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- I WILL bless the Lord at all times; His praise shall continually be in my mouth.
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- My life makes its boast in the Lord; let the humble and afflicted hear and be glad.
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- O magnify the Lord with me, and let us exalt His name together.
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- I sought (inquired of) the Lord and required Him [of necessity and on the authority of His Word], and He heard me, and delivered me from all my fears. [Ps. 73:25; Matt. 7:7.]
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- They looked to Him and were radiant; their faces shall never blush for shame or be confused.
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- This poor man cried, and the Lord heard him, and saved him out of all his troubles.
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- The Angel of the Lord encamps around those who fear Him [who revere and worship Him with awe] and each of them He delivers. [Ps. 18:1; 145:20.]
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- O taste and see that the Lord [our God] is good! Blessed (happy, fortunate, to be envied) is the man who trusts and takes refuge in Him. [I Pet. 2:2, 3.]
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- O fear the Lord, you His saints [revere and worship Him]! For there is no want to those who truly revere and worship Him with godly fear.
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- The young lions lack food and suffer hunger, but they who seek (inquire of and require) the Lord [by right of their need and on the authority of His Word], none of them shall lack any beneficial thing.
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- Come, you children, listen to me; I will teach you to revere and worshipfully fear the Lord.
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- What man is he who desires life and longs for many days, that he may see good?
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- Keep your tongue from evil and your lips from speaking deceit.
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- Depart from evil and do good; seek, inquire for, and crave peace and pursue (go after) it!
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- The eyes of the Lord are toward the [uncompromisingly] righteous and His ears are open to their cry.
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- The face of the Lord is against those who do evil, to cut off the remembrance of them from the earth. [I Pet. 3:10-12.]
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- When the righteous cry for help, the Lord hears, and delivers them out of all their distress and troubles.
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- The Lord is close to those who are of a broken heart and saves such as are crushed with sorrow for sin and are humbly and thoroughly penitent.
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- Many evils confront the [consistently] righteous, but the Lord delivers him out of them all.
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- He keeps all his bones; not one of them is broken.
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- Evil shall cause the death of the wicked; and they who hate the just and righteous shall be held guilty and shall be condemned.
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- The Lord redeems the lives of His servants, and none of those who take refuge and trust in Him shall be condemned or held guilty.
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