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| In you, O LORD, have I taken refuge; *
let me never be ashamed.
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| In your righteousness, deliver me and set
me free; *
incline your ear to me and save me.
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| Be my strong rock, a castle to keep me safe;
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you are my crag and my stronghold.
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| Deliver me, my God, from the hand of the
wicked, *
from of the clutches of the evildoer and the oppressor.
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| For you are my hope, O LORD God, *
my confidence since I was young.
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| I have been sustained by you ever since I
was born;
from my mother's womb you have been my strength; *
my praise shall be always of you.
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| I have become a portent to many; *
but you are my refuge and my strength.
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| Let my mouth be full of your praise *
and your glory all the day long.
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| Do not cast me off in my old age; *
forsake me not when my strength fails.
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| For my enemies are talking against me, *
and those who lie in wait for my life take counsel together.
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| They say, "God has forsaken him;
go after him and seize him; *
because there is none who will save."
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| O God, be not far from me; *
come quickly to help me, O my God.
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| Let those who set themselves against me be
put to shame and be disgraced; *
let those who seek to do me evil be covered with scorn and reproach.
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| But I shall always wait in patience, *
and shall praise you more and more.
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| My mouth shall recount your mighty acts
and saving deeds all day long; *
though I cannot know the number of them.
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| I will begin with the mighty works of the
Lord GOD; *
I will recall your righteousness, yours alone.
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| O God, you have taught me since I was young,
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and to this day I tell of your wonderful works.
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| And now that I am old and gray-headed, O
God, do not forsake me, *
till I make known your strength to this generation
and your power to all who are to come.
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| Your righteousness, O God, reaches to the
heavens; *
you have done great things;
who is like you, O God?
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| You have showed me great troubles and adversities,
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but you will restore my life
and bring me up again from the deep places of the earth.
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| You strengthen me more and more; *
you enfold and comfort me,
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| Therefore I will praise you upon the lyre
for your faithfulness, O my God; *
I will sing to you with the harp, O Holy One of Israel.
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| My lips will sing with joy when I play to
you, *
and so will my soul, which you have redeemed.
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| My tongue will proclaim your righteousness
all day long, *
for they are ashamed and disgraced who sought to do me harm.
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