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¹ In you, Adonai, I have taken refuge;
let me never be put to shame.
² In your righteousness, rescue me;
and help me to escape.
Turn your ear toward me,
and deliver me.

³ Be for me a sheltering rock,
where I can always come.
You have determined to save me,
because you are my bedrock and stronghold.

⁴ My God, help me escape from the power of the wicked,
from the grasp of the unjust and ruthless.
⁵ For you are my hope, Adonai Elohim,
in whom I have trusted since I was young.
⁶ From birth I have relied on you;
it was you who took me from my mother's womb.

⁷ To many, I am an amazing example;
but you are strong protection for me.
⁸ My mouth is full of praise for you,
filled with your glory all day long.

⁹ Don't reject me when I grow old;
when my strength fails, don't abandon me.
¹⁰ For my enemies are talking about me,
those seeking my life are plotting together.
¹¹ They say, "God has abandoned him;
go after him, and seize him,
because no one will save him."
¹² God, don't distance yourself from me!
My God, hurry to help me!
¹³ May those who are opposed to me
be put to shame and ruin;
may those who seek to harm me
be covered with scorn and disgrace.

¹⁴ But I, I will always hope
and keep adding to your praise.
¹⁵ All day long my mouth will tell
of your righteous deeds and acts of salvation,
though their number is past my knowing.
¹⁶ I will come in the power of Adonai Elohim
and recall your righteousness, yours alone.
¹⁷ God, you have taught me since I was young,
and I still proclaim your wonderful works.
¹⁸ So now that I'm old, and my hair is gray,
don't abandon me, God, till I have proclaimed
your strength to the next generation,
your power to all who will come,
¹⁹ your righteousness too, God,
which reaches to the heights.
God, you have done great things;
who is there like you?
²⁰ You have made me see much trouble and hardship,
but you will revive me again
and bring me up from the depths of the earth.
²¹ You will increase my honor;
turn and comfort me.

²² As for me, I will praise you with a lyre
for your faithfulness, my God.
I will sing praises to you with a lute,
Holy One of Isra'el.
²³ My lips will shout for joy;
I will sing your praise, because you have redeemed me.
²⁴ All day long my tongue
will speak of your righteousness.
For those who are seeking to harm me
will be put to shame and disgraced.