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for you will not abandon my soul to Sheol; you will not give your faithful one to see the grave.

As for the works of humankind, by the word of your lips, I have kept from the ways of the violent.

As for me, I have called on you because you will answer me, O God. Incline your ear to me. Hear my words.

For the music director. Of David, the servant of Yahweh, who spoke to Yahweh the words of this song when Yahweh delivered him from the hand of all his enemies, and from the hand of Saul. And he said: "I love you, O Yahweh, my strength."

In my trouble I called on Yahweh, and to my God I cried for help. He heard my voice from his temple, and my cry for help came up before his presence into his ears.

For you deliver humble people, but haughty eyes you humiliate.

For you light my lamp; Yahweh, my God, lights up my darkness.

For with you I can charge a troop, and with my God I can scale a wall.

This God—his way is blameless. The word of Yahweh is flawless. He is a shield for all those who take refuge in him.

For who is God apart from Yahweh, and who is a rock except our God?

He trains my hands for war, so that my arms can bend a bow of bronze.

And you girded me with strength for the battle; those rising against me you made to kneel under me.

the God who executed vengeance for me, and subdued peoples under me,

the one who makes great victories for his king, and who shows loyal love for his anointed, to David and to his descendants forever.

For the music director. A psalm of David. The heavens are telling the glory of God, and the firmament proclaims the work of his hands.

Yet in all the world their line goes out, and their words to the end of the world. In them he has pitched a tent for the sun,

For the music director. A psalm of David. May Yahweh answer you in the day of trouble. May the name of Jacob's God protect you.

May we shout for joy over your victory, and in the name of our God may we set up banners. May Yahweh fulfill all your requests.

For the music director. A psalm of David. O Yahweh, the king will rejoice in your strength, and how greatly he will delight in your help.

For you meet him with blessings of good things. You set on his head a crown of fine gold.