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The voice said, Cry. And he said, What shall I cry? All flesh is grass, and all the goodliness thereof is as the flower of the field:

And the glory of the LORD shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together: for the mouth of the LORD hath spoken it.

Every valley shall be exalted, and every mountain and hill shall be made low: and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough places plain:

The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the LORD, make straight in the desert a highway for our God.

Speak ye comfortably to Jerusalem, and cry unto her, that her warfare is accomplished, that her iniquity is pardoned: for she hath received of the LORD"s hand double for all her sins.

Comfort ye, comfort ye my people, saith your God.

But I am poor and needy; yet the Lord thinketh upon me: thou art my help and my deliverer; make no tarrying, O my God.

Let all those that seek thee rejoice and be glad in thee: let such as love thy salvation say continually, The LORD be magnified.

Let them be desolate for a reward of their shame that say unto me, Aha, aha.

Let them be ashamed and confounded together that seek after my soul to destroy it; let them be driven backward and put to shame that wish me evil.

Be pleased, O LORD, to deliver me: O LORD, make haste to help me.

For innumerable evils have compassed me about: mine iniquities have taken hold upon me, so that I am not able to look up; they are more than the hairs of mine head: therefore my heart faileth me.

Withhold not thou thy tender mercies from me, O LORD: let thy lovingkindness and thy truth continually preserve me.

I have not hid thy righteousness within my heart; I have declared thy faithfulness and thy salvation: I have not concealed thy lovingkindness and thy truth from the great congregation.

I have preached righteousness in the great congregation: lo, I have not refrained my lips, O LORD, thou knowest.

I delight to do thy will, O my God: yea, thy law is within my heart.

Then said I, Lo, I come: in the volume of the book it is written of me,

Sacrifice and offering thou didst not desire; mine ears hast thou opened: burnt offering and sin offering hast thou not required.

Many, O LORD my God, are thy wonderful works which thou hast done, and thy thoughts which are to us-ward: they cannot be reckoned up in order unto thee: if I would declare and speak of them, they are more than can be numbered.

Blessed is that man that maketh the LORD his trust, and respecteth not the proud, nor such as turn aside to lies.

And he hath put a new song in my mouth, even praise unto our God: many shall see it, and fear, and shall trust in the LORD.

He brought me up also out of an horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock, and established my goings.

I waited patiently for the LORD; and he inclined unto me, and heard my cry.

He taketh it with his eyes: his nose pierceth through snares.

Behold, he drinketh up a river, and hasteth not: he trusteth that he can draw up Jordan into his mouth.

The shady trees cover him with their shadow; the willows of the brook compass him about.

He lieth under the shady trees, in the covert of the reed, and fens.

Surely the mountains bring him forth food, where all the beasts of the field play.

He is the chief of the ways of God: he that made him can make his sword to approach unto him.

His bones are as strong pieces of brass; his bones are like bars of iron.