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| 1[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 1For the music director; a psalm of David. In you, O LORD, I have taken shelter! Never let me be humiliated! Vindicate me by rescuing me! |
| 2[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 2Listen to me! Quickly deliver me! Be my protector and refuge, a stronghold where I can be safe! |
| 3[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 3For you are my high ridge and my stronghold; for the sake of your own reputation you lead me and guide me. |
| 4[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 4You will free me from the net they hid for me, for you are my place of refuge. |
| 5[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 5Into your hand I entrust my life; you will rescue me, O LORD, the faithful God. |
| 6[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 6I hate those who serve worthless idols, but I trust in the LORD. |
| 7[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 7I will be happy and rejoice in your faithfulness, because you notice my pain and you are aware of how distressed I am. |
| 8[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 8You do not deliver me over to the power of the enemy; you enable me to stand in a wide open place. |
| 9[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 9Have mercy on me, for I am in distress! My eyes grow dim from suffering. I have lost my strength. |
| 10[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 10For my life nears its end in pain; my years draw to a close as I groan. My strength fails me because of my sin, and my bones become brittle. |
| 11[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 11Because of all my enemies, people disdain me; my neighbors are appalled by my suffering--those who know me are horrified by my condition; those who see me in the street run away from me. |
| 12[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 12I am forgotten, like a dead man no one thinks about; I am regarded as worthless, like a broken jar. |
| 13[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 13For I hear what so many are saying, the terrifying news that comes from every direction. When they plot together against me, they figure out how they can take my life. |
| 14[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 14But I trust in you, O LORD! I declare, "You are my God!" |
| 15[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 15You determine my destiny! Rescue me from the power of my enemies and those who chase me. |
| 16[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 16Smile on your servant! Deliver me because of your faithfulness! |
| 17[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 17O LORD, do not let me be humiliated, for I call out to you! May evil men be humiliated! May they go wailing to the grave! |
| 18[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 18May lying lips be silenced--lips that speak defiantly against the innocent with arrogance and contempt! |
| 19[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 19How great is your favor, which you store up for your loyal followers! In plain sight of everyone you bestow it on those who take shelter in you. |
| 20[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 20You hide them with you, where they are safe from the attacks of men; you conceal them in a shelter, where they are safe from slanderous attacks. |
| 21[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 21The LORD deserves praise for he demonstrated his amazing faithfulness to me when I was besieged by enemies. |
| 22[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 22I jumped to conclusions and said, "I am cut off from your presence!" But you heard my plea for mercy when I cried out to you for help. |
| 23[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 23Love the LORD, all you faithful followers of his! The LORD protects those who have integrity, but he pays back in full the one who acts arrogantly. |
| 24[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 24Be strong and confident, all you who wait on the LORD! |
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