Psa 49:5
Wherefore should I fear in the days of evil, {when} the iniquity of my heels shall compass me about?
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Who shall lay any thing to the charge of God's elect? {It is} God that justifieth.
Saying, Fear not, Paul; thou must be brought before Caesar: and, lo, God hath given thee all them that sail with thee.
And they consider not in their hearts {that} I remember all their wickedness: now their own doings have beset them about; they are before my face. {consider...: Heb. say not to}
Dan shall be a serpent by the way, an adder in the path, that biteth the horse heels, so that his rider shall fall backward. {an adder: Heb. an arrow-snake}
They gather themselves together, they hide themselves, they mark my steps, when they wait for my soul.
And in nothing terrified by your adversaries: which is to them an evident token of perdition, but to you of salvation, and that of God.
For dogs have compassed me: the assembly of the wicked have inclosed me: they pierced my hands and my feet.
Therefore the prudent shall keep silence in that time; for it {is} an evil time.
{If} thou faint in the day of adversity, thy strength {is} small. {small: Heb. narrow}
His own iniquities shall take the wicked himself, and he shall be holden with the cords of his sins. {sins: Heb. sin}
Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou {art} with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.
For mine iniquities are gone over mine head: as an heavy burden they are too heavy for me.
Fear thou not; for I {am} with thee: be not dismayed; for I {am} thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.
Redeeming the time, because the days are evil.
[To the chief Musician for the sons of Korah, A Song upon Alamoth.] God {is} our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. {for: or, of}
[{A Psalm} of David.] The LORD {is} my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? the LORD {is} the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?
Now therefore, let not my blood fall to the earth before the face of the LORD: for the king of Israel is come out to seek a flea, as when one doth hunt a partridge in the mountains.
The LORD knoweth the days of the upright: and their inheritance shall be for ever.
That thou mayest give him rest from the days of adversity, until the pit be digged for the wicked.
In that day shalt thou not be ashamed for all thy doings, wherein thou hast transgressed against me: for then I will take away out of the midst of thee them that rejoice in thy pride, and thou shalt no more be haughty because of my holy mountain. {because...: Heb. in my holy}
Be not thou afraid when one is made rich, when the glory of his house is increased;
And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, {and} be merry.