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He put his faith in the Lord; let the Lord be his saviour now: let the Lord be his saviour, because he had delight in him.

For he has not been unmoved by the pain of him who is troubled; or kept his face covered from him; but he has given an answer to his cry.

My praise will be of you in the great meeting: I will make my offerings before his worshippers.

All the fat ones of the earth will give him worship; all those who go down to the dust will make themselves low before him, even he who has not enough for the life of his soul.

A seed will be his servant; the doings of the Lord will be made clear to the generation which comes after.

They will come and make his righteousness clear to a people of the future because he has done this.

The Lord takes care of me as his sheep; I will not be without any good thing.

He gives new life to my soul: he is my guide in the ways of righteousness because of his name.

Who may go up into the hill of the Lord? and who may come into his holy place?

He will have blessing from the Lord, and righteousness from the God of his salvation.

He will be an upright guide to the poor in spirit: he will make his way clear to them.

All the ways of the Lord are mercy and good faith for those who keep his agreement and his witness.

If a man has the fear of the Lord, the Lord will be his teacher in the way of his pleasure.

His soul will be full of good things, and his seed will have the earth for its heritage.

The secret of the Lord is with those in whose hearts is the fear of him; he will make his agreement clear to them.

Give Israel salvation, O God, out of all his troubles.

One prayer have I made to the Lord, and this is my heart's desire; that I may have a place in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, looking on his glory, and getting wisdom in his Temple.

For in the time of trouble he will keep me safe in his tent: in the secret place of his tent he will keep me from men's eyes; high on a rock he will put me.

And now my head will be lifted up higher than my haters who are round me: because of this I will make offerings of joy in his tent; I will make a song, truly I will make a song of praise to the Lord.

Because they have no respect for the works of the Lord, or for the things which his hands have made, they will be broken down and not lifted up by him.