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And he brought me up out of the pit of destruction, out of the miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock; he hath established my goings:
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And he hath put a new song in my mouth, praise unto our God. Many shall see it, and fear, and shall confide in Jehovah.
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Blessed is the man that hath made Jehovah his confidence, and turneth not to the proud, and to such as turn aside to lies.
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Thou, O Jehovah my God, hast multiplied thy marvellous works, and thy thoughts toward us: they cannot be reckoned up in order unto thee; would I declare and speak [them], they are more than can be numbered.
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Sacrifice and oblation thou didst not desire: ears hast thou prepared me. Burnt-offering and sin-offering hast thou not demanded;
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Then said I, Behold, I come, in the volume of the book it is written of me --
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To do thy good pleasure, my God, is my delight, and thy law is within my heart.
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I have published righteousness in the great congregation: behold, I have not withheld my lips, Jehovah, *thou* knowest.
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I have not hidden thy righteousness within my heart; I have declared thy faithfulness and thy salvation: I have not concealed thy loving-kindness and thy truth from the great congregation.
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Withhold not thou, Jehovah, thy tender mercies from me; let thy loving-kindness and thy truth continually preserve me.
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For innumerable evils have compassed me about: mine iniquities have taken hold upon me, so that I cannot see; they are more than the hairs of my head: and my heart hath failed me.