67 lines
2.2 KiB
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67 lines
2.2 KiB
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# Chapter 71
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1 Lord, I seek refuge in you;
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let me never be disgraced.
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2 In your justice, rescue and deliver me;
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listen closely to me and save me.
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3 Be a rock of refuge for me,
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where I can always go.
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Give the command to save me,
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for you are my rock and fortress.
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4 Deliver me, my God, from the power of the wicked,
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from the grasp of the unjust and oppressive.
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5 For you are my hope, Lord God,
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my confidence from my youth.
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6 I have leaned on you from birth;
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you took me from my mother’s womb.
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My praise is always about you.
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7 I am like a miraculous sign to many,
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and you are my strong refuge.
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8 My mouth is full of praise
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and honor to you all day long.
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9 Don’t discard me in my old age.
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As my strength fails, do not abandon me.
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10 For my enemies talk about me,
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and those who spy on me plot together,
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11 saying, “God has abandoned him;
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chase him and catch him,
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for there is no one to rescue him.”
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12 God, do not be far from me;
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my God, hurry to help me.
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13 May my adversaries be disgraced and destroyed;
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may those who intend to harm me
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be covered with disgrace and humiliation.
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14 But I will hope continually
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and will praise you more and more.
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15 My mouth will tell about your righteousness
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and your salvation all day long,
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though I cannot sum them up.
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16 I come because of the mighty acts of the Lord God;
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I will proclaim your righteousness, yours alone.
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17 God, you have taught me from my youth,
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and I still proclaim your wondrous works.
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18 Even while I am old and gray,
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God, do not abandon me,
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while I proclaim your power
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to another generation,
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your strength to all who are to come.
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19 Your righteousness reaches the heights, God,
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you who have done great things;
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God, who is like you?
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20 You caused me to experience
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many troubles and misfortunes,
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but you will revive me again.
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You will bring me up again,
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even from the depths of the earth.
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21 You will increase my honor
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and comfort me once again.
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22 Therefore, I will praise you with a harp
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for your faithfulness, my God;
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I will sing to you with a lyre,
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Holy One of Israel.
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23 My lips will shout for joy
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when I sing praise to you
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because you have redeemed me.
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24 Therefore, my tongue will proclaim
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your righteousness all day long,
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for those who intend to harm me
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will be disgraced and confounded. |