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A Psalm of Complaint and of Praise.

^1 (C1)In You, LORD, I have taken refuge;
Let me never ^(C2)be ^(F1)put to shame;
^(C3)In Your righteousness rescue me.

^2 (C1)Incline Your ear to me, rescue me quickly;
Be a ^(C2)rock of ^(F1)strength for me,
A ^(F2)stronghold to save me.

³ For You are my rock and ^(C1)my fortress;
For the ^(C2)sake of Your name You will lead me and guide me.

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

^5 (C1)Into Your hand I entrust my spirit;
You have ^(C2)redeemed me, LORD, ^(C3)God of ^(F1)truth.

⁶ I hate those who ^(C1)devote themselves to worthless ^(F1)idols,
But I ^(C2)trust in the LORD.

⁷ I will ^(C1)rejoice and be glad in Your faithfulness,
Because You have ^(C2)seen my misery;
You have known the troubles of my soul,

⁸ And You have not ^(C1)handed me over to the enemy;
You have set my feet in a large place.

⁹ Be gracious to me, LORD, for ^(C1)I am in distress;
My ^(C2)eye is wasted away from grief, ^(C3)my soul and my body too.

¹⁰ For my life is spent with ^(C1)sorrow
And my years with sighing;
My ^(C2)strength has failed because of my guilt,
And ^(C3)my ^(F1)body has wasted away.

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

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

¹³ For I have heard the ^(F1)(C1)slander of many,
^(C2)Terror is on every side;
While they ^(C3)took counsel together against me,
They ^(C4)schemed to take away my life.

¹⁴ But as for me, I trust in You, LORD,
I say, "^(C1)You are my God."

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

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

¹⁷ Let me not be ^(C1)put to shame, LORD, for I call upon You;
Let the ^(C2)wicked be put to shame, let them ^(C3)be silent in ^(F1)Sheol.

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

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

²⁰ You hide them in the ^(C1)secret place of Your presence from the ^(C2)conspiracies of mankind;
You keep them secretly in a ^(F1)shelter from the ^(C3)strife of tongues.

^21 (C1)Blessed be the LORD,
For He has shown His ^(C2)marvelous faithfulness to me 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 sound of my pleadings
When I called to You for help.

²³ Love the LORD, all ^(C1)His godly ones!
The LORD ^(C2)watches over the faithful
But fully ^(C3)repays the one who acts arrogantly.

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