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The safety of the Godly. My help cometh from the, which made heaven and earth.

He will not suffer thy foot to be moved: he that keepeth thee will not slumber.

Behold, he that keepeth Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep.

The is thy keeper: the  is thy shade upon thy right hand.

The sun shall not smite thee by day, nor the moon by night.

The shall preserve thee from all evil: he shall preserve thy soul.

The shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in from this time forth, and even for evermore. 

A Song of degrees of David.

Was glad when they said unto me, Let us go into the house of the.

Our feet shall stand within thy gates, O Jerusalem.

Jerusalem is builded as a city that is compact together:

Whither the tribes go up, the tribes of the, unto the testimony of Israel, to give thanks unto the name of the.

For there † are set thrones of judgment, the thrones of the house of David.

Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: they shall prosper that love thee.

Peace be within thy walls, and prosperity within thy palaces.

For my brethren and companions' sakes, I will now say, Peace be within thee.

Because of the house of the our God I will seek thy good. 

A Song of degrees.

NTO thee lift I up mine eyes, O thou that dwellest in the heavens.

Behold, as the eyes of servants look unto the hand of their masters, and as the eyes of a maiden unto the hand of her mistress; so our eyes wait upon the our God, until that he have mercy upon us.

Have mercy upon us, O, have mercy upon us: for we are exceedingly filled with contempt.

Our soul is exceedingly filled with the scorning of those that are at ease, and with the contempt of the proud. 

The church blesseth God for a miraculous deliverance. A Song of degrees of David.

F it had not been the who was on our side, now may Israel say;

If it had not been the who was on our side, when men rose up against us:

Then they had swallowed us up quick, when their wrath was kindled against us:

Then the waters had overwhelmed us, the stream had gone over our soul:

Then the proud waters had gone over our soul.

Blessed be the, who hath not given us as a prey to their teeth.

Our soul is escaped as a bird out of the snare of the fowlers: the snare is broken, and we are escaped.

Our help is in the name of the, who made heaven and earth. 

A Song of degrees.

HEY that trust in the shall be as mount Zion, which cannot be removed, but abideth for ever.

As the mountains are round about Jerusalem, so the is round about his people from henceforth even for ever.

For the rod of † the wicked shall not rest upon the lot of the righteous; lest the righteous put forth their hands unto iniquity.

Do good, O, unto those that be good, and to them that are upright in their hearts.

As for such as turn aside unto their crooked ways, the shall lead them forth with the workers of iniquity: but peace shall be upon Israel.

A Song of degrees.

HEN the † turned again the captivity of Zion, we were like them that dream.

Then was our mouth filled with laughter, and our tongue with singing: then said they among the heathen, The † hath done great things for them.

The hath done great things for us; whereof we are glad.

Turn again our captivity, O, as the streams in the south.

They that sow in tears shall reap in ‖ joy.

He that goeth forth and weepeth, bearing ‖ precious seed, shall doubtless come again with rejoicing, bringing his sheaves with him. 