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1 For the leader. A psalm of David: In you, ADONAI, I take refuge; let me never be put to shame; in your justice, save me!
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<To the chief music-maker. A Psalm. Of David.> In you, O Lord, have I put my hope; let me never be shamed; keep me safe in your righteousness.
2 Turn your ear toward me, come quickly to my rescue, be for me a rock of strength, a fortress to keep me safe.
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Let your ear be turned to me; take me quickly out of danger; be my strong Rock, my place of strength where I may be safe.
3 Since you are my rock and fortress, lead me and guide me for your name's sake.
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For you are my Rock and my strong tower; go in front of me and be my guide, because of your name.
4 Free me from the net they have hidden to catch me, because you are my strength.
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Take me out of the net which they have put ready for me secretly; for you are my strength.
5 Into your hand I commit my spirit; you will redeem me, ADONAI, God of truth.
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Into your hands I give my spirit; you are my saviour, O Lord God for ever true.
6 I hate those who serve worthless idols; as for me, I trust in ADONAI.
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I am full of hate for those who go after false gods; but my hope is in the Lord.
7 I will rejoice and be glad in your grace, for you see my affliction, you know how distressed I am.
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I will be glad and have delight in your mercy; because you have seen my trouble; you have had pity on my soul in its sorrows;
8 You did not hand me over to the enemy; you set my feet where I can move freely.
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And you have not given me into the hand of my hater; you have put my feet in a wide place.
9 Show me favor, ADONAI, for I am in trouble. My eyes grow dim with anger, my soul and body as well.
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Have mercy on me, O Lord, for I am in trouble; my eyes are wasted with grief, I am wasted in soul and body.
10 For my life is worn out with sorrow and my years with sighing; my strength gives out under my guilt, and my bones are wasting away.
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My life goes on in sorrow, and my years in weeping; my strength is almost gone because of my sin, and my bones are wasted away.
11 I am scorned by all my adversaries, and even more by my neighbors; even to acquaintances I am an object of fear when they see me in the street, they turn away from me.
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Because of all those who are against me, I have become a word of shame to my neighbours; a cause of shaking the head and a fear to my friends: those who saw me in the street went in flight from me.
12 Like a dead man, I have passed from their minds; I have become like a broken pot.
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I have gone from men's minds and memory like a dead man; I am like a broken vessel.
13 All I hear is whispering, terror is all around me; they plot together against me, scheming to take my life.
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False statements against me have come to my ears; fear was on every side: they were talking together against me, designing to take away my life.
14 But I, I trust in you, ADONAI; I say, "You are my God."
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But I had faith in you, O Lord; I said, You are my God.
15 My times are in your hand; rescue me from my enemies' power, from those who persecute me.
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The chances of my life are in your hand; take me out of the hands of my haters, and of those who go after me.
16 Make your face shine on your servant; in your grace, save me.
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Let your servant see the light of your face; in your mercy be my saviour.
17 ADONAI, don't let me be put to shame, for I have called on you; let the wicked be put to shame, let them be silenced in Sh'ol.
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Let me not be shamed, O Lord, for I have made my prayer to you; let the sinners be shamed, and let their mouths be shut in the underworld.
18 May lying lips be struck dumb, that speak insolently against the righteous with such pride and contempt.
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Let the false lips be shut, which say evil against the upright, looking down on him in their pride.
19 But oh, how great is your goodness, which you have stored up for those who fear you, which you do for those who take refuge in you, before people's very eyes!
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O how great is your grace, which you have put in store for your worshippers, and which you have made clear to those who had faith in you, before the sons of men!
20 In the shelter of your presence you hide them from human plots, you conceal them in your shelter, safe from contentious tongues.
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You will keep them safe in your house from the designs of man; in the secret of your tent will you keep them from angry tongues.
21 Blessed be ADONAI! For he has shown me his amazing grace when I was in a city under siege.
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May the Lord be praised, because he has made clear to me the wonder of his grace in a strong town.
22 As for me, in my alarm I said, "I have been cut off from your sight!"Nevertheless, you heard my pleas when I cried out to you.
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And as for me, I said in my fear, I am cut off from before your eyes; but you gave ear to the voice of my prayer, when my cry went up to you.
23 Love ADONAI, you faithful of his. ADONAI preserves the loyal, but the proud he repays in full.
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O have love for the Lord, all you his saints; for the Lord keeps safe from danger all those who are true to him, and gives the workers of pride their right reward.
24 Be strong, and fill your hearts with courage, all of you who hope in ADONAI.
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Put away fear and let your heart be strong, all you whose hope is in the Lord.
Complete Jewish Bible Copyright 1998 by David H. Stern. Published by Jewish New Testament Publications, Inc. All rights reserved. Used by permission.
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