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si consistant adversus me castra non timebit cor meum si exsurgat adversus me proelium in hoc ego sperabo
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unam petii a Domino hanc requiram ut inhabitem in domo Domini omnes dies vitae meae ut videam voluntatem Domini et visitem templum eius
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quoniam abscondit me in tabernaculo in die malorum protexit me in abscondito tabernaculi sui
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in petra exaltavit me et nunc exaltavit caput meum super inimicos meos circuivi et immolavi in tabernaculo eius hostiam vociferationis cantabo et psalmum dicam Domino
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exaudi Domine vocem meam qua clamavi miserere mei et exaudi me
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tibi dixit cor meum exquisivit facies mea faciem tuam Domine requiram
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ne avertas faciem tuam a me ne declines in ira a servo tuo adiutor meus esto ne derelinquas me neque dispicias me Deus salvator meus
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quoniam pater meus et mater mea dereliquerunt me Dominus autem adsumpsit me
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legem pone mihi Domine in via tua et dirige me in semita recta propter inimicos meos
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ne tradideris me in animas tribulantium me quoniam insurrexerunt in me testes iniqui et mentita est iniquitas sibi
Psalm of David. The occasion of this psalm seems to be the quarrel between Saul and David, the former listening to calumnies and reproaches cast upon the latter, and persecuting him in a violent manner. The argument of it is the same, in a great measure, with the seventh psalm, and is an appeal made to God, the Judge of the whole earth, by the psalmist, for his innocence and integrity; Theodoret thinks it was written by David when he fled from Saul.