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I ^(C1)waited ^(F1)patiently for the LORD; And He reached down to me and ^(C2)heard my cry.

He brought me up out of the ^(C1)pit of ^(F1)destruction, out of the mud; And ^(C2)He set my feet on a rock, ^(C3)making my footsteps firm.

He put a ^(C1)new song in my mouth, a song of praise to our God; Many will ^(C2)see and fear And will trust in the LORD.

How ^(C1)blessed is the man who has made the LORD his trust, And ^(C2)has not turned to the ^(F1)proud, nor to those who ^(C3)become involved in falsehood.

Many, LORD my God, are ^(C1)the wonders which You have done, And Your ^(C2)thoughts toward us; There is no one to compare with You. If I would declare and speak of them, They ^(C3)would be too numerous to count.

^(C1)You have not desired ^(F1)sacrifice and meal offering; You have ^(F2)opened my ears; You have not required burnt offering and sin offering.

Then I said, "Behold, I have come; It is ^(F1)written of me in the scroll of the book.

-"^(C1)I delight to do Your will, my God; ^(C2)Your Law is within my ^(F1)heart."

I have ^(C1)proclaimed good news of righteousness in the great congregation; Behold, I will ^(C2)not restrain my lips, LORD, ^(C3)You know.

I have ^(C1)not hidden Your righteousness within my heart; I have ^(C2)spoken of Your faithfulness and Your salvation; I have not concealed Your mercy and Your truth from the great congregation.

You, LORD, will not withhold Your compassion from me; ^(F1)Your ^(C1)mercy and Your truth will continually watch over me.

For evils beyond number have ^(C1)surrounded me; My ^(C2)guilty deeds have overtaken me, so that I am not able to see; They are ^(C3)more numerous than the hairs of my head, And my ^(C4)heart has ^(F1)failed me.

^(C1)Be pleased, LORD, to rescue me; ^(C2)Hurry, LORD, to help me.

May those be ^(C1)ashamed and humiliated together Who ^(C2)seek my ^(F1)life to destroy it; May those be turned back and dishonored Who delight ^(F2)in my hurt.

May those ^(C1)be ^(F1)appalled because of their shame Who ^(C2)say to me, "Aha, aha!"

^(C1)May all who seek You rejoice and be glad in You; May those who love Your salvation continually ^(C2)say, "The LORD be exalted!"

But ^(C1)I am afflicted and needy; ^(C2)May the Lord be mindful of me. You are my help and my savior; Do not delay, my God.

Blessed is one who ^(C1)considers the ^(F1)helpless; The LORD will save him ^(C2)on a day of ^(F2)trouble.

The LORD will ^(C1)protect him and keep him alive, And he will be called ^(F1)(C2)blessed upon the earth; And ^(C3)do not turn him over to the desire of his enemies.

The LORD will sustain him upon his sickbed; In his illness, You ^(F1)restore him to health.

As for me, I said, "LORD, be gracious to me; ^(C1)Heal my soul, for ^(C2)I have sinned against You."

My enemies ^(C1)speak evil against me, "When will he die, and his name perish?"

And ^(F1)when he comes to see me, he ^(C1)speaks ^(F2)empty words; His heart gathers wickedness to itself; When he goes outside, he tells it.

All who hate me whisper together against me; They ^(C1)plot my harm against me, saying,

"A wicked thing is poured out ^(F1)upon him, So that when he lies down, he will ^(C1)not get up again."

Even my ^(F1)(C1)close friend in whom I trusted, Who ate my bread, Has lifted up his heel against me.

But You, LORD, be gracious to me and ^(C1)raise me up, That I may repay them.

By this I know that ^(C1)You are pleased with me, Because ^(C2)my enemy does not shout in triumph over me.

As for me, ^(C1)You uphold me in my integrity, And You place me ^(C2)in Your presence forever.

^(C1)Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, From everlasting to everlasting. Amen and Amen.

As the deer ^(F1)pants for the water brooks, So my soul ^(F1)(C1)pants for You, God.

My soul ^(C1)thirsts for God, for the ^(C2)living God; When shall I come and ^(F1)(C3)appear before God?

My ^(C1)tears have been my food day and night, While they ^(C2)say to me all day long, "Where is your God?"

I remember these things and ^(C1)pour out my soul within me. For I ^(C2)used to go over with the multitude and walk them to the house of God, With a voice of ^(C3)joy and thanksgiving, a multitude celebrating a festival.

^(C1)Why are you ^(F1)(C2)in despair, my soul? And why are you ^(C3)restless within me? ^(C4)Wait for God, for I will ^(F2)again praise ^(F3)Him For the ^(F4)(C5)help of His ^(F5)presence, my God.

My soul is ^(F1)in despair within me; Therefore I ^(C1)remember You from ^(C2)the land of the Jordan And the ^(F2)peaks of ^(C3)Hermon, from Mount Mizar.

Deep calls to deep at the sound of Your waterfalls; All Your ^(C1)breakers and Your waves have passed over me.

The LORD will ^(C1)send His goodness in the daytime; And His song will be with me ^(C2)in the night, A prayer to ^(C3)the God of my life.

I will say to God ^(C1)my rock, "Why have You forgotten me? Why do I go about ^(C2)mourning ^(F1)because of the ^(C3)oppression of the enemy?"

As a shattering of my bones, my adversaries taunt me, While they ^(C1)say to me all day long, "Where is your God?"

^(C1)Why are you ^(F1)in despair, my soul? And why are you restless within me? Wait for God, for I will again praise ^(F2)Him For the ^(F3)help of His presence, my God.

^(C1)Vindicate me, God, and ^(C2)plead my case against an ungodly nation; ^(F1)Save me from ^(C3)the deceitful and unjust person!

For You are the ^(C1)God of my strength; why have You ^(C2)rejected me? Why do I go about ^(C3)mourning ^(F1)because of the oppression of the enemy?

Send out Your ^(C1)light and Your truth, they shall lead me; They shall bring me to Your ^(C2)holy hill And to Your ^(C3)dwelling places.

Then I will go to ^(C1)the altar of God, To God ^(F1)my exceeding ^(C2)joy; And I will praise You on the ^(C3)lyre, God, my God.

^(C1)Why are you ^(F1)in despair, my soul? And why are you restless within me? Wait for God, for I will ^(F2)again praise ^(F3)Him For the ^(F4)help of His presence, my God.

God, we have heard with our ears, Our ^(C1)fathers have told us The ^(C2)work that You did in their days, In the ^(C3)days of old.

You with Your own hand ^(C1)drove out the nations; Then You ^(C2)planted them; You ^(C3)afflicted the peoples, Then You ^(C4)let them go free.

For by their own sword they ^(C1)did not possess the land, And their own arm did not save them, But Your right hand and Your ^(C2)arm and the ^(C3)light of Your presence, For You ^(C4)favored them.

You are ^(C1)my King, God; ^(C2)Command ^(F1)victories for Jacob.

Through You we will ^(C1)push back our adversaries; Through Your name we will ^(C2)trample down those who rise up against us.

For I will ^(C1)not trust in my bow, Nor will my sword save me.

But You ^(C1)have saved us from our adversaries, And You have ^(C2)put to shame those who hate us.

In God we have ^(C1)boasted all day long, And we will ^(C2)give thanks to Your name forever. Selah

Yet You ^(C1)have rejected us and brought us to ^(C2)dishonor, And ^(C3)do not go out with our armies.

You cause us to ^(C1)turn back from the enemy; And those who hate us ^(C2)have taken spoils for themselves.

You turn us over ^(F1)to be eaten like ^(C1)sheep, And have ^(C2)scattered us among the nations.

You ^(C1)sell Your people ^(F1)cheaply, And have not ^(F2)profited by their sale.

You make us an object of ^(C1)reproach to our neighbors, Of scoffing and ^(C2)ridicule to those around us.

You make us ^(C1)a proverb among the nations, A ^(F1)(C2)laughingstock among the peoples.

All day long my dishonor is before me And ^(F1)I am covered with my ^(C1)humiliation,

Because of the voice of one who ^(C1)taunts and reviles, Because of the presence of the ^(C2)enemy and the avenger.

All this has come upon us, but we have ^(C1)not forgotten You, And we have not ^(C2)dealt falsely with Your covenant.

Our heart has not ^(C1)turned back, And our steps ^(C2)have not deviated from Your way,

Yet You have ^(C1)crushed us in a place of ^(C2)jackals And covered us with ^(F1)(C3)deep darkness.

If we had ^(C1)forgotten the name of our God Or extended our ^(F1)hands to ^(C2)a strange god,

Would God not ^(C1)find this out? For He knows the secrets of the heart.

But ^(C1)for Your sake we are killed all day long; We are regarded as ^(C2)sheep to be slaughtered.

^(C1)Wake Yourself up, why ^(C2)do You sleep, Lord? Awake, ^(C3)do not reject us forever.

Why do You ^(C1)hide Your face And ^(C2)forget our affliction and oppression?

For our ^(C1)souls have sunk down into the dust; Our bodies cling to the earth.

^(C1)Rise up, be our help, And ^(C2)redeem us because of Your mercy.

My heart is moved with a good theme; I ^(F1)address my ^(F2)verses to the ^(F3)King; My tongue is the pen of ^(C1)a ready writer.

You are the most handsome of the sons of mankind; ^(C1)Grace is poured ^(F1)upon Your lips; Therefore God has ^(C2)blessed You forever.

Strap ^(C1)Your sword on Your thigh, ^(F1)(C2)Mighty One, In Your splendor and majesty!

And in Your majesty ride on victoriously, For the cause of truth, ^(C1)humility, and righteousness; Let Your ^(C2)right hand teach You ^(F1)awesome things.

Your ^(C1)arrows are sharp; The ^(C2)peoples fall under You; Your arrows are ^(C3)in the heart of the King's enemies.

^(C1)Your throne, God, is forever and ever; ^(C2)The scepter of Your kingdom is a scepter of justice.

You have ^(C1)loved righteousness and hated wickedness; Therefore God, Your God, has ^(C2)anointed You With the oil of joy above Your companions.

All Your garments are fragrant with ^(C1)myrrh, aloes, and cassia; From ivory palaces ^(C2)stringed instruments have made You joyful.

Kings' daughters are among ^(C1)Your noble women; At Your ^(C2)right hand stands the queen in ^(C3)gold from Ophir.

Listen, daughter, look and incline your ear: ^(C1)Forget your people and your father's house;

Then the King will crave your beauty. Because He is your ^(C1)Lord, ^(C2)bow down to Him.

The daughter of ^(C1)Tyre will come with a gift; The ^(C2)wealthy among the people will seek your favor.

The King's daughter is all glorious within; Her clothing is ^(C1)interwoven with gold.

She will be ^(C1)brought to the King ^(C2)in colorful garments; The ^(C3)virgins, her companions who follow her, Will be brought to You.

They will be brought with joy and rejoicing; They will enter into the King's palace.

In place of your fathers will be your sons; You shall make them princes in all the earth.

I will make ^(C1)Your name known among all generations; Therefore the peoples ^(C2)will praise You forever and ever.