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Because of all my adversaries, I have become a 1reproach, Especially to my 2neighbors, And an object of dread to my acquaintances; Those who see me in the streetflee from me.
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I am 3forgotten as a deadman, out of mind; I am like a brokenvessel.
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For I have heard the 4slander of many, 5Terror is on everyside; While they 6tookcounseltogetheragainst me, They 7schemed to take away my life.
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But as for me, I trust in You, O LORD, I say, "8You are my God."
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My 9times are in Your hand; 10Deliver me from the hand of my enemies and from those who persecute me.
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Make Your 11face to shine upon Your servant; 12Save me in Your lovingkindness.
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Let me not be 13put to shame, O LORD, for I call upon You; Let the 14wicked be put to shame, let them 15be silent in Sheol.
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Let the 16lyinglips be mute, Which 17speakarrogantlyagainst the righteous With pride and contempt.
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Howgreat is Your 18goodness, Which You have stored up for those who fear You, Which You have wrought for those who 19takerefuge in You, 20Before the sons of men!
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You hide them in the 21secretplace of Your presence from the 22conspiracies of man; You keep them secretly in a shelter from the 23strife of tongues.
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24Blessed be the LORD, For He has made25marvelous His lovingkindness to me in a besieged26city.
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.