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But as for me, I trust in You, O LORD, I say, "1You are my God."
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My 2times are in Your hand; 3Deliver me from the hand of my enemies and from those who persecute me.
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Make Your 4face to shine upon Your servant; 5Save me in Your lovingkindness.
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Let me not be 6put to shame, O LORD, for I call upon You; Let the 7wicked be put to shame, let them 8be silent in Sheol.
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Let the 9lyinglips be mute, Which 10speakarrogantlyagainst the righteous With pride and contempt.
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Howgreat is Your 11goodness, Which You have stored up for those who fear You, Which You have wrought for those who 12takerefuge in You, 13Before the sons of men!
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You hide them in the 14secretplace of Your presence from the 15conspiracies of man; You keep them secretly in a shelter from the 16strife of tongues.
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17Blessed be the LORD, For He has made18marvelous His lovingkindness to me in a besieged19city.
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As for me, 20I said in my alarm, "I am 21cutoff from before Your eyes "; Nevertheless You 22heard the voice of my supplications When I cried to You.
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O love the LORD, all you 23His godlyones! The LORD24preserves the faithful And fully25recompenses the prouddoer.
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26Be strong and let your hearttakecourage, All you who hope in the LORD.
To the chief Musician, a Psalm of David. This psalm, according to Arama, was composed by David when in Keilah; but, according to Kimchi and others, when the Ziphites proposed to deliver him up into the hands of Saul; and who, upon their solicitations, came down and surrounded him with his army, from whom in haste he made his escape, and to which he is thought to refer in Psalm 31:22. Theodoret supposes it was written by David when he fled from Absalom, and that it has some respect in it to his sin against Uriah, in that verse.