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<> Give ear to my words, O LORD, consider my meditation.

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

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My voice shalt thou hear in the morning, O LORD in the morning will I direct [my prayer] unto thee, and will look up.

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For thou [art] not a God that hath pleasure in wickedness: neither shall evil dwell with thee.

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The foolish shall not stand in thy sight: thou hatest all workers of iniquity.

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Thou shalt destroy them that speak leasing: the LORD will abhor the bloody and deceitful man.

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But as for me, I will come [into] thy house in the multitude of thy mercy: [and] in thy fear will I worship toward thy holy temple.

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Lead me, O LORD, in thy righteousness because of mine enemies make thy way straight before my face.

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For [there is] no faithfulness in their mouth their inward part [is] very wickedness their throat [is] an open sepulchre they flatter with their tongue.

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Destroy thou them, O God let them fall by their own counsels cast them out in the multitude of their transgressions for they have rebelled against thee.

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But let all those that put their trust in thee rejoice: let them ever shout for joy, because thou defendest them: let them also that love thy name be joyful in thee.

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For thou, LORD, wilt bless the righteous with favour wilt thou compass him as [with] a shield.