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I will magnify thee, O Lord, for thou hast set me up and not made my foes to triumph over me. (Coverdale) Sometimes it feels like "set up" in the colloquial sense, dunnit?
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By the waters of Babylon we sat down and wept when we remembered thee, O Sion.As for our harps, we hanged them up upon the trees that are therein. (Coverdale)
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The sacrifice of God is a troubled spirit a broken and contrite heart, O God, shalt thou not despise. (Coverdale) Psalm 51 appears a lot in Lent. No wonder: in Latin its first word is "miserere"–have mercy–and it's the text which has been so often set to music and known by that name. This verse is
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I very much liked the two Ozu films I've seen, Late Spring and Tokyo Story, in spite of some difficulty in adjusting to the mannerisms, especially the vocal mannerisms, of a language and culture so different from mine. As I said when writing about Late Spring back in 2011, it's a difficulty I've had with other Japanese
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This he ordained in Joseph for a testimony when he came out of the land of Egypt, and had heard a strange language.I eased his shoulder from the burden and his hands were delivered from making the pots.Thou calledst upon me in troubles, and I delivered thee * and heard thee what time as the storm fell upon
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To-day if ye will hear his voice, harden not your hearts as in the provocation, and as in the day of temptation in the wilderness;When your fathers tempted me, proved me, and saw my works. (Coverdale)
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Praise the Lord, O Jerusalem; praise thy God, O Sion.For he hath made fast the bars of thy gates and hath blessed thy children within thee. (Coverdale)
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Shew me thy ways, O Lord and teach me thy paths.Lead me forth in thy truth, and learn me for thou art the God of my salvation; in thee hath been my hope all the day long. (Coverdale) Interesting "wrong" use of "learn" there. It survived, maybe still does, in the South, among uneducated people.
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Like as the hart desireth the water-brooks so longeth my soul after thee, O God.My soul is athirst for God, yea, even for the living God– when shall I come to appear before the presence of God? (Coverdale)
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The law of the Lord is an undefiled law, converting the soul; the testimony of the Lord is sure, and giveth wisdom unto the simple. (Coverdale) cf. Grail: "The law of the Lord is perfect, refreshing the soul"
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