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      "verse": 1,
      "text": "The psalm of David before he was anointed. The Lord is my light and my salvation, whom shall I fear? The Lord is the protector of my life: of whom shall I be afraid?",
      "citation": "Psalms 26:1 (Douay-Rheims)"
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      "verse": 2,
      "text": "Whilst the wicked draw near against me, to eat my flesh. My enemies that trouble me, have themselves been weakened, and have fallen.",
      "citation": "Psalms 26:2 (Douay-Rheims)"
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      "verse": 3,
      "text": "If armies in camp should stand together against me, my heart shall not fear. If a battle should rise up against me, in this will I be confident.",
      "citation": "Psalms 26:3 (Douay-Rheims)"
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      "verse": 4,
      "text": "One thing I have asked of the Lord, this will I seek after; that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life. That I may see the delight of the Lord, and may visit his temple.",
      "citation": "Psalms 26:4 (Douay-Rheims)"
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      "verse": 5,
      "text": "For he hath hidden me in his tabernacle; in the day of evils, he hath protected me in the secret place of his tabernacle.",
      "citation": "Psalms 26:5 (Douay-Rheims)"
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      "verse": 6,
      "text": "He hath exalted me upon a rock: and now he hath lifted up my head above my enemies. I have gone round, and have offered up in his tabernacle a sacrifice of jubilation: I will sing, and recite a psalm to the Lord.",
      "citation": "Psalms 26:6 (Douay-Rheims)"
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      "verse": 7,
      "text": "Hear, O Lord, my voice, with which I have cried to thee: have mercy on me and hear me.",
      "citation": "Psalms 26:7 (Douay-Rheims)"
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      "verse": 8,
      "text": "My heart hath said to thee: My face hath sought thee: thy face, O Lord, will I still seek.",
      "citation": "Psalms 26:8 (Douay-Rheims)"
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      "verse": 9,
      "text": "Turn not away thy face from me; decline not in thy wrath from thy servant. Be thou my helper, forsake me not; do not thou despise me, O God my Saviour.",
      "citation": "Psalms 26:9 (Douay-Rheims)"
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      "verse": 10,
      "text": "For my father and my mother have left me: but the Lord hath taken me up.",
      "citation": "Psalms 26:10 (Douay-Rheims)"
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      "verse": 11,
      "text": "Set me, O Lord, a law in thy way, and guide me in the right path, because of my enemies.",
      "citation": "Psalms 26:11 (Douay-Rheims)"
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      "verse": 12,
      "text": "Deliver me not over to the will of them that trouble me; for unjust witnesses have risen up against me; and iniquity hath lied to itself.",
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      "verse": 13,
      "text": "I believe to see the good things of the Lord in the land of the living.",
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      "verse": 14,
      "text": "Expect the Lord, do manfully, and let thy heart take courage, and wait thou for the Lord.",
      "citation": "Psalms 26:14 (Douay-Rheims)"
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