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I will give thanks to you, O Lord, O King,
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for you have been my protector and helper,
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and delivered me, according to the abundance of your mercy and of your name,
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from the choking of a fire on every side,
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out of the depth of the belly of Hades,
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the slander of an unrighteous tongue to the king.
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They surrounded me on every side.
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Then I remembered your mercy, O Lord,
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I lifted up my prayer from the earth,
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I called upon the Lord, the Father of my Lord,
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I will praise your name continually.
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You saved me from destruction
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When I was yet young,
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Before the temple I asked for her.
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From the first flower to the ripening grape my heart delighted in her.
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I inclined my ear a little, and received her,
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I profited in her.
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For I determined to practise her.
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My soul has wrestled with her.
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I directed my soul to her.
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My belly also was troubled to seek her.
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The Lord gave me a tongue for my reward.
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Draw near to me, all you who are uneducated,
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Why therefore are you all lacking in these things,
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I opened my mouth and spoke,
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Put your neck under the yoke,
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See with your eyes
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Get instruction with a great sum of silver,
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May your soul rejoice in his mercy,
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Work your work before the time comes,