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1 In you, O Lord, I seek refuge; do not let me ever be put to shame; in your righteousness deliver 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 Incline your ear to me; rescue me speedily. Be a rock of refuge for me, 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 You are indeed my rock and my fortress; for your name's sake lead me 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 take me out of the net that is hidden 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 hand I commit my spirit; you have redeemed me, O Lord, faithful God.
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Into your hands I give my spirit; you are my saviour, O Lord God for ever true.
6 You hate those who pay regard to worthless idols, but 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 exult and rejoice in your steadfast love, because you have seen my affliction; you have taken heed of my adversities,
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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 and have not delivered me into the hand of the enemy; you have set my feet in a broad 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 gracious to me, O Lord, for I am in distress; my eye wastes away from grief, my soul and body also.
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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 spent with sorrow, and my years with sighing; my strength fails because of my misery, and my bones waste 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 the scorn of all my adversaries, a horror to my neighbors, an object of dread to my acquaintances; those who see me in 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 have passed out of mind like one who is dead; I have become like a broken vessel.
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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 the whispering of many— terror all around!— as they scheme together against me, as they 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, O 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 hand; deliver me from the hand of my enemies and persecutors.
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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 upon your servant; save me in your steadfast love.
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Let your servant see the light of your face; in your mercy be my saviour.
17 Do not let me be put to shame, O Lord, for I call on you; let the wicked be put to shame; let them go dumbfounded to Sheol.
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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 the lying lips be stilled that speak insolently against the righteous with 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 O how abundant is your goodness that you have laid up for those who fear you, and accomplished for those who take refuge in you, in the sight of everyone!
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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 hold them safe under your shelter 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 the Lord, for he has wondrously shown his steadfast love to me when I was beset as 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 I had said in my alarm, "I am driven far from your sight." But you heard my supplications when I cried out 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 you his saints. The Lord preserves the faithful, but abundantly repays the one who acts haughtily.
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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 let your heart take courage, all you who wait for 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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