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To You I Lift Up My Soul

¹ Of David^(a). To You, O LORD, I lift up my soul;² in You, my God, I trust. Let me not be ashamed, nor my enemies exult over me.³ Surely none who wait for You will be put to shame; but those who are faithless without cause will be disgraced.⁴ Show me Your ways, O LORD; teach me Your paths.⁵ Guide me in Your truth and teach me, for You are the God of my salvation; all day long I wait for You.⁶ Remember, O LORD, Your compassion and loving devotion, for they are from age to age.⁷ Remember not the sins of my youth, nor my rebellious acts; remember me according to Your loving devotion, because of Your goodness, O LORD.

⁸ Good and upright is the LORD; therefore He shows sinners the way.⁹ He guides the humble in what is right and teaches them His way.¹⁰ All the LORD’s ways are loving and faithful to those who keep His covenant and His decrees.¹¹ For the sake of Your name, O LORD, forgive my iniquity, for it is great.¹² Who is the man who fears the LORD? He will instruct him in the way he should choose.¹³ His soul will dwell in prosperity, and his descendants will inherit the land.¹⁴ The LORD confides in those who fear Him, and reveals His covenant to them.

¹⁵ My eyes are always on the LORD, for He will free my feet from the mesh.¹⁶ Turn to me and be gracious, for I am lonely and afflicted.¹⁷ The troubles of my heart increase; free me from my distress.¹⁸ Consider my affliction and trouble, and take away all my sins.¹⁹ Consider my enemies, for they are many, and they hate me with vicious hatred.²⁰ Guard my soul and deliver me; let me not be put to shame, for I take refuge in You.²¹ May integrity and uprightness preserve me, because I wait for You^(a).²² Redeem Israel, O God, from all its distress.