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¹ To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. In thee, O LORD, do I put my trust; let me never be ashamed: deliver me in thy righteousness.² Bow down thy ear to me; deliver me speedily: be thou my strong rock, for a house of defense to save me.³ For thou [art] my rock and my fortress; therefore for thy name's sake lead me, and guide me.⁴ Pull me out of the net that they have laid privily for me: for thou [art] my strength.⁵ Into thy hand I commit my spirit: thou hast redeemed me, O LORD God of truth.⁶ I have hated them that regard lying vanities: but I trust in the LORD.⁷ I will be glad and rejoice in thy mercy: for thou hast considered my trouble; thou hast known my soul in adversities;⁸ And hast not shut me up into the hand of the enemy: thou hast set my foot in a large room.

⁹ Have mercy upon me, O LORD, for I am in trouble: my eye is consumed with grief, [yes], my soul and my belly.¹⁰ For my life is spent with grief, and my years with sighing: my strength faileth because of my iniquity, and my bones are consumed.¹¹ I was a reproach among all my enemies, but especially among my neighbors, and a fear to my acquaintance: they that saw me without fled from me.¹² I am forgotten as a dead man out of mind: I am like a broken vessel.¹³ For I have heard the slander of many: fear [was] on every side: while they took counsel together against me, they devised to take away my life.¹⁴ But I trusted in thee, O LORD: I said, Thou [art] my God.¹⁵ My times [are] in thy hand: deliver me from the hand of my enemies, and from them that persecute me.¹⁶ Make thy face to shine upon thy servant: save me for thy mercies' sake.¹⁷ Let me not be ashamed, O LORD; for I have called upon thee: let the wicked be ashamed, and let them be silent in the grave.¹⁸ Let the lying lips be put to silence; which speak grievous things proudly and contemptuously against the righteous.

¹⁹ [Oh] how great [is] thy goodness, which thou hast laid up for them that fear thee; [which] thou hast wrought for them that trust in thee before the sons of men!²⁰ Thou shalt hide them in the secret of thy presence from the pride of man: thou shalt keep them secretly in a pavilion from the strife of tongues.²¹ Blessed [be] the LORD: for he hath showed me his wonderful kindness in a strong city.²² For I said in my haste, I am cut off from before thy eyes: nevertheless thou heardest the voice of my supplications when I cried to thee.²³ O love the LORD, all ye his saints: [for] the LORD preserveth the faithful, and plentifully rewardeth the proud doer.²⁴ Be of good courage, and he will strengthen your heart, all ye that hope in the LORD.