The Holy Bible: Containing the Old and New Testaments ; Translated Out of the Original Tongues, and with the Former Translations Compared and Revised by His Majesty's Special Command, Appointed to be Read in Churches

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University Press, 1868 - 1500 pages
 

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Page 10 - For there is hope of a tree, if it be cut down, that it will sprout again, and that the tender branch thereof will not cease. Though the root thereof wax old in the earth, and the stock thereof die in the ground; yet through the scent of water it will bud, and bring forth boughs like a plant.
Page 17 - I am weary with my groaning; all the night make I my bed to swim; I water my couch with my tears.
Page 38 - SAVE me, O God ; for the waters are come in unto my soul. I sink in deep mire, where there is no standing: I am come into deep waters, where the floods overflow me.
Page 13 - WHEN the Lord turned again the captivity of Zion, we were like them that dream. Then was our mouth filled with laughter, and our tongue with singing: then said they among the heathen, The Lord hath done great things for them. The Lord hath done great things for us ; whereof we are glad.
Page 38 - For the zeal of thine house hath eaten me up ; and the reproaches of them that reproached thee are fallen upon me.
Page 36 - TRULY my soul waiteth upon God : from him cometh my salvation, 2 He only is my rock and my salvation; he is my defence; I shall not be greatly moved. 3 How long will ye imagine mischief against a man ? Ye shall be slain all of you : as a bowing wall shall ye be, and as a tottering fence.
Page 45 - My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth for the courts of the Lord: my heart and my flesh crieth out for the living God.
Page 36 - Blessed is the man whom thou choosest, and causest to approach unto thee, that he may dwell in thy courts : we shall be satisfied with the goodness of thy house, even of thy holy temple.
Page 35 - But I will sing of thy power ; yea, I will sing aloud of thy mercy in the morning : for thou hast been my defence and refuge in the day of my trouble.

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