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¹ BE merciful unto me, O God, be merciful unto me; for my soul trusts in thee; yea, in the shadow of thy wings will I make my refuge until these calamities be overpast.² I will cry to God most High, to God my Saviour.³ For he has sent from heaven and delivered me; he has put mine enemies to shame. God shall send forth his mercy and his truth.⁴ He has delivered my life from the vicious as I slept in fear, and from the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, and their tongues sharp swords.⁵ Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens; let thy glory be above all the earth.⁶ They have prepared a net for my feet; they have digged a pit for my soul, into the midst of which they themselves have fallen.

⁷ My heart is made ready, O God, my heart is ready; I will sing and give praise in my glory.⁸ Awake, my harp; awake, psaltery and harp; I myself will awake early.⁹ I will praise thee, O LORD, among the people; I will sing unto thy name among the nations.¹⁰ For thy mercy is exalted to the sky and thy faithfulness to the heavens.¹¹ Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens; let thy glory be above all the earth.