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Consider my enemies, for they are many. They hate me with cruel hatred.

Oh keep my soul, and deliver me. Let me not be put to shame, for I take refuge in you.

Let integrity and uprightness preserve me, For I wait for you.

< > Judge me, Yahweh, for I have walked in my integrity. I have trusted also in Yahweh without wavering.

For your lovingkindness is before my eyes. I have walked in your truth.

But as for me, I will walk in my integrity. Redeem me, and be merciful to me.

For in the day of trouble he will keep me secretly in his pavilion. In the covert of his tent will he hide me. He will lift me up on a rock.

Don't deliver me over to the desire of my adversaries, For false witnesses have risen up against me, Such as breathe out cruelty.

Wait for Yahweh. Be strong, and let your heart take courage. Yes, wait for Yahweh.

<> I will extol you, Yahweh, for you have raised me up, And have not made my foes to rejoice over me.

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

As for me, I said in my prosperity, "I shall never be moved."

You have turned my mourning into dancing for me. You have removed my sackcloth, and clothed me with gladness,

For you are my rock and my fortress, Therefore for your name's sake lead me and guide me.

Pluck me out of the net that they have laid secretly for me, For you are my stronghold.

I will be glad and rejoice in your lovingkindness, For you have seen my affliction. You have known my soul in adversities.

Have mercy on me, Yahweh, for I am in distress. My eye, my soul, and my body waste away with grief.

For my life is spent with sorrow, My years with sighing. My strength fails because of my iniquity. My bones are wasted away.

For I have heard the slander of many, terror on every side, While they conspire together against me, They plot to take away my life.

Let me not be put to shame, Yahweh, for I have called on you. Let the wicked be put to shame. Let them be silent in Sheol.