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My strength is dried up like a piece of pottery, And my tongue clings to my jaws; And You lay me in the dust of death.

For dogs have surrounded me; A band of evildoers has encompassed me; They pierced my hands and my feet.

A posterity will serve Him; It will be told of the Lord to the coming generation.

They will come and will declare His righteousness To a people who will be born, that He has performed it.

You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies; You have anointed my head with oil; My cup overflows.

One who has clean hands and a pure heart, Who has not lifted up his soul to deceit And has not sworn deceitfully.

He will receive a blessing from the LORD And righteousness from the God of his salvation.

In whose hands is a wicked scheme, And whose right hand is full of bribes.

For on the day of trouble He will conceal me in His tabernacle; He will hide me in the secret place of His tent; He will lift me up on a rock.

Teach me Your way, LORD, And lead me on a level path Because of my enemies.

The LORD is their strength, And He is a refuge of salvation to His anointed.

He makes Lebanon skip like a calf, And Sirion like a young wild ox.

For His anger is but for a moment, His favor is for a lifetime; Weeping may last for the night, But a shout of joy comes in the morning.

Incline Your ear to me, rescue me quickly; Be a rock of strength for me, A stronghold to save me.

And You have not handed me over to the enemy; You have set my feet in a large place.

Because of all my adversaries, I have become a disgrace, Especially to my neighbors, And an object of dread to my acquaintances; Those who see me in the street flee from me.

I am forgotten like a dead person, out of mind; I am like a broken vessel.

You hide them in the secret place of Your presence from the conspiracies of mankind; You keep them secretly in a shelter from the strife of tongues.

Blessed be the LORD, For He has shown His marvelous faithfulness to me in a besieged city.

How blessed is a person whose guilt the LORD does not take into account, And in whose spirit there is no deceit!