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Chapter 33 20 Our soul waiteth for the LORD: he is our help and our shield.21 For our heart shall rejoice in him, because we have trusted in his holy name.22 Let thy mercy, O LORD, be upon us, according as we hope in thee.
Chapter 34 1 I will bless the LORD at all times: his praise shall continually be in my mouth.2 My soul shall make her boast in the LORD: the humble shall hear thereof, and be glad.3 O magnify the LORD with me, and let us exalt his name together.4 I sought the LORD, and he heard me, and delivered me from all my fears.5 They looked unto him, and were lightened: and their faces were not ashamed.6 This poor man cried, and the LORD heard him, and saved him out of all his troubles.7 The angel of the LORD encampeth round about them that fear him, and delivereth them.8 O taste and see that the LORD is good: blessed is the man that trusteth in him.9 O fear the LORD, ye his saints: for there is no want to them that fear him.10 The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger: but they that seek the LORD shall not want any good thing.11 Come, ye children, hearken unto me: I will teach you the fear of the LORD.12 What man is he that desireth life, and loveth many days, that he may see good?13 Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile.14 Depart from evil, and do good; seek peace, and pursue it.15 The eyes of the LORD are upon the righteous, and his ears are open unto their cry.16 The face of the LORD is against them that do evil, to cut off the remembrance of them from the earth.17 The righteous cry, and the LORD heareth, and delivereth them out of all their troubles.
The Book of Psalms in its current, most commonly used forms, consists of 150 songs and prayers referred to individually as psalms and referenced by chapter and verse. They each have a poetic character with frequent use of parallelism. In addition to the title of the collection which translates as "song" or "hymns" from both Hebrew and Greek, superscriptions (or headings) in many of the Psalms provide musical references and some direction, in some cases even references to melodies that would have been well-known by early congregations.
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