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Psalms 119

  1. Verse 1. Agradual Canticle. When I was in tribulation I cried to our Lord: and he heard me.
  2. Verse 2. O Lord deliver my soul from unjust lips, and from a deceitful tongue.
  3. Verse 3. What may be given thee, or what may be added unto thee to a deceitful tongue?
  4. Verse 4. The sharp arrows of the mighty, with coals of desolation.
  5. Verse 5. Woe is to me, that my sojourning is prolonged: I have dwelt with the inhabitants of Cedar:
  6. Verse 6. My soul hath been long a sojourner.
  7. Verse 7. With them that hated peace I was peaceable: when I spake to them, they impugned me without cause.