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| 1. | Shiggaion of David, which he sang unto the LORD, concerning the words of Cush the Benjamite. |
| 2. | O LORD my God, in thee do I put my trust: save me from all them that persecute me, and deliver me: |
| 3. | Lest he tear my soul like a lion, rending it in pieces, while there is none to deliver. |
| 4. | O LORD my God, if I have done this; if there be iniquity in my hands; |
| 5. | If I have rewarded evil unto him that was at peace with me; (yea, I have delivered him that without cause is mine enemy:) |
| 6. | Let the enemy persecute my soul, and take it; yea, let him tread down my life upon the earth, and lay mine honour in the dust. Selah. |
| 7. | Arise, O LORD, in thine anger, lift up thyself because of the rage of mine enemies: and awake for me to the judgment that thou hast commanded. |
| 8. | So shall the congregation of the people compass thee about: for their sakes therefore return thou on high. |
| 9. | The LORD shall judge the people: judge me, O LORD, according to my righteousness, and according to mine integrity that is in me. |
| 10. | Oh let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end; but establish the just: for the righteous God trieth the hearts and reins. |
| 11. | My defence is of God, which saveth the upright in heart. |
| 12. | God judgeth the righteous, and God is angry with the wicked every day. |
| 13. | If he turn not, he will whet his sword; he hath bent his bow, and made it ready. |
| 14. | He hath also prepared for him the instruments of death; he ordaineth his arrows against the persecutors. |
| 15. | Behold, he travaileth with iniquity, and hath conceived mischief, and brought forth falsehood. |
| 16. | He made a pit, and digged it, and is fallen into the ditch which he made. |
| 17. | His mischief shall return upon his own head, and his violent dealing shall come down upon his own pate. |
| 18. | I will praise the LORD according to his righteousness: and will sing praise to the name of the LORD most high. |
| 19. | lder of a house for my name, and I will make the seat of his authority certain for ever. |
| 20. | I will be to him a father and he will be to me a son: if he does wrong, I will give him punishment with the rod of men and with the blows of the children of men; |
| 21. | But my mercy will not be taken away from him, as I took it from him who was before you. |
| 22. | And your family and your kingdom will keep their place before me for ever: the seat of your authority will never be overturned. |
| 23. | So Nathan gave David an account of all these words and this vision. |
| 24. | Then David the king went in and took his seat before the Lord, and said, Who am I, O Lord God, and what is my family, that you have been my guide till now? |
| 25. | And this was only a small thing to you, O Lord God; but your words have even been about the far-off future of your servant's family, O Lord God! |
| 26. | What more may David say to you? for you have knowledge of your servant, O Lord God. |
| 27. | Because of your word and from your heart, you have done all this great work, and let your servant see it. |
| 28. | Truly you are great, O Lord God: there is no one like you and no other God but you, as is clear from everything which has come to our ears. |
| 29. | And what other nation in the earth, like your people Israel, did a god go out to take for himself, to be his people, and to make a name for himself, and to do great and strange things for them, driving out a nation and its gods from before his people? |
| 30. | But you took and made strong for yourself your people Israel, to be your people for ever; and you, Lord, became their God. |
| 31. | And now, O Lord God, may the word which you have said about your servant and about his family, be made certain for ever, and may you do as you have said! |
| 32. | And let your name be made great for ever, and let men say, The Lord of armies is God over Israel: and let the family of David your servant be made strong before you! |
| 33. | For you, O Lord of armies, the God of Israel, have clearly said to your servant, I will make you the head of a family of kings: and so it has come into your servant's heart to make this prayer to you. |
| 34. | And now, O Lord God, you are God and your words are true and you have said you will give your servant this good thing; |
| 35. | So may it be your pleasure to give your blessing to the family of your servant, so that it may go on for ever before you: (for you, O Lord God, have said it,) and may your blessing be on your servant's family line for ever! |