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For my life is spent with sorrow, and my years with sighing; my strength fails because of my misery, and my bones waste away.

For I hear the whispering of many— terror all around!— as they scheme together against me, as they plot to take my life.

Do not let me be put to shame, O Lord , for I call on you; let the wicked be put to shame; let them go dumbfounded to Sheol.

O how abundant is your goodness that you have laid up for those who fear you, and accomplished for those who take refuge in you, in the sight of everyone!

Blessed be the Lord , for he has wondrously shown his steadfast love to me when I was beset as a city under siege.

I had said in my alarm, "I am driven far from your sight." But you heard my supplications when I cried out to you for help.

Be strong, and let your heart take courage, all you who wait for the Lord .

For day and night your hand was heavy upon me; my strength was dried up as by the heat of summer. Selah

You are a hiding place for me; you preserve me from trouble; you surround me with glad cries of deliverance. Selah

Be glad in the Lord and rejoice, O righteous, and shout for joy, all you upright in heart.

For the word of the Lord is upright, and all his work is done in faithfulness.

For he spoke, and it came to be; he commanded, and it stood firm.

The war horse is a vain hope for victory, and by its great might it cannot save.

Our soul waits for the Lord ; he is our help and shield.

O fear the Lord , you his holy ones, for those who fear him have no want.

When the righteous cry for help, the Lord hears, and rescues them from all their troubles.

For without cause they hid their net for me; without cause they dug a pit for my life.

All my bones shall say, "O Lord , who is like you? You deliver the weak from those too strong for them, the weak and needy from those who despoil them."

They repay me evil for good; my soul is forlorn.

But as for me, when they were sick, I wore sackcloth; I afflicted myself with fasting. I prayed with head bowed on my bosom,