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Every one of them is gone back: they are altogether become filthy;
there is
none that doeth
good, no, not one.
4
Have the workers of iniquity no knowledge? who eat up my people
as
they eat bread: they
have not called upon God.
5
There were they in great fear,
where
no fear was: for God hath scattered the bones of him
that encampeth
against
thee: thou hast put
them
to shame, because God hath despised
them.
6
Oh that the salvation of Israel
were come
out of Zion! When God bringeth back the captivity
of his people, Jacob shall rejoice,
and
Israel shall be glad.
CHAPTER 54
Save me, O God, by thy name, and judge me by thy strength.
2
Hear my prayer, O God; give ear to the words of my mouth.
3
For strangers are risen up against me, and oppressors seek after my soul: they have not set
God before them. Selah.
4
Behold, God
is
mine helper: the Lord
is
with them that uphold my soul.
5
He shall reward evil unto mine enemies: cut them off in thy truth.
6
I will freely sacrifice unto thee: I will praise thy name, O L
ORD
; for
it is
good.
7
For he hath delivered me out of all trouble: and mine eye hath seen
his desire
upon mine
enemies.
CHAPTER 55
Give ear to my prayer, O God; and hide not thyself from my supplication.
2
Attend unto me, and hear me: I mourn in my complaint, and make a noise;
3
Because of the voice of the enemy, because of the oppression of the wicked: for they cast
iniquity upon me, and in wrath they hate me.
4
My heart is sore pained within me: and the terrors of death are fallen upon me.
5
Fearfulness and trembling are come upon me, and horror hath overwhelmed me.
6
And I said, Oh that I had wings like a dove!
for then
would I fly away, and be at rest.
7
Lo,
then
would I wander far off,
and
remain in the wilderness. Selah.
8
I would hasten my escape from the windy storm
and
tempest.
9
Destroy, O Lord,
and
divide their tongues: for I have seen violence and strife in the city.
10
Day and night they go about it upon the walls thereof: mischief also and sorrow
are
in
the midst of it.
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Wickedness
is
in the midst thereof: deceit and guile depart not from her streets.
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