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1 In you, LORD, I have taken refuge; let me never be put to shame; deliver me in your righteousness.
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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 to me, come quickly to my rescue; be my rock of refuge, a strong fortress to save me.
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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 my fortress, for the sake of your name lead and guide me.
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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 Keep me free from the trap that is set for me, for you are my refuge.
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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 hands I commit my spirit; deliver me, LORD, my faithful God.
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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 cling to worthless idols; as for me, I trust in the LORD.
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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 be glad and rejoice in your love, for you saw my affliction and knew the anguish of my soul.
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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 have not given me into the hands of the enemy but have set my feet in a spacious place.
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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 Be merciful to me, LORD, for I am in distress; my eyes grow weak with sorrow, my soul and body with grief.
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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 My life is consumed by anguish and my years by groaning; my strength fails because of my affliction,and my bones grow weak.
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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 Because of all my enemies, I am the utter contempt of my neighbors and an object of dread to my closest friends— those who see me on the street flee 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 I am forgotten as though I were dead; I have become like broken pottery.
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I have gone from men's minds and memory like a dead man; I am like a broken vessel.
13 For I hear many whispering, “Terror on every side!” They conspire against me and plot 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 trust in you, LORD; 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 hands; deliver me from the hands of my enemies, from those who pursue 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 Let your face shine on your servant; save me in your unfailing love.
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Let your servant see the light of your face; in your mercy be my saviour.
17 Let me not be put to shame, LORD, for I have cried out to you; but let the wicked be put to shame and be silent in the realm of the dead.
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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 Let their lying lips be silenced, for with pride and contempt they speak arrogantly against the righteous.
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Let the false lips be shut, which say evil against the upright, looking down on him in their pride.
19 How abundant are the good things that you have stored up for those who fear you, that you bestow in the sight of all, on those who take refuge in you.
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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 all human intrigues; you keep them safe in your dwelling from accusing 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 Praise be to the LORD, for he showed me the wonders of his love 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 In my alarm I said, “I am cut off from your sight!” Yet you heard my cry for mercy when I called to you for help.
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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 the LORD, all his faithful people! The LORD preserves those who are true to him, but the proud he pays back 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 take heart, all you who hope in the LORD.
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Put away fear and let your heart be strong, all you whose hope is in the Lord.
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