Psalm 52Psalm 53Psalm 54Psalm 552 Corinthians 7.2-16Psalm 52
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<> Why boastest thou thyself in mischief, O mighty man? the goodness of God [endureth] continually.
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Thy tongue deviseth mischiefs like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.
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Thou lovest evil more than good [and] lying rather than to speak righteousness. Selah.
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Thou lovest all devouring words, O [thou] deceitful tongue.
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God shall likewise destroy thee for ever, he shall take thee away, and pluck thee out of [thy] dwelling place, and root thee out of the land of the living. Selah.
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The righteous also shall see, and fear, and shall laugh at him:
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Lo, [this is] the man [that] made not God his strength but trusted in the abundance of his riches, [and] strengthened himself in his wickedness.
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But I [am] like a green olive tree in the house of God: I trust in the mercy of God for ever and ever.
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I will praise thee for ever, because thou hast done [it]: and I will wait on thy name for [it is] good before thy saints.
Psalm 53
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<> The fool hath said in his heart, [There is] no God. Corrupt are they, and have done abominable iniquity: [there is] none that doeth good.
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God looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were [any] that did understand, that did seek God.
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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.
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Have the workers of iniquity no knowledge? who eat up my people [as] they eat bread: they have not called upon God.
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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.
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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.
Psalm 54
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<> Save me, O God, by thy name, and judge me by thy strength.
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Hear my prayer, O God give ear to the words of my mouth.
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For strangers are risen up against me, and oppressors seek after my soul: they have not set God before them. Selah.
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Behold, God [is] mine helper: the Lord [is] with them that uphold my soul.
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He shall reward evil unto mine enemies: cut them off in thy truth.
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I will freely sacrifice unto thee: I will praise thy name, O LORD for [it is] good.
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For he hath delivered me out of all trouble: and mine eye hath seen [his desire] upon mine enemies.
Psalm 55
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<> Give ear to my prayer, O God and hide not thyself from my supplication.
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Attend unto me, and hear me: I mourn in my complaint, and make a noise
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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.
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My heart is sore pained within me: and the terrors of death are fallen upon me.
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Fearfulness and trembling are come upon me, and horror hath overwhelmed me.
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And I said, Oh that I had wings like a dove! [for then] would I fly away, and be at rest.
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Lo, [then] would I wander far off, [and] remain in the wilderness. Selah.
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I would hasten my escape from the windy storm [and] tempest.
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Destroy, O Lord, [and] divide their tongues: for I have seen violence and strife in the city.
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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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For [it was] not an enemy [that] reproached me then I could have borne [it]: neither [was it] he that hated me [that] did magnify [himself] against me then I would have hid myself from him:
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But [it was] thou, a man mine equal, my guide, and mine acquaintance.
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We took sweet counsel together, [and] walked unto the house of God in company.
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Let death seize upon them, [and] let them go down quick into hell: for wickedness [is] in their dwellings, [and] among them.
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As for me, I will call upon God and the LORD shall save me.
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Evening, and morning, and at noon, will I pray, and cry aloud: and he shall hear my voice.
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He hath delivered my soul in peace from the battle [that was] against me: for there were many with me.
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God shall hear, and afflict them, even he that abideth of old. Selah. Because they have no changes, therefore they fear not God.
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He hath put forth his hands against such as be at peace with him: he hath broken his covenant.
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[The words] of his mouth were smoother than butter, but war [was] in his heart: his words were softer than oil, yet [were] they drawn swords.
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Cast thy burden upon the LORD, and he shall sustain thee: he shall never suffer the righteous to be moved.
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But thou, O God, shalt bring them down into the pit of destruction: bloody and deceitful men shall not live out half their days but I will trust in thee.
2 Corinthians 7
2-16
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Receive us we have wronged no man, we have corrupted no man, we have defrauded no man.
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I speak not [this] to condemn [you]: for I have said before, that ye are in our hearts to die and live with [you].
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Great [is] my boldness of speech toward you, great [is] my glorying of you: I am filled with comfort, I am exceeding joyful in all our tribulation.
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For, when we were come into Macedonia, our flesh had no rest, but we were troubled on every side without [were] fightings, within [were] fears.
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Nevertheless God, that comforteth those that are cast down, comforted us by the coming of Titus
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And not by his coming only, but by the consolation wherewith he was comforted in you, when he told us your earnest desire, your mourning, your fervent mind toward me so that I rejoiced the more.
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For though I made you sorry with a letter, I do not repent, though I did repent: for I perceive that the same epistle hath made you sorry, though [it were] but for a season.
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Now I rejoice, not that ye were made sorry, but that ye sorrowed to repentance: for ye were made sorry after a godly manner, that ye might receive damage by us in nothing.
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For godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation not to be repented of: but the sorrow of the world worketh death.
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For behold this selfsame thing, that ye sorrowed after a godly sort, what carefulness it wrought in you, yea, [what] clearing of yourselves, yea, [what] indignation, yea, [what] fear, yea, [what] vehement desire, yea, [what] zeal, yea, [what] revenge! In all [things] ye have approved yourselves to be clear in this matter.
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Wherefore, though I wrote unto you, [I did it] not for his cause that had done the wrong, nor for his cause that suffered wrong, but that our care for you in the sight of God might appear unto you.
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Therefore we were comforted in your comfort: yea, and exceedingly the more joyed we for the joy of Titus, because his spirit was refreshed by you all.
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For if I have boasted any thing to him of you, I am not ashamed but as we spake all things to you in truth, even so our boasting, which [I made] before Titus, is found a truth.
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And his inward affection is more abundant toward you, whilst he remembereth the obedience of you all, how with fear and trembling ye received him.
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I rejoice therefore that I have confidence in you in all [things].
