David, King of Israel Poems

1 Hear me when I call,
O God of my righteousness:
thou hast enlarged me when I was in distress;
have mercy upon me, and hear my prayer.
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1 O LORD, our Lord,
how excellent is thy name in all the earth!
who hast set thy glory above the heavens.
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1 In the LORD put I my trust:
how say ye to my soul,
Flee as a bird to your mountain?
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1 O LORD, rebuke me not in thine anger,
neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure.

2 Have mercy upon me, O LORD; for I am weak:
O LORD, heal me; for my bones are vexed.
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1 I will praise thee, O LORD, with my whole heart;
I will shew forth all thy marvellous works.

2 I will be glad and rejoice in thee:
I will sing praise to thy name, O thou most High.
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(When David fled from his son Absalom)

1 Lord, how are they increased that trouble me!
many are they that rise up against me.

2 Many there be which say of my soul,
There is no help for him in God. Selah.
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1 O LORD my God, in thee do I put my trust:
save me from all them that persecute me, and deliver me:

2 Lest he tear my soul like a lion,
rending it in pieces, while there is none to deliver.
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(Of David according to Acts 4: 25)

1 Why do the heathen rage,
and the people imagine a vain thing?

2 The kings of the earth set themselves,
and the rulers take counsel together,
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1 Help, LORD; for the godly man ceaseth;
for the faithful fail from among the children of men.

2 They speak vanity every one with his neighbour:
with flattering lips and with a double heart do they speak.
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1 Give ear to my words, O LORD,
consider my meditation.

2 Hearken unto the voice of my cry,
my King, and my God: for unto thee will I pray.
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