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THE REFUGE OF THE PERSECUTED.
Psalm xl.
In Jehovah, my God, I confide:
Why then will ye urge me to fly,
As a bird to her covert, from danger to hide?
“Oh, flee to the mountains,” they cry:
Why then will ye urge me to fly,
As a bird to her covert, from danger to hide?
“Oh, flee to the mountains,” they cry:
“For the bow of the wicked is bent,
And the arrow is ready to start:
He fits it in secret; for thee it is meant:
It is aimed at the upright in heart.
And the arrow is ready to start:
He fits it in secret; for thee it is meant:
It is aimed at the upright in heart.
“When justice and honour have fled,
When laws are laid prostrate by force,
Oh, where can the righteous be safe?” they have said.
“Oh, where have the injured resource?”
When laws are laid prostrate by force,
Oh, where can the righteous be safe?” they have said.
“Oh, where have the injured resource?”
Jehovah, who dwelleth in light,
Discerns from his throne in the skies:
He searcheth the heart, and his judgments are right.
For a season the righteous He tries.
Discerns from his throne in the skies:
He searcheth the heart, and his judgments are right.
For a season the righteous He tries.
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But wo to the' oppressor! The Lord
In vengeance descends from above,
His foes to consume, but His saints to reward;
And then shall they joy in His love.
In vengeance descends from above,
His foes to consume, but His saints to reward;
And then shall they joy in His love.
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