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For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David. |
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In thee, O YAHUVEH, do I take refuge; Let me never be put to shame:
Deliver me in thy righteousness. |
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Bow down thine ear unto me; deliver me speedily: Be thou to me a strong
rock, A house of defence to save me. |
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For thou art my rock and my fortress; Therefore for thy name's sake lead
me and guide me. |
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Pluck me out of the net that they have laid privily for me; For thou art
my stronghold. |
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Into thy hand I commend my spirit: Thou hast redeemed me, O YAHUVEH, thou
YAHUVEH of truth. |
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I hate them that regard lying vanities; But I trust in YAHUVEH. |
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I will be glad and rejoice in thy lovingkindness; For thou hast seen my
affliction: Thou hast known my soul in adversities; |
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And thou hast not shut me up into the hand of the enemy; Thou hast set
my feet in a large place. |
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Have mercy upon me, O YAHUVEH, for I am in distress: Mine eye wasteth
away with grief, yea, my soul and my body. |
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For my life is spent with sorrow, And my years with sighing: My strength
faileth because of mine iniquity, And my bones are wasted away. |
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Because of all mine adversaries I am become a reproach, Yea, unto my
neighbors exceedingly, And a fear to mine acquaintance: They that did see me
without fled from me. |
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I am forgotten as a dead man out of mind: I am like a broken vessel. |
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For I have heard the defaming of many, Terror on every side: While they
took counsel together against me, They devised to take away my life. |
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But I trusted in thee, O YAHUVEH: I said, Thou art my YAHUVEH. |
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My times are in thy hand: Deliver me from the hand of mine enemies, and
from them that persecute me. |
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Make thy face to shine upon thy servant: Save me in thy lovingkindness. |
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Let me not be put to shame, O YAHUVEH; for I have called upon thee: Let
the wicked be put to shame, let them be silent in Sheol. |
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Let the lying lips be dumb, Which speak against the righteous
insolently, With pride and contempt. |
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Oh how great is thy goodness, Which thou hast laid up for them that fear
thee, Which thou hast wrought for them that take refuge in thee, Before the
sons of men! |
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In the covert of thy presence wilt thou hide them from the plottings of
man: Thou wilt keep them secretly in a pavilion from the strife of tongues. |
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Blessed be YAHUVEH; For he hath showed me his marvellous lovingkindness
in a strong city. |
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As for me, I said in my haste, I am cut off from before thine eyes:
Nevertheless thou heardest the voice of my supplications When I cried unto
thee. |
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Oh love YAHUVEH, all ye his saints: YAHUVEH preserveth the faithful, And
plentifully rewardeth him that dealeth proudly. |
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Be strong, and let your heart take courage, All ye that hope in YAHUVEH. |