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Psalms 138:11-19 Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision 1752 (DRC1752)

11. And I said: Perhaps darkness shall cover me: and night shall be my light in my pleasures.

12. But darkness shall not be dark to thee, and night shall be light as day: the darkness thereof, and the light thereof are alike to thee.

13. For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast protected me from my mother's womb.

14. I will praise thee, for thou art fearfully magnified: wonderful are thy works, and my soul knoweth right well.

15. My bone is not hidden from thee, which thou hast made in secret: and my substance in the lower parts of the earth.

16. Thy eyes did see my imperfect being, and in thy book all shall be written: days shall be formed, and no one in them.

17. But to me thy friends, O God, are made exceedingly honourable: their principality is exceedingly strengthened.

18. I will number them, and they shall be multiplied above the sand: I rose up and am still with thee.

19. If thou wilt kill the wicked, O God: ye men of blood, depart from me:

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