O LORD, rebuke me not in thine indignation, * neither chasten me in thy displeasure.
 
Have mercy upon me, O LORD, for I am weak; * O LORD, heal me, for my bones are vexed.
 
My soul also is sore troubled: * but, LORD, how long wilt thou punish me?
 
Turn thee, O LORD, and deliver my soul; * O save me, for thy mercy's sake.
 
For in death no man remembereth thee; * and who will give thee thanks in the pit?
 
I am weary of my groaning; * every night wash I my bed, and water my couch with my tears.
 
My beauty is gone for very trouble, * and worn away because of all mine enemies.
 
Away from me, all ye that work iniquity; * for the LORD hath heard the voice of my weeping.
 
The LORD hath heard my petition; * the LORD will receive my prayer.
 
All mine enemies shall be confounded, and sore vexed; * they shall be turned back, and put to shame suddenly.

O LORD my God, in thee have I put my trust: * save me from all them that persecute me, and deliver me;
 
Lest he devour my soul like a lion, and tear it in pieces, * while there is none to help.
 
O LORD my God, if I have done any such thing; * or if there be any wickedness in my hands;
 
If I have rewarded evil unto him that dealt friendly with me; * (yea, I have delivered him that without any cause is mine enemy;)
 
Then let mine enemy persecute my soul, and take me; * yea, let him tread my life down upon the earth, and lay mine honour in the dust.
 
Stand up, O LORD, in thy wrath, and lift up thyself, because of the indignation of mine enemies; * arise up for me in the judgment that thou hast commanded.
 
And so shall the congregation of the peoples come about thee: * for their sakes therefore lift up thyself again.
 
The LORD shall judge the peoples: give sentence with me, O LORD, * according to my righteousness, and according to the innocency that is in me.
 
O let the wickedness of the ungodly come to an end; * but guide thou the just.
 
For the righteous God * trieth the very hearts and reins.
 
My help cometh of God, * who preserveth them that are true of heart.
 
God is a righteous Judge, strong, and patient; * and God is provoked every day.
 
If a man will not turn, he will whet his sword; * he hath bent his bow, and made it ready.
 
He hath prepared for him the instruments of death; * he ordaineth his arrows against the persecutors.
 
Behold, the ungodly travaileth with iniquity; * he hath conceived mischief, and brought forth falsehood.
 
He hath graven and digged up a pit, * and is fallen himself into the destruction that he made for other.
 
For his travail shall come upon his own head, * and his wickedness shall fall on his own pate.
 
I will give thanks unto the LORD, according to his righteousness; * and I will praise the Name of the LORD Most High.

O LORD our Governor, how excellent is thy Name in all the world; * thou that hast set thy glory above the heavens!
 
Out of the mouth of very babes and sucklings hast thou ordained strength, because of thine enemies, * that thou mightest still the enemy and the avenger.
 
When I consider thy heavens, even the work of thy fingers; * the moon and the stars which thou hast ordained;
 
What is man, that thou art mindful of him? * and the son of man, that thou visitest him?
 
Thou madest him lower than the angels, * to crown him with glory and worship.
 
Thou makest him to have dominion of the works of thy hands; * and thou hast put all things in subjection under his feet:
 
All sheep and oxen; * yea, and the beasts of the field;
 
The fowls of the air, and the fishes of the sea; * and whatsoever walketh through the paths of the seas.
 
O LORD our Governor, * how excellent is thy Name in all the world!

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