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^1 (a)In You, O Lord, I have taken refuge;
Let me never ^(b)be ashamed;
^(c)In Your righteousness deliver me.
^2 (d)Incline Your ear to me, rescue me quickly;
Be to me a ^(e)rock of ^[a]strength,
A stronghold to save me.
³ For You are my ^[b]rock and ^(f)my fortress;
For ^(g)Your name's sake You will lead me and guide me.
⁴ You will ^(h)pull me out of the net which they have secretly laid for me,
For You are my ⁽ⁱ⁾strength.
^5 (j)Into Your hand I commit my spirit;
You have ^(k)ransomed me, O Lord, ^(l)God of ^[c]truth.

⁶ I hate those who ^(m)regard ^[d]vain idols,
But I ⁽ⁿ⁾trust in the Lord.
⁷ I will ^(o)rejoice and be glad in Your lovingkindness,
Because You have ^(p)seen my affliction;
You have known the troubles of my soul,
⁸ And You have not ^(q)given me over into the hand of the enemy;
You have set my feet in a large place.

⁹ Be gracious to me, O Lord, for ^(r)I am in distress;
My ^(s)eye is wasted away from grief, ^(t)my soul and my body also.
¹⁰ For my life is spent with ^(u)sorrow
And my years with sighing;
My ^(v)strength has failed because of my iniquity,
And ^(w)my ^[e]body has wasted away.
¹¹ Because of all my adversaries, I have become a ^(x)reproach,
Especially to my ^(y)neighbors,
And an object of dread to my acquaintances;
Those who see me in the street flee from me.
¹² I am ^(z)forgotten as a dead man, out of mind;
I am like a broken vessel.
¹³ For I have heard the ^[f](aa)slander of many,
^(ab)Terror is on every side;
While they ^(ac)took counsel together against me,
They ^(ad)schemed to take away my life.

¹⁴ But as for me, I trust in You, O Lord,
I say, "^(ae)You are my God."
¹⁵ My ^(af)times are in Your hand;
^(ag)Deliver me from the hand of my enemies and from those who persecute me.
¹⁶ Make Your ^(ah)face to shine upon Your servant;
^(ai)Save me in Your lovingkindness.
¹⁷ Let me not be ^(aj)put to shame, O Lord, for I call upon You;
Let the ^(ak)wicked be put to shame, let them ^(al)be silent in ^[g]Sheol.
¹⁸ Let the ^(am)lying lips be mute,
Which ^(an)speak arrogantly against the righteous
With pride and contempt.

¹⁹ How great is Your ^(ao)goodness,
Which You have stored up for those who fear You,
Which You have wrought for those who ^(ap)take refuge in You,
^(aq)Before the sons of men!
²⁰ You hide them in the ^(ar)secret place of Your presence from the ^(as)conspiracies of man;
You keep them secretly in a ^[h]shelter from the ^(at)strife of tongues.
^21 (au)Blessed be the Lord,
For He has made ^(av)marvelous His lovingkindness to me in a besieged ^(aw)city.
²² As for me, ^(ax)I said in my alarm,
"I am ^(ay)cut off from before Your eyes";
Nevertheless You ^(az)heard the voice of my supplications
When I cried to You.

²³ O love the Lord, all you ^(ba)His godly ones!
The Lord ^(bb)preserves the faithful
And fully ^(bc)recompenses the proud doer.
^24 (bd)Be strong and let your heart take courage,
All you who ^[i]hope in the Lord.