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.
02 Bow down thine ear to me; deliver me speedily:
be thou my strong rock, for an house of defence
to save me.
03 For thou art my rock and my fortress;
therefore for thy name's sake lead me, and guide
me.
04 Pull me out of the net that they have laid
privily for me: for thou art my strength.
05 Into thine hand I commit my spirit: thou hast
redeemed me, O Lord God of truth.
06 I have hated them that regard lying vanities:
but I trust in the Lord.
07 I will be glad and rejoice in thy mercy: for
thou hast considered my trouble; thou hast known
my soul in adversities;
08 And hast not shut me up into the hand of the
enemy: thou hast set my feet in a large room.
09 Have mercy upon me, O Lord, for I am in
trouble: mine eye is consumed with grief, yea, my
soul and my belly.
10 For my life is spent with grief, and my years
with sighing: my strength faileth because of mine
iniquity, and my bones are consumed.
11 I was a reproach among all mine enemies, but
especially among my neighbours, and a fear to
mine acquaintance: they that did see me without
fled from me.
12 I am forgotten as a dead man out of mind: I am
like a broken vessel.
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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 mine 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 shewed me his
marvellous kindness in a strong city.
22 For I said in my haste, I am cut off from
before thine eyes: nevertheless thou heardest the
voice of my supplications when I cried unto 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 shall strengthen
your heart, all ye that hope in the Lord.
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