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I have ^(C1)called upon You, for You will answer me, God; ^(C2)Incline Your ear to me, hear my speech.

^(C1)Show Your wonderful faithfulness, ^(C2)Savior of those who take refuge ^(F1)at Your right hand From those who rise up against them.

Keep me as ^(F1)the ^(C1)apple of the eye; Hide me ^(C2)in the shadow of Your wings

From the ^(C1)wicked who deal violently with me, My ^(C2)deadly enemies who surround me.

They have ^(C1)closed their ^(F1)unfeeling hearts, With their mouths they ^(C2)speak proudly.

They have now ^(C1)surrounded us in our steps; They set their eyes ^(C2)to cast us down to the ground.

He is ^(C1)like a lion that is eager to tear, And as a young lion ^(C2)lurking in secret places.

^(C1)Arise, LORD, confront him, ^(C2)make him bow down; ^(C3)Save my soul from the wicked with ^(C4)Your sword,

From people by ^(C1)Your hand, LORD, From people ^(F1)of the world, ^(C2)whose portion is in this life, And whose belly You ^(C3)fill with Your treasure; They are satisfied with children, And leave their abundance to their babies.

As for me, I shall ^(C1)behold Your face in righteousness; ^(C2)I shall be satisfied with Your ^(C3)likeness when I awake.

"I love You, LORD, ^(C1)my strength."

The LORD is ^(C1)my rock and ^(C2)my fortress and my ^(C3)savior, My God, my rock, in whom I take refuge; My ^(C4)shield and the ^(C5)horn of my salvation, my ^(C6)stronghold.

I call upon the LORD, who is ^(C1)worthy to be praised, And I am ^(C2)saved from my enemies.

The ^(C1)ropes of death encompassed me, And the ^(C2)torrents of ^(F1)destruction ^(F2)terrified me.

The ^(C1)ropes of ^(F1)Sheol surrounded me; The snares of death confronted me.

In my ^(C1)distress I called upon the LORD, And cried to my God for help; He heard my voice ^(C2)from His temple, And my ^(C3)cry for help before Him came into His ears.

Then the ^(C1)earth shook and quaked; And the ^(C2)foundations of the mountains were trembling And were shaken, because He was angry.

Smoke went up ^(F1)out of His nostrils, And ^(C1)fire from His mouth was devouring; Coals burned from it.

He also ^(C1)bowed the heavens down low, and came down With thick ^(C2)darkness under His feet.

He rode on a ^(C1)cherub and flew; And He sped on the ^(C2)wings of the wind.

He made ^(C1)darkness His hiding place, ^(C2)His ^(F1)canopy around Him, Darkness of waters, thick clouds.

From the ^(C1)brightness before Him passed His thick clouds, Hailstones and ^(C2)coals of fire.

The LORD also ^(C1)thundered in the heavens, And the Most High uttered His voice, Hailstones and coals of fire.

He ^(C1)sent out His arrows, and scattered them, And lightning flashes in abundance, and ^(F1)routed them.

Then the ^(C1)channels of water appeared, And the foundations of the world were exposed By Your ^(C2)rebuke, LORD, At the blast of the ^(C3)breath of Your nostrils.

He ^(C1)sent from on high, He took me; He drew me out of ^(C2)many waters.

He ^(C1)saved me from my strong enemy, And from those who hated me, for they were ^(C2)too mighty for me.

They confronted me in ^(C1)the day of my disaster, But ^(C2)the LORD was my support.

He also brought me out into an ^(C1)open place; He rescued me, because ^(C2)He delighted in me.

The LORD has ^(C1)rewarded me according to my righteousness; According to the ^(C2)cleanness of my hands He has repaid me.

For I have ^(C1)kept the ways of the LORD, And have ^(C2)not acted wickedly against my God.

For all ^(C1)His judgments were before me, And I did not put away His ^(C2)statutes from me.

I was also ^(F1)(C1)blameless with Him, And I ^(C2)kept myself from my wrongdoing.

Therefore the LORD has ^(C1)repaid me according to my righteousness, According to the cleanness of my hands in His eyes.

With ^(C1)the faithful You show Yourself faithful; With the ^(F1)blameless ^(C2)You prove Yourself blameless;

With the pure You show Yourself ^(C1)pure, And with the crooked ^(C2)You show Yourself ^(F1)astute.

For You ^(C1)save an afflicted people, But You humiliate ^(C2)haughty eyes.

For You ^(C1)light my lamp; The LORD my God ^(C2)illumines my darkness.

For by You I can ^(C1)run at a ^(F1)troop of warriors; And by my God I can ^(C2)leap over a wall.

As for God, His way is ^(F1)(C1)blameless; The ^(C2)word of the LORD is refined; He is a ^(C3)shield to all who take refuge in Him.

For ^(C1)who is God, but the LORD? And who is a ^(C2)rock, except our God,

The God who ^(C1)encircles me with strength, And ^(F1)makes my way ^(F2)(C2)blameless?

He ^(C1)makes my feet like deer's feet, And ^(C2)sets me up on my high places.

He ^(C1)trains my hands for battle, So that my arms can ^(C2)bend a bow of bronze.

You have also given me ^(C1)the shield of Your salvation, And Your ^(C2)right hand upholds me; And ^(C3)Your ^(F1)gentleness makes me great.

You ^(C1)enlarge my steps under me, And my ^(F1)(C2)feet have not slipped.