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A Psalm of Complaint and of Praise.

^1 (C1)In You, O LORD, I have placed my trust and taken refuge;
Let me never be ^(F1)(C2)ashamed;
^(C3)In Your righteousness rescue me.

^2 (C1)Incline Your ear to me, deliver me quickly;
Be my ^(C2)rock of refuge,
And a strong fortress to save me.

³ Yes, You are my rock and ^(C1)my fortress;
For ^(C2)Your name's sake You will lead me and guide me.

^4 (C1)You will draw me out of the net that they have secretly laid for me,
For You are my ^(C2)strength and my stronghold.

^5 (F1)(C1)Into Your hand I commit my spirit;
You have ^(C2)redeemed me, O LORD, the ^(C3)God of truth and faithfulness. ^(VR1)

⁶ I hate those who pay ^(C1)regard to vain (empty, worthless) idols;
But I ^(C2)trust in the LORD and rely on Him with unwavering confidence.

⁷ I will ^(C1)rejoice and be glad in Your steadfast love,
Because You have ^(C2)seen my affliction;
You have taken note of my life's distresses,

⁸ And You have not ^(C1)given me into the hand of the enemy;
You have set my feet in a broad place.

⁹ Be gracious and compassionate to me, O LORD, for ^(C1)I am in trouble;
My ^(C2)eye is clouded and weakened by grief, ^(C3)my soul and my body also.

¹⁰ For my life is spent with ^(C1)sorrow
And my years with sighing;
My ^(C2)strength has failed because of my iniquity,
And even ^(C3)my body has wasted away.

¹¹ Because of all my enemies I have become a ^(C1)reproach and disgrace,
Especially to my ^(C2)neighbors,
And an object of dread to my acquaintances;
Those who see me on the street run from me.

¹² I am ^(C1)forgotten like a dead man, out of mind;
I am like a broken vessel.

¹³ For I have heard the ^(C1)slander and whispering of many,
^(C2)Terror is on every side;
While they ^(C3)schemed together against me,
They ^(C4)plotted to take away my life. ^(VR1)

¹⁴ But as for me, I trust confidently in You and Your greatness, O LORD;
I said, "^(C1)You are my God."

¹⁵ My ^(C1)times are in Your hands;
^(C2)Rescue me from the hand of my enemies and from those who pursue and persecute me.

¹⁶ Make Your ^(C1)face shine upon Your servant;
^(C2)Save me in Your lovingkindness.

¹⁷ Let me not be put to ^(C1)shame, O LORD, for I call on You;
Let the ^(C2)wicked (godless) be put to shame, let them ^(C3)be silent in Sheol (the nether world, the place of the dead).

¹⁸ Let the ^(C1)lying lips be mute,
Which ^(C2)speak insolently and arrogantly against the consistently righteous
With pride and contempt.

¹⁹ How great is Your ^(C1)goodness,
Which You have stored up for those who reverently fear You,
Which You have prepared for those who ^(C2)take refuge in You,
^(F1)(C3)Before the sons of man!

²⁰ In the ^(C1)secret place of Your presence You hide them from the ^(C2)plots and conspiracies of man;
You keep them secretly in a shelter (pavilion) from the ^(C3)strife of tongues.

^21 (C1)Blessed be the LORD,
For He has shown His ^(C2)marvelous favor and lovingkindness to me when I was assailed in a besieged ^(C3)city.

²² As for me, ^(C1)I said in my alarm,
"I am ^(C2)cut off from Your eyes."
Nevertheless You ^(C3)heard the voice of my supplications (specific requests)
When I cried to You for help.

²³ O love the LORD, all you ^(C1)His godly ones!
The LORD ^(C2)preserves the faithful those with moral and spiritual integrity
And fully ^(C3)repays the self-righteousness of the arrogant.

^24 (C1)Be strong and let your hearts take courage,
All you who wait for and confidently expect the LORD.