The Prayer of an Old Man |
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In thee, O LORD, do I put my trust:
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let me never be put to confusion. |
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Deliver me in thy righteousness,
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and cause me to escape: |
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incline thine ear unto me, |
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and save me. |
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Be thou my strong habitation,
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whereunto I may continually resort: |
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thou hast given commandment to save me; |
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for thou art my rock and my fortress. |
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Deliver me, O my God, out of the hand of the wicked,
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out of the hand of the unrighteous and cruel man. |
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For thou art my hope, O Lord GOD:
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thou art my trust from my youth. |
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By thee have I been holden up from the womb:
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thou art he that took me out of my mother's bowels: |
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my praise shall be continually of thee. |
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I am as a wonder unto many;
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but thou art my strong refuge. |
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Let my mouth be filled with thy praise
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and with thy honor all the day. |
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Cast me not off in the time of old age;
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forsake me not when my strength faileth. |
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For mine enemies speak against me;
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and they that lay wait for my soul take counsel together, |
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saying, God hath forsaken him:
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persecute and take him; |
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for there is none to deliver him. |
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O God, be not far from me:
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O my God, make haste for my help. |
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Let them be confounded and consumed that are adversaries to my soul;
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let them be covered with reproach and dishonor that seek my hurt. |
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But I will hope continually,
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and will yet praise thee more and more. |
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My mouth shall show forth thy righteousness
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and thy salvation all the day; |
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for I know not the numbers thereof. |
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I will go in the strength of the Lord GOD:
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I will make mention of thy righteousness, even of thine only. |
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O God, thou hast taught me from my youth:
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and hitherto have I declared thy wondrous works. |
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Now also when I am old and grayheaded,
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O God, forsake me not; |
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until I have showed thy strength unto this generation, |
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and thy power to every one that is to come. |
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Thy righteousness also, O God, is very high,
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who hast done great things: |
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O God, who is like unto thee! |
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Thou, which hast showed me great and sore troubles, shalt quicken me again,
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and shalt bring me up again from the depths of the earth. |
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Thou shalt increase my greatness,
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and comfort me on every side. |
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I will also praise thee with the psaltery,
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even thy truth, O my God: |
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unto thee will I sing with the harp, |
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O thou Holy One of Israel. |
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My lips shall greatly rejoice when I sing unto thee;
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and my soul, which thou hast redeemed. |
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My tongue also shall talk of thy righteousness all the day long:
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for they are confounded, |
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for they are brought unto shame, that seek my hurt. |
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