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1 In you, O Lord, have I put my hope; let me never be shamed.
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1 In Thee, Hashem, do I put my trust; let me not be put to shame l’olam.
2 Keep me safe in your righteousness, and come to my help; give ear to my voice, and be my saviour.
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Deliver me in Thy tzedakah, and cause me to escape; incline Thine ear unto me, and hoshi’eini (save me).
3 Be my strong Rock, the strong place of my salvation; for you are my Rock, and my safe place.
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Be Thou Tzur Ma’on (a rock of habitation), whereunto I may resort tamid (continually); Thou hast given commandment to save me; for Thou art my rock and my fortress.
4 O my God, take me out of the hand of the sinner, out of the hand of the evil and cruel man.
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Deliver me, O Elohai, out of the yad of the rasha, out of the palm of the unrighteous and cruel man.
5 For you are my hope, O Lord God; I have had faith in you from the time when I was young.
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For Thou art my tikveh (hope), Adonoi Hashem; Thou art my trust from my youth.
6 You have been my support from the day of my birth; you took me out of my mother's body; my praise will be ever of you.
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By Thee have I been upheld from the beten (womb); Thou art He that took me out of the womb of immi; my tehillah (praise) shall be of Thee tamid (continually).
7 I am a wonder to all; but you are my strong tower.
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I am as a mofet (portent) unto rabbim (many); but Thou art my strong refuge.
8 My mouth will be full of your praise and glory all the day.
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Let my mouth be filled with Thy tehillah (praise) and with Thy tiferet (glory) kol hayom.
9 Do not give me up when I am old; be my help even when my strength is gone.
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Cast me not off in the time of ziknah (old age); forsake me not when my ko’ach faileth.
10 For my haters are waiting secretly for me; and those who are watching for my soul are banded together in their evil designs,
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For mine oyevim speak against me; and they that lay in wait for my nefesh conspire together,
11 Saying, God has given him up; go after him and take him, for he has no helper.
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Saying, Elohim hath forsaken him; persecute and lay hold of him; for there is none to rescue him.
12 O God, be not far from me; O my God, come quickly to my help.
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O Elohim, be not far from me; O Elohai, make haste for my help.
13 Let those who say evil against my soul be overcome and put to shame; let my haters be made low and have no honour.
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Let them be ashamed and consumed that are [satanic] adversaries to my nefesh; let them be covered with cherpah (reproach) and dishonor that seek my hurt.
14 But I will go on ever hoping, and increasing in all your praise.
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But I will hope tamid (continually), and will yet give tehillah to Thee more and more.
15 My mouth will make clear your righteousness and your salvation all the day; for they are more than may be measured.
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My mouth shall proclaim Thy tzedakah and Thy Teshuah (salvation) kol hayom; for I know not the limits thereof.
16 I will give news of the great acts of the Lord God; my words will be of your righteousness, and of yours only.
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I will come in the gevurot (mighty acts) of Adonoi Hashem; I will make mention of Thy tzedakah, even of Thine only.
17 O God, you have been my teacher from the time when I was young; and I have been talking of your works of wonder even till now.
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O Elohim, Thou hast taught me from my youth; and hitherto have I declared Thy nifle’ot (wondrous works).
18 Now when I am old and grey-headed, O God, give me not up; till I have made clear your strength to this generation, and your power to all those to come.
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Now also when I am in ziknah (old age) and grayheaded, O Elohim, forsake me not; until I have declared Thy zero’a [Moshiach; see Isa 53:1] unto this generation, and Thy gevurah to everyone that is to come.
19 Your righteousness, O God, is very high; you have done great things; O God, who is like you?
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Thy tzedakah also, O Elohim, is ad marom (to the heights). Thou Who hast done gedolot (great things); O Elohim, mi khamocha (who is like unto Thee)?
20 You, who have sent great and bitter troubles on me, will give me life again, lifting me up from the deep waters of the underworld.
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Thou, which hast showed me great and severe tzoros, shalt revive me again, and shalt bring me up again from the tehomot (abysses) of ha’aretz.
21 You will make me greater than before, and give me comfort on every side.
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Thou shalt increase my gedolah, and comfort me on every side.
22 I will give praise to you with instruments of music, O my God, for you are true; I will make songs to you with music, O Holy One of Israel.
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I will also praise Thee with the nevel (lyre), even Thy emes, O Elohai; unto Thee will I sing with the kinnor (harp), O Thou Kadosh Yisroel.
23 Joy will be on my lips when I make melody to you; and in my soul, to which you have given salvation.
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My lips shall shout for joy when I sing unto Thee; and my nefesh, which Thou hast purchased for redemption.
24 My tongue will be talking of your righteousness all the day; for those whose purpose is to do me evil have been crushed and put to shame.
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My leshon also shall tell of Thy tzedakah kol hayom; for they are brought unto shame, they are humiliated that seek my hurt.
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