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¹ Unto thee, O Yahweh, my soul, would I lift:² O my God, in thee, have I put my trust, Let me not be put to shame, Let not my foe exult over me:³ Yea let, none who wait for thee, be put to shame, Let them be put to shame who act covertly without cause!⁴ Thy ways, O Yahweh, let me know, Thy paths, teach thou me:⁵ Guide me into thy truth and teach me, for, thou, art my delivering God, For thee, have I waited all the day:⁶ Remember thy compassions, O Yahweh, and thy lovingkindnesses, For, from age-past times, have they been.⁷ The sins of my youth, and my transgressions, do not thou call to mind, - According to thine own lovingkindness, remember thou me, for the sake of thine own goodness, O Yahweh.

⁸ Good and upright, is Yahweh, For this cause, will he direct sinners into the way.⁹ May he guide patient wronged-ones to be righted, and teach such oppressed-ones his way.¹⁰ All the paths of Yahweh, are lovingkindness and faithfulness, to such as keep his covenant, and his testimonies.¹¹ For the sake of thy Name, O Yahweh, Therefore wilt thou pardon mine iniquity, for great it is.¹² Who then is the man that revereth Yahweh? Let him direct him into the way he should choose.¹³ His soul, with prosperity, shall tarry, and, his seed, shall possess the land.¹⁴ Intimacy with Yahweh, have they who revere him, His covenant also, he letteth them know.

¹⁵ Mine eyes, are continually unto Yahweh, - for, he, bringeth, out of the net, my feet.¹⁶ Turn thou unto me, and show me favour, for, alone and oppressed, I am.¹⁷ The distresses of my heart, hath he relieved, - and, out of my straits, brought me forth.¹⁸ Behold my humiliation and my pain, and take away all my sins.¹⁹ Behold my foes, for they abound, - and, with the hatred of violence, do they hate me.²⁰ Oh keep my soul, and rescue me, Let me not be put to shame, for I have sought refuge in thee.²¹ Let, blamelessness and uprightness, watch over me, because I have waited for thee.²² Redeem Israel, O God, - out of all his distresses.