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Book I: The Judicial Prosecution of the Adversary and the Malakh Perimeter
A Psalm of Dawid. Plead my cause, O 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄, with them that strive with me: fight against them that fight against me.
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Tahiliym 35
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The Armory of the Judge
Take hold of shield and buckler, and stand up for mine help.
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The Signal to the Soul
Draw out also the spear, and stop the way against them that persecute me: say unto my soul, I am thy salvation.
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The Confusion of the Seekers
Let them be confounded and put to shame that seek after my soul: let them be turned back and brought to confusion that devise my hurt.
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The Offensive Malakh Protocol: The Chasing
Let them be as chaff before the wind: and let the malakh of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 chase them.
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The Persecution of the Darkness
Let their way be dark and slippery: and let the malakh of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 persecute them.
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The Hidden Net and Pit
For without cause have they hid for me their net in a pit, which without cause they have digged for my soul.
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The Law of Reciprocal Destruction
Let destruction come upon him at unawares; and let his net that he hath hid catch himself: into that very destruction let him fall.
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The Rejoicing in the Rescue
And my soul shall be joyful in 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄: it shall rejoice in his salvation.
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The Incomparable Deliverer
All my bones shall say, 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄, who is like unto thee, which deliverest the poor from him that is too strong for him, yea, the poor and the needy from him that spoileth him?
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The Strike of False Witnesses
False witnesses did rise up; they laid to my charge things that I knew not.
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The Rewarding of Evil
They rewarded me evil for good to the spoiling of my soul.
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The Intercessory Fasting
But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth: I humbled my soul with fasting; and my prayer returned into mine own bosom.
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The Mourning for the Enemy
I behaved myself as though he had been my friend or brother: I bowed down heavily, as one that mourneth for his mother.
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The Adversarial Gathering
But in mine adversity they rejoiced, and gathered themselves together: yea, the abjects gathered themselves together against me, and I knew it not; they did tear me, and ceased not:
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With hypocritical mockers in feasts, they gnashed upon me with their teeth.
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The Call for Intervention
Adun, how long wilt thou look on? rescue my soul from their destructions, my darling from the lions.
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The Thanksgiving in the Great Qahal
I will give thee thanks in the great qahal: I will praise thee among much people.
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The Hatred Without Cause
Let not them that are mine enemies wrongfully rejoice over me: neither let them wink with the eye that hate me without a cause.
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The Conspiracy Against the Quiet
For they speak not peace: but they devise deceitful matters against them that are quiet in the land.
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The "Aha" Frequency
Yea, they opened their mouth wide against me, and said, Aha, aha, our eye hath seen it.
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The Omniscient Witness
This thou hast seen, O 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄: keep not silence: O Adun, be not far from me.
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The Awakening of the Court
Stir up thyself, and awake to my judgment, even unto my cause, my Alahiym and my Adun.
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The Standard of Righteousness
Judge me, O 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 my Alahiym, according to thy righteousness; and let them not rejoice over me.
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Let them not say in their hearts, Ah, so would we have it: let them not say, We have swallowed him up.
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The Clothing of Shame
Let them be ashamed and brought to confusion together that rejoice at mine hurt: let them be clothed with shame and dishonour that magnify themselves against me.
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The Prosperity of the Servant
Let them shout for joy, and be glad, that favour my righteous cause: yea, let them say continually, Let 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 be magnified, which hath pleasure in the prosperity of his servant.
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The Perpetual Tongue
And my tongue shall speak of thy righteousness and of thy praise all the day long.