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As a dream when one awaketh, so, O L-rd, when Thou arousest Thyself, Thou wilt despise their semblance.
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For my heart was in a ferment, and I was pricked in my reins.
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But I was brutish, and ignorant; I was as a beast before Thee.
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Nevertheless I am continually with Thee; Thou holdest my right hand.
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Thou wilt guide me with Thy counsel, and afterward receive me with glory.
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Whom have I in heaven but Thee? And beside Thee I desire none upon earth.
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My flesh and my heart faileth; but G-d is the rock of my heart and my portion for ever.
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For, lo, they that go far from Thee shall perish; Thou dost destroy all them that go astray from Thee.
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But as for me, the nearness of G-d is my good; I have made the L-rd GOD my refuge, that I may tell of all Thy works.