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For strangers have risen up against me; and terrifying men seek after my soul; they have not set God before them. Selah.

Behold, God is my helper. The Lord is with those who uphold my soul.

To the Chief Musician on Neginoth. A Contemplation. A Psalm of David. Give ear to my prayer, O God; and do not hide Yourself from my cry.

We sweetened counsel together; we marched into the house of God with the throng.

I, even I, will call to God, and Jehovah will save me.

God shall hear and answer them, even He who is enthroned of old. Selah. There are no changes to them; yea, they do not fear God.

But You, O God, will bring them down to the pit of destruction; men of blood and deceit will not live out half their days; but I will trust in You.

To the chief musician. Concerning the silent dove, those far off. Of David, a secret treasure (when the Philistines seized him in Gath). Favor me, O God, for man snuffs me up; all the day fighting oppresses me.

In God I will praise His Word; in God I have trusted; I will not fear; what will flesh do to me?

Is escape for them by iniquity? In anger cast down the peoples, O God.

Then my enemies will turn back in the day I call; this I know, for God is for me.

In God I will praise the Word; in Jehovah I will praise the Word.

In God I have trusted; I will not fear; what will man do to me?

On me, O God, are Your vows; I will render to You thank offerings.

For You have delivered my soul from death. Do You not keep my feet from falling, so that I may walk before God in the light of the living?

To the chief musician. Do not destroy. A secret treasure of David, when he fled from Saul in the cave. Be merciful to me, O God, be merciful to me, for my soul trusts in You; yea, in the shadowof Your wings I will make my hiding place,until the great destruction passes by.

I will cry to God Most High, to God who works for me.

He shall send from Heaven and save me; He will shame the one who crushes me. Selah. God shall send His mercy and His truth.

Be praised above the heavens, O God; let Your glory be over the whole earth.

My heart is fixed, O God, my heart is fixed; I will sing and give praise.