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RUBRIC: PSALM

75. I loved [the Lord], because the Lord will hear the voice of my prayer; because he inclined his ear unto me, and in my days I called upon him. The pangs of death encompassed me, and the sorrows of hell found me. I found tribulation and anguish, and I called upon the name of the Lord: O Lord, deliver my soul! Merciful is our God, he hath mercy; and the Lord preserveth the little ones. I was brought low, and the Lord saved me. Return, O my soul, unto thy rest, for the Lord hath helped thee. He delivered my soul from death, mine eyes from tears, and my feet from stumbling. I shall be well-pleasing before the Lord in the land of the living. I believed, wherefore I also spoke; and I was brought exceedingly low. I said in my astonishment: "Every man is a liar." What retribution shall I render unto the Lord for all that he hath given unto me? I will take the cup of salvation, and I will call upon the name of the Lord. I will render my vows unto the Lord before all his people. Precious before the Lord is the death of his saints.