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Book I: The Prayer of Dawid and the Awakening in Righteousness
A Prayer of Dawid. Hear the right, O 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄, attend unto my cry, give ear unto my prayer, that goeth not out of feigned lips.
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Tahiliym 17
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The Demand for the Court's Sentence
Let my sentence come forth from thy presence; let thine eyes behold the things that are equal.
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The Nocturnal Inspection and Acoustic Integrity
Thou hast proved mine heart; thou hast visited me in the night; thou hast tried me, and shalt find nothing; I am purposed that my mouth shall not transgress.
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The Perimeter of the Word
Concerning the works of men, by the word of thy lips I have kept me from the paths of the destroyer.
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Hold up my goings in thy paths, that my footsteps slip not.
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I have called upon thee, for thou wilt hear me, O El: incline thine ear unto me, and hear my speech.
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The Salvation of the Right Hand
Shew thy marvellous lovingkindness, O thou that savest by thy right hand them which put their trust in thee from those that rise up against them.
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The Shield of the Wings
Keep me as the apple of the eye, hide me under the shadow of thy wings,
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From the wicked that oppress me, from my deadly enemies, who compass me about.
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The Anatomy of the Oppressor
They are inclosed in their own fat: with their mouth they speak proudly.
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They have now compassed us in our steps: they have set their eyes bowing down to the earth;
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Like as a lion that is greedy of his prey, and as it were a young lion lurking in secret places.
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The Judicial Imprecation and the Sword of Yahuwah
Arise, O 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄, disappoint him, cast him down: deliver my soul from the wicked, which is thy sword:
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The Portion of the Earthly Matrix
From men which are thy hand, O 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄, from men of the world, which have their portion in this life, and whose belly thou fillest with thy hid treasure: they are full of children, and leave the rest of their substance to their babes.
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The Awakening of the Righteous
As for me, I will behold thy face in righteousness: I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with thy likeness.