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1 Lord, I trust in you; let me never be disgraced. Save me because you do what is right.
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In you, O Lord, do I take refuge; let me never be put to shame; in your righteousness deliver me!
2 Listen to me and save me quickly. Be my rock of protection, a strong city to save me.
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Incline your ear to me; rescue me speedily! Be a rock of refuge for me, a strong fortress to save me!
3 You are my rock and my protection. For the good of your name, lead me and guide me.
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For you are my rock and my fortress; and for your name’s sake you lead me and guide me;
4 Set me free from the trap they set for me, because you are my protection.
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you take me out of the net they have hidden for me, for you are my refuge.
5 I give you my life. Save me, Lord, God of truth.
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Into your hand I commit my spirit; you have redeemed me, O Lord, faithful God.
6 I hate those who worship false gods. I trust only in the Lord.
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I hate those who pay regard to worthless idols, but I trust in the Lord.
7 I will be glad and rejoice in your love, because you saw my suffering; you knew my troubles.
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I will rejoice and be glad in your steadfast love, because you have seen my affliction; you have known the distress of my soul,
8 You have not handed me over to my enemies but have set me in a safe place.
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and you have not delivered me into the hand of the enemy; you have set my feet in a broad place.
9 Lord, have mercy, because I am in misery. My eyes are weak from so much crying, and my whole being is tired from grief.
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Be gracious to me, O Lord, for I am in distress; my eye is wasted from grief; my soul and my body also.
10 My life is ending in sadness, and my years are spent in crying. My troubles are using up my strength, and my bones are getting weaker.
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For my life is spent with sorrow, and my years with sighing; my strength fails because of my iniquity, and my bones waste away.
11 Because of all my troubles, my enemies hate me, and even my neighbors look down on me. When my friends see me, they are afraid and run.
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Because of all my adversaries I have become a reproach, especially to my neighbors, and an object of dread to my acquaintances; those who see me in the street flee from me.
12 I am like a piece of a broken pot. I am forgotten as if I were dead.
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I have been forgotten like one who is dead; I have become like a broken vessel.
13 I have heard many insults. Terror is all around me. They make plans against me and want to kill me.
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For I hear the whispering of many—terror on every side! — as they scheme together against me, as they plot to take my life.
14 Lord, I trust you. I have said, "You are my God."
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But I trust in you, O Lord; I say, “You are my God. ”
15 My life is in your hands. Save me from my enemies and from those who are chasing me.
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My times are in your hand; rescue me from the hand of my enemies and from my persecutors!
16 Show your kindness to me, your servant. Save me because of your love.
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Make your face shine on your servant; save me in your steadfast love!
17 Lord, I called to you, so do not let me be disgraced. Let the wicked be disgraced and lie silent in the grave.
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O Lord, let me not be put to shame, for I call upon you; let the wicked be put to shame; let them go silently to Sheol.
18 With pride and hatred they speak against those who do right. So silence their lying lips.
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Let the lying lips be mute, which speak insolently against the righteous in pride and contempt.
19 How great is your goodness that you have stored up for those who fear you, that you have given to those who trust you. You do this for all to see.
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Oh, how abundant is your goodness, which you have stored up for those who fear you and worked for those who take refuge in you, in the sight of the children of mankind!
20 You protect them by your presence from what people plan against them. You shelter them from evil words.
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In the cover of your presence you hide them from the plots of men; you store them in your shelter from the strife of tongues.
21 Praise the Lord. His love to me was wonderful when my city was attacked.
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Blessed be the Lord, for he has wondrously shown his steadfast love to me when I was in a besieged city.
22 In my distress, I said, "God cannot see me!" But you heard my prayer when I cried out to you for help.
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I had said in my alarm, “I am cut off from your sight. ”But you heard the voice of my pleas for mercy when I cried to you for help.
23 Love the Lord, all you who belong to him. The Lord protects those who truly believe, but he punishes the proud as much as they have sinned.
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Love the Lord, all you his saints! The Lord preserves the faithful but abundantly repays the one who acts in pride.
24 All you who put your hope in the Lord be strong and brave. A maskil of David.
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Be strong, and let your heart take courage, all you who wait for the Lord!