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Incline thine ear to me; make haste to rescue me: be thou to me for a protecting God, and for a house of refuge to save me.

For thou art my strength and my refuge; and thou shalt guide me for thy name’s sake, and maintain me.

Thou shalt bring me out of the snare which they have hidden for me; for thou, O Lord, art my defender.

I will exult and be glad in thy mercy: for thou hast looked upon mine affliction; thou hast saved my soul from distresses.

Pity me, O Lord, for I am afflicted: my eye is troubled with indignation, my soul and by belly.

For my life is spent with grief, and my years with groanings: my strength has been weakened through poverty, and my bones are troubled.

For I heard the slander of many that dwelt round about: when they were gathered together against me, they took counsel to take my life.

O Lord, let me not be ashamed, for I have called upon thee: let the ungodly be ashamed, and brought down to Hades.

How abundant is the multitude of thy goodness, O Lord, which thou hast laid up for them that fear thee! thou hast wrought it out for them that hope on thee, in the presence of the sons of men.

Blessed be the Lord: for he has magnified his mercy in a fortified city.

Love the Lord, all ye his saints: for the Lord seeks for truth, and renders a reward to them that deal very proudly.

For day and night thy hand was heavy upon me: I became thoroughly miserable while a thorn was fastened in me. Pause.

For the word of the Lord is right; and all his works are faithful.

For he spoke, and they were made; he commanded, and they were created.

But the counsel of the Lord endures for ever, the thoughts of his heart from generation to generation.

Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord; the people whom he has chosen for his own inheritance.

A horse is vain for safety; neither shall he be delivered by the greatness of his power.

Our soul waits on the Lord; for he is our helper and defender.

For our heart shall rejoice in him, and we have hoped in his holy name.

Fear the Lord, all ye his saints: for there is no want to them that fear him.