King David of Israel Poems

1The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want.

2 He maketh me to lie down in green pastures:
he leadeth me beside the still waters.
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(When the prophet Nathan came to David after he had committed adultery with Bathsheba.)

1 Have mercy upon me, O God,
according to thy lovingkindness:
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1 Unto thee will I cry, O LORD my rock;
be not silent to me:
lest, if thou be silent to me,
I become like them that go down into the pit.
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(A lamentation for King Saul, father-in-law of David, and his son Jonathan, friend of David)

The beauty of Israel is slain upon thy high places:
how are the mighty fallen!
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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:
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1 Give ear to my words, O LORD,
consider my meditation.

2 Hearken unto the voice of my cry,
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1 How long wilt thou forget me, O LORD? for ever?
how long wilt thou hide thy face from me?

2 How long shall I take counsel in my soul,
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(When the LORD delivered him from the hand of all his enemies and from the hand of Saul.)

1I will love thee, O LORD, my strength.
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1 My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?
why art thou so far from helping me,
and from the words of my roaring?
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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,
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