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Let the lying lips be put to silence, which speak grievous things proudly and contemptuously against the righteous.
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O how great is Thy goodness which Thou hast laid up for them that fear Thee, which Thou hast wrought for them that trust in Thee before the sons of men!
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Thou shalt hide them in the safety of Thy presence from the pride of man; Thou shalt keep them secretly in a pavilion from the strife of tongues.
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Blessed be the LORD, for He hath shown me His marvelous kindness in a stronghold city!
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For I said in my haste, "I am cut off from before Thine eyes!" Nevertheless Thou heard the voice of my supplications when I cried unto Thee.
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O love the LORD, all ye His saints! For the LORD preserveth the faithful, but plentifully rewardeth the proud doer.
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Be of good courage, and He shall strengthen your heart, all ye that hope in the LORD.
To the chief Musician, a Psalm of David. This psalm, according to Arama, was composed by David when in Keilah; but, according to Kimchi and others, when the Ziphites proposed to deliver him up into the hands of Saul; and who, upon their solicitations, came down and surrounded him with his army, from whom in haste he made his escape, and to which he is thought to refer in Psalm 31:22. Theodoret supposes it was written by David when he fled from Absalom, and that it has some respect in it to his sin against Uriah, in that verse.