The Holy Bible – Knox Translation
The Book of Psalms
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Psalm 107
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(A song. A psalm. Of David.)
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A true heart, my God, a heart true to thy service; I will sing of thee and praise thee.
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Wake, my heart, wake, echoes of harp and viol; dawn shall find me watching.
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Let me give thanks, Lord, for all the world to hear it, sing psalms while the Gentiles listen,
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of thy mercy, high above heaven itself, of thy faithfulness, that reaches the clouds!
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O God, mount high above the heavens✻ till thy glory overshadows the whole earth.
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Now bring aid to the men thou lovest, give our prayer answer, and lift thy right hand to save.
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God’s word came to us from his sanctuary: In triumph I will divide up Sichem, and parcel out the valley of Tents;
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to me Galaad, to me Manasses belongs; Ephraim is my helmet, Juda the staff I bear.
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Now Moab, too, shall be my drudge; over Edom I will claim my right; I will lead the Philistines away in triumph.
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Such was the oracle; but now who is to lead me on my march against this fortress, who is to find an entrance for me into Edom,
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when thou, O God, hast disowned us, and wilt not go into battle with our armies?
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It is thou that must deliver us from peril; vain is the help of man.
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Only through God can we fight victoriously; only he can trample our oppressors in the dust.✻
