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^(C1)Hear my cry, God; ^(C2)Give Your attention to my prayer.

From the ^(C1)end of the earth I call to You when my heart is ^(C2)faint; Lead me to ^(C3)the rock that is higher than I.

For You have been a ^(C1)refuge for me, A ^(C2)tower of strength against the enemy.

Let me ^(F1)(C1)dwell in Your tent forever; Let me ^(C2)take refuge in the shelter of Your wings. Selah

For You have heard my ^(C1)vows, God; You have given me the inheritance of those who ^(C2)fear Your name.

You will ^(F1)(C1)prolong the king's ^(F2)life; His years will be like generations.

He will ^(F1)sit enthroned ^(C1)before God forever; Appoint ^(C2)faithfulness and truth that they may watch over him.

So I will ^(C1)sing praise to Your name forever, That I may ^(C2)pay my vows day by day.

^(C1)My soul waits in silence for God alone; From Him ^(C2)comes my salvation.

He alone is my ^(C1)rock and my salvation, My ^(C2)stronghold; I will not be greatly shaken.

How long will you attack a man, That you may murder him, all of you, Like a ^(C1)leaning wall, like a tottering fence?

They have planned only to thrust him down from his high position; They ^(C1)delight in falsehood; They ^(C2)bless with ^(F1)their mouth, But inwardly they curse. Selah

My soul, ^(C1)wait in silence for God alone, For my hope is from Him.

He alone is ^(C1)my rock and my salvation, My refuge; I will not be shaken.

My ^(C1)salvation and my glory rest on God; The rock of my strength, my ^(C2)refuge is in God.

^(C1)Trust in Him at all times, you people; ^(C2)Pour out your hearts before Him; God is a refuge for us. Selah

People of ^(C1)low standing are only ^(C2)breath, and people of rank are a ^(C3)lie; In the ^(C4)balances they go up. Together they are lighter than breath.

^(C1)Do not trust in oppression, And do not vainly rely on ^(C2)robbery; If wealth increases, ^(C3)do not set your heart on it.

God has ^(C1)spoken ^(F1)once; ^(F2)Twice I have heard this: That ^(C2)power belongs to God;

And faithfulness ^(C1)is Yours, Lord, For You ^(C2)reward a person according to his work.

God, ^(C1)You are my God; I shall be watching for You; My soul ^(C2)thirsts for You, my flesh yearns for You, In a ^(C3)dry and exhausted land where there is no water.

So have I ^(C1)seen You in the sanctuary, To see Your power and glory.

Because Your ^(F1)(C1)favor is better than life, My lips will praise You.

So I will bless You ^(C1)as long as I live; I will ^(C2)lift up my hands in Your name.

My soul is ^(C1)satisfied as with fat and fatness, And my mouth offers ^(C2)praises with joyful lips.

When I remember You ^(C1)on my bed, I meditate on You in the ^(C2)night watches,

For ^(C1)You have been my help, And in the ^(C2)shadow of Your wings I sing for joy.

My soul ^(C1)clings ^(F1)to You; Your ^(C2)right hand takes hold of me.

But those who ^(C1)seek my ^(F1)life to destroy it, Will go into the ^(F2)(C2)depths of the earth.

^(F1)They will be ^(F2)(C1)turned over to the power of the sword; They will be a ^(F3)(C2)prey for foxes.

But the ^(C1)king will rejoice in God; Everyone who ^(C2)swears by Him will boast, For the ^(C3)mouths of those who speak lies will be stopped.

Hear my voice, God, in ^(C1)my ^(F1)complaint; ^(C2)Protect my life from dread of the enemy.

Hide me from the ^(C1)secret discussion of evildoers, From the restlessness of ^(C2)the workers of injustice,

Who ^(C1)have sharpened their tongues like a sword. They ^(C2)aimed bitter speech as their arrows,

To ^(C1)shoot ^(F1)from concealment at the innocent; Suddenly they shoot at him, and ^(C2)do not fear.

They make firm for themselves an evil ^(F1)purpose; They ^(F2)talk of ^(C1)setting snares secretly; They say, "^(C2)Who can see them?"

They ^(F1)devise injustices, saying, "We are ^(F2)ready with a well-conceived plot"; For the ^(F3)(C1)inward thought and the heart of a person are ^(F4)deep.

But ^(C1)God ^(F1)will shoot an arrow at them; Suddenly ^(F2)they will be wounded.

So ^(F1)they ^(F2)will ^(C1)make him stumble; ^(C2)Their own tongue is against them; All who see them will ^(C3)shake their heads.

Then all people ^(F1)will ^(C1)fear, And they ^(F2)will ^(C2)declare the work of God, And ^(F3)will consider ^(F4)what He has done.

The righteous person will be ^(C1)glad in the LORD and ^(C2)take refuge in Him; And all the upright in heart will boast.