Title page from The Book of Psalms (KJV)

Part of: The Parallel Bible. Old and New Testaments (KJV and Revised Version) The Book of Psalms (KJV)

A collection of 150 songs, prayers, and other compositions which make up the 19th book of the Old Testament. Traditionally ascribed to King David, the Psalms have played an important role for millennia in religious ceremonies in liturgy, hymns, and private worship.

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Psalm 1201. In my distress I cried unto the LORD, and he heard me.2. Deliver my soul, O LORD, from lying lips, and from a deceitful tongue.3. What shall be given unto thee? or what shall be done unto thee, thou false tongue?4. Sharp arrows of the mighty, with coals of juniper.5. Woe is me, that I…

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