The day of calamity
							
																								
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									 May the LORD answer you in the day of trouble; may the name of the God of Jacob protect you.
								
							 
																								
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									May He send you help from the sanctuary and sustain you from Zion.
								
							 
																								
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									May He remember all your gifts  and look favorably on your burnt offerings.
								
							 
																								
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									Selah May He give you the desires of your heart and make all your plans succeed.
								
							 
																								
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									May we shout for joy at your victory and raise a banner in the name of our God. May the LORD grant all your petitions.
								
							 
																								
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									 Now I know that the LORD saves His anointed; He answers him from His holy heaven with the saving power of His right hand.
								
							 
																								
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									Some trust in chariots and others in horses, but we trust in the name of the LORD our God.
								
							 
																								
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									They collapse and fall, but we rise up and stand firm.
								
							 
																								
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									O LORD, save (a) the king. Answer us on the day we call.
								
							 
																																								
								
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