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

O keep my soul, and deliver me: let me not be ashamed; for I put my trust in thee.

Let integrity and uprightness preserve me; for I wait on thee.

[A Psalm] of David. Judge me, O LORD; for I have walked in my integrity: I have trusted also in the LORD; [therefore] I shall not slide.

For thy loving-kindness [is] before my eyes: and I have walked in thy truth.

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

For in the time of trouble he will hide me in his pavilion: in the secret of his tabernacle will he hide me; he will set me up upon a rock.

Deliver me not over to the will of my enemies: for false witnesses have risen against me, and such as breathe out cruelty.

Save thy people, and bless thy inheritance: feed them also, and lift them up for ever.

The LORD sitteth upon the flood; yes, the LORD sitteth king for ever.

A Psalm [and] Song, [at] the dedication of the house of David. I will extol thee, O LORD; for thou hast lifted me up, and hast not made my foes to rejoice over me.

For his anger [endureth but] a moment; in his favor [is] life: weeping may endure for a night, but joy [cometh] in the morning.

Thou hast turned for me my mourning into dancing: thou hast put off my sackcloth, and girded me with gladness;

To the end that [my] glory may sing praise to thee, and not be silent. O LORD my God, I will give thanks to thee for ever.

Bow down thy ear to me; deliver me speedily: be thou my strong rock, for a house of defense to save me.

For thou [art] my rock and my fortress; therefore for thy name's sake lead me, and guide me.

Pull me out of the net that they have laid privily for me: for thou [art] my strength.

I will be glad and rejoice in thy mercy: for thou hast considered my trouble; thou hast known my soul in adversities;

Have mercy upon me, O LORD, for I am in trouble: my eye is consumed with grief, [yes], my soul and my belly.

For my life is spent with grief, and my years with sighing: my strength faileth because of my iniquity, and my bones are consumed.