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A psalm of David.</p> <p class="chsect">I</p> <div class="senseline"> <p class="slf"><span id="v23031002" class="ver">2</span>In you, <span class="tetr">Lord</span>, I take refuge;<a id="ren23031002-a" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en23031002-a">a</a></p> <p class="sl1">let me never be put to shame.</p> <p class="sl">In your righteousness deliver me;</p> <p class="sl1"><span id="v23031003" class="ver">3</span>incline your ear to me;</p> <p class="sl1">make haste to rescue me!</p> <p class="sl">Be my rock of refuge,</p> <p class="sl1">a stronghold to save me.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v23031004" class="ver">4</span>For you are my rock and my fortress;<a id="ren23031004-b" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en23031004-b">b</a></p> <p class="sl1">for your name’s sake lead me and guide me.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v23031005" class="ver">5</span>Free me from the net they have set for me,</p> <p class="sl1">for you are my refuge.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v23031006" class="ver">6</span><a id="rfn23031006-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn23031006-1">*</a>Into your hands I commend my spirit;<a id="ren23031006-c" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en23031006-c">c</a></p> <p class="sl1">you will redeem me, <span class="tetr">Lord</span>, God of truth.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v23031007" class="ver">7</span>You hate those who serve worthless idols,</p> <p class="sl1">but I trust in the <span class="tetr">Lord</span>.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v23031008" class="ver">8</span>I will rejoice and be glad in your mercy,</p> <p class="sl1">once you have seen my misery,</p> <p class="sl1">[and] gotten to know the distress of my soul.<a id="ren23031008-d" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en23031008-d">d</a></p> <p class="sl"><span id="v23031009" class="ver">9</span>You will not abandon me into enemy hands,</p> <p class="sl1">but will set my feet in a free and open space.</p> </div> <p class="chsect">II</p> <div class="senseline"> <p class="slf"><span id="v23031010" class="ver">10</span>Be gracious to me, <span class="tetr">Lord</span>, for I am in distress;</p> <p class="sl1">affliction is wearing down my eyes,</p> <p class="sl1">my throat and my insides.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v23031011" class="ver">11</span>My life is worn out by sorrow,</p> <p class="sl1">and my years by sighing.</p> <p class="sl">My strength fails in my affliction;</p> <p class="sl1">my bones are wearing down.<a id="ren23031011-e" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en23031011-e">e</a></p> <p class="sl"><span id="v23031012" class="ver">12</span>To all my foes I am a thing of scorn,</p> <p class="sl1">and especially to my neighbors</p> <p class="sl1">a horror to my friends.</p> <p class="sl">When they see me in public,</p> <p class="sl1">they quickly shy away.<a id="ren23031012-f" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en23031012-f">f</a></p> <p class="sl"><span id="v23031013" class="ver">13</span>I am forgotten, out of mind like the dead;</p> <p class="sl1">I am like a worn-out tool.<a id="rfn23031013-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn23031013-1">*</a></p> <p class="sl"><span id="v23031014" class="ver">14</span>I hear the whispers of the crowd;</p> <p class="sl1">terrors are all around me.<a id="rfn23031014-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn23031014-1">*</a></p> <p class="sl">They conspire together against me;</p> <p class="sl1">they plot to take my life.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v23031015" class="ver">15</span>But I trust in you, <span class="tetr">Lord</span>;</p> <p class="sl1">I say, “You are my God.”<a id="ren23031015-g" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en23031015-g">g</a></p> <p class="sl"><span id="v23031016" class="ver">16</span>My destiny is in your hands;</p> <p class="sl1">rescue me from my enemies,</p> <p class="sl1">from the hands of my pursuers.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v23031017" class="ver">17</span>Let your face shine on your servant;<a id="ren23031017-h" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en23031017-h">h</a></p> <p class="sl1">save me in your mercy.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v23031018" class="ver">18</span>Do not let me be put to shame,</p> <p class="sl1">for I have called to you, <span class="tetr">Lord</span>.</p> <p class="sl">Put the wicked to shame;</p> <p class="sl1">reduce them to silence in Sheol.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v23031019" class="ver">19</span>Strike dumb their lying lips,</p> <p class="sl1">which speak arrogantly against the righteous</p> <p class="sl1">in contempt and scorn.<a id="ren23031019-i" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en23031019-i">i</a></p> </div> <p class="chsect">III</p> <div class="senseline"> <p class="slf"><span id="v23031020" class="ver">20</span>How great is your goodness, Lord,</p> <p class="sl1">stored up for those who fear you.</p> <p class="sl">You display it for those who trust you,</p> <p class="sl1">in the sight of the children of Adam.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v23031021" class="ver">21</span>You hide them in the shelter of your presence,</p> <p class="sl1">safe from scheming enemies.</p> <p class="sl">You conceal them in your tent,</p> <p class="sl1">away from the strife of tongues.<a id="ren23031021-j" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en23031021-j">j</a></p> <p class="sl"><span id="v23031022" class="ver">22</span>Blessed be the <span class="tetr">Lord</span>,</p> <p class="sl1">marvelously he showed to me</p> <p class="sl1">his mercy in a fortified city.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v23031023" class="ver">23</span>Though I had said in my alarm,</p> <p class="sl1">“I am cut off from your eyes.”<a id="ren23031023-k" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en23031023-k">k</a></p> <p class="sl">Yet you heard my voice, my cry for mercy,</p> <p class="sl1">when I pleaded with you for help.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v23031024" class="ver">24</span>Love the <span class="tetr">Lord</span>, all you who are faithful to him.</p> <p class="sl1">The <span class="tetr">Lord</span> protects the loyal,</p> <p class="sl1">but repays the arrogant in full.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v23031025" class="ver">25</span>Be strong and take heart,</p> <p class="sl1">all who hope in the <span class="tetr">Lord</span>.</p> </div> </section> <br /><h1 class="cn"><a class="xref" href="intro.htm"><span class="ac">Book Introduction</span></a></h1><h1 class="cn"><a class="xref" href="footnotes.htm"><span class="ac">Footnotes</span></a></h1></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Scripture texts, prefaces, introductions, footnotes and cross references used in this work are taken from the <i>New American Bible, revised edition</i> © 2010, 1991, 1986, 1970 Confraternity of Christian Doctrine, Inc., Washington, DC All Rights Reserved. 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