thou judge of the earth:

Render to the proud their desert.

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LORD, how long shall the wicked,
How long shall the wicked triumph?

They prate, they speak arrogantly:

All the workers of iniquity boast themselves.

They break in pieces thy people, O LORD,

And afflict thine heritage.

They slay the widow and the stranger,
And murder the fatherless.

And they say, The LORD shall not see,
Neither shall the God of Jacob consider.

Consider, ye brutish among the people:
And ye fools, when will ye be wise?
He that planted the ear, shall he not hear?
He that formed the eye, shall he not see?
He that chastiseth the nations, shall not he correct,
Even he that teacheth man knowledge?

The LORD knoweth the thoughts of man,
That they are vanity.

Blessed is the man whom thou chastenest, O LORD,

And teachest out of thy law;

That thou mayest give him rest from the days of adver

sity,

Until the pit be digged for the wicked. For the LORD will not cast off his people,

Neither will he forsake his inheritance.

For judgement shall return unto righteousness:
And all the upright in heart shall follow it.

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