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O how abundant is thy goodness, which thou hast laid up for those who fear thee, and wrought for those who take refuge in thee, in the sight of the sons of men!
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In the covert of thy presence thou hidest them from the plots of men; thou holdest them safe under thy shelter from the strife of tongues.
21
Blessed be the LORD, for he has wondrously shown his steadfast love to me when I was beset as in a besieged city.
22
I had said in my alarm, "I am driven far from thy sight." But thou didst hear my supplications, when I cried to thee for help.
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Love the LORD, all you his saints! The LORD preserves the faithful, but abundantly requites him who acts haughtily.
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Be strong, and let your heart take courage, all you who wait for 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.
Revised Standard Version of the Bible, copyright 1952 [2nd edition, 1971] by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.