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¹ In you, O Lord, I have taken shelter!
Never let me be humiliated!
² Vindicate me by rescuing me!
Listen to me! Deliver me!
³ Be my protector and refuge,
a stronghold where I can be safe!
For you are my high ridge and my stronghold.
⁴ My God, rescue me from the power of the wicked,
from the hand of the cruel oppressor!
⁵ For you give me confidence, O Lord;
O Lord, I have trusted in you since I was young.
⁶ I have leaned on you since birth;
you pulled me from my mother's womb.
I praise you continually.
⁷ Many are appalled when they see me,
but you are my secure shelter.
⁸ I praise you constantly
and speak of your splendor all day long.
⁹ Do not reject me in my old age!
When my strength fails, do not abandon me!
¹⁰ For my enemies talk about me;
those waiting for a chance to kill me plot my demise.
¹¹ They say, "God has abandoned him.
Run and seize him, for there is no one who will rescue him!"
¹² O God, do not remain far away from me!
My God, hurry and help me!
¹³ May my accusers be humiliated and defeated!
May those who want to harm me be covered with scorn and disgrace!
¹⁴ As for me, I will wait continually,
and will continue to praise you.
¹⁵ I will tell about your justice,
and all day long proclaim your salvation,
though I cannot fathom its full extent.
¹⁶ I will come and tell about the mighty acts of the sovereign Lord.
I will proclaim your justice—yours alone.
¹⁷ O God, you have taught me since I was young,
and I am still declaring your amazing deeds.
¹⁸ Even when I am old and gray,
O God, do not abandon me,
until I tell the next generation about your strength,
and those coming after me about your power.
¹⁹ Your justice, O God, extends to the skies above;
you have done great things.
O God, who can compare to you?
²⁰ Though you have allowed me to experience much trouble and distress,
revive me once again!
Bring me up once again from the depths of the earth!
²¹ Raise me to a position of great honor!
Turn and comfort me!
²² I will express my thanks to you with a stringed instrument,
praising your faithfulness, O my God!
I will sing praises to you accompanied by a harp,
O Holy One of Israel!
²³ My lips will shout for joy! Yes, I will sing your praises!
I will praise you when you rescue me!
²⁴ All day long my tongue will also tell about your justice,
for those who want to harm me will be embarrassed and ashamed.