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For I the LORD thy God will hold thy right hand, saying unto thee, Fear not; I will help thee.

Thou shalt seek them, and shalt not find them, even them that contended with thee: they that war against thee shall be as nothing, and as a thing of nought.

Behold, all they that were incensed against thee shall be ashamed and confounded: they shall be as nothing; and they that strive with thee shall perish.

Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.

Thou whom I have taken from the ends of the earth, and called thee from the chief men thereof, and said unto thee, Thou art my servant; I have chosen thee, and not cast thee away.

But thou, Israel, art my servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, the seed of Abraham my friend.

So the carpenter encouraged the goldsmith, and he that smootheth with the hammer him that smote the anvil, saying, It is ready for the sodering: and he fastened it with nails, that it should not be moved.

They helped every one his neighbour; and every one said to his brother, Be of good courage.

The isles saw it, and feared; the ends of the earth were afraid, drew near, and came.

Who hath wrought and done it, calling the generations from the beginning? I the LORD, the first, and with the last; I am he.

He pursued them, and passed safely; even by the way that he had not gone with his feet.

Who raised up the righteous man from the east, called him to his foot, gave the nations before him, and made him rule over kings? he gave them as the dust to his sword, and as driven stubble to his bow.

Keep silence before me, O islands; and let the people renew their strength: let them come near; then let them speak: let us come near together to judgment.

Blessed be the LORD God of Israel from everlasting, and to everlasting. Amen, and Amen.

And as for me, thou upholdest me in mine integrity, and settest me before thy face for ever.

By this I know that thou favourest me, because mine enemy doth not triumph over me.

But thou, O LORD, be merciful unto me, and raise me up, that I may requite them.

Yea, mine own familiar friend, in whom I trusted, which did eat of my bread, hath lifted up his heel against me.

An evil disease, say they, cleaveth fast unto him: and now that he lieth he shall rise up no more.

All that hate me whisper together against me: against me do they devise my hurt.

And if he come to see me, he speaketh vanity: his heart gathereth iniquity to itself; when he goeth abroad, he telleth it.

Mine enemies speak evil of me, When shall he die, and his name perish?

I said, LORD, be merciful unto me: heal my soul; for I have sinned against thee.

The LORD will strengthen him upon the bed of languishing: thou wilt make all his bed in his sickness.

The LORD will preserve him, and keep him alive; and he shall be blessed upon the earth: and thou wilt not deliver him unto the will of his enemies.

Blessed is he that considereth the poor: the LORD will deliver him in time of trouble.

He beholdeth all high things: he is a king over all the children of pride.

Upon earth there is not his like, who is made without fear.

He maketh a path to shine after him; one would think the deep to be hoary.

He maketh the deep to boil like a pot: he maketh the sea like a pot of ointment.