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Preserve me, O GOD, for I have sought refuge in thee.

For thou wilt not abandon my soul to hades, neither wilt thou suffer thy man of lovingkindness, to see corruption:

As for the workings of men, By the word of thy lips, have, I, taken heed of the paths of the violent one.

I, have called upon thee, for thou wilt answer me, O GOD, - Incline thine ear unto me, Hear thou my speech:

As for our own goings, now, have they surrounded us, - Their eyes, they fix, bending to the earth:

In my distress, called I on Yahweh, And, unto my God, made outcry for help, He heard, out of his temple, my voice, And my outcry for help came before him - entered into his ears!

He rescued me from my foe, in his might, and from them who hated me, because they were too strong for me:

For I had kept the ways of Yahweh, and not broken away from my God;

For, all his regulations, were before me, and, his statutes, did I not put from me:

For, as for thee, an oppressed people, thou didst save, but, looks that were lofty, layedst thou low;

For, thou, didst light up my lamp, Yahweh my God, enlightened my darkness;

For, by thee, I ran through a troop, and, by my God, I leapt over a wall.

As for GOD, blameless is his way, The speech of Yahweh hath been proved, A shield, he is to all who seek refuge in him.

For who is a GOD, save Yahweh? And who is a Rock, save our God?

Thus didst thou gird me with strength, for the battle, Thou subduedst mine assailants under me.

As for my foes, thou didst give me their neck, and, as for them who hated me, I destroyed them.

For this cause, will I praise thee among the nations, O Yahweh, and, to thy Name, will I sweep the strings: -

Yet through all the earth, hath gone forth their voice, - and, to the end of the world, their sayings, - For the sun, hath he set up a tent therein;

For thou wilt come to meet him, with the blessings of goodness, Thou wilt set on his head, a crown of pure gold.

For thou wilt appoint him blessings evermore, wilt cheer him with joy by thy countenance;