The Lord is my strength
							
																								
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									A psalm for David himself. Unto thee will I cry, O Lord: O my God, be not thou silent to me: lest thou be silent to me, I become like them that go down into the pit.
								
							 
																								
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									Hear, O Lord, the voice of my supplication, when I pray to thee; when I lift up my hands to thy holy temple.
								
							 
																								
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									Draw me not away together with the wicked; and with the workers of iniquity destroy me not: Who speak peace with their neighbour, but evils are in their hearts.
								
							 
																								
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									Give them according to their works, and according to the wickedness of their inventions. According to the works of their hands give thou to them: render to them their reward.
								
							 
																								
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									Because they have not understood the works of the Lord, and the operations of his hands: thou shalt destroy them, and shalt not build them up.
								
							 
																								
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									Blessed be the Lord, for he hath heard the voice of my supplication.
								
							 
																								
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									The Lord is my helper and my protector: in him hath my heart confided, and I have been helped. And my flesh hath flourished again, and with my will I will give praise to him.
								
							 
																								
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									The Lord is the strength of his people, and the protector of the salvation of his anointed.
								
							 
																								
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									Save, O Lord, thy people, and bless thy inheritance: and rule them and exalt them for ever.