1In thee, O LORD, do I put my trust; let me never be ashamed: deliver me in thy righteousness.
2Bow down thine ear untomeH5769;deliverפַלְּטֵֽנִי׃fa.le.Te.niH6403meH5769speedily: be thou tomeH5769a strong rock, an house of defence to savemeH5769.
3For thou art myrockלְֽצוּר־le.tzur-H6697and myfortressמָ֭עוֹזMa.'ozH4581; therefore for thy name’s sakeleadH413meH413and guidemeH413.
4PluckmeH5148out of thenetוּמְצוּדָתִ֣יu.me.tzu.da.TiH4686that they have laid privily formeH5148; for thou art my strong hold.
5IntoH3318thine hand I commend my spirit: thou hast redeemedmeH3318, O LORD, thou God of truth.
6I hate them that regard lying vanities: but I trust in theLORDH3068.
7I will be glad and rejoice in thymercyיְהוָ֥הYah.wehH3068: for thou hast seen my affliction; thou hast known my soul in adversities:
8And thou hastnotH5315shutmeH5315upH7200intoH7200the hand of the enemy; thou hastsetאֲשֶׁ֣ר'a.SherH834my feet in a large place.
9Have mercyuponH3027meהִ֭סְגַּרְתַּנִיHis.gar.ta.niH5462, O LORD, for I am indistressH3027: mine eye wasteth away with grief, yea, my soul and my body.
10For mylifeH5315is spent with sorrow, and my years with sighing: mystrengthH5315failethbecauseH3588of mine iniquity, and my bones arewastedעָשְׁשָׁ֖ה'a.she.ShahH6244awayעָשֵֽׁשׁוּ׃'a.She.shuH6244.
11BecauseH3588ofallH3615mine adversaries I am become a reproach,yeaH3588, unto my neighbours exceedingly, and a fear to mine acquaintance: they that did seemeH3615without fled frommeH3615.
12I am forgotten as a deadmanמִכָּל־mi.kolH3605outמִמֶּֽנִּי׃mi.Me.niH4480ofmindלִֽמְיֻדָּ֫עָ֥יlim.yu.Da.'AiH3045: I am like a broken vessel.
13For I have heard the defaming of many, terror on every side:whileH1961theytookH1961counsel together againstmeנִ֭שְׁכַּחְתִּיNish.kach.tiH7911, they devised totakeH1961away mylifeכְּמֵ֣תke.MetH4191.
14But I trusted in thee, O LORD: Isaidשָׁמַ֨עְתִּי׀sha.Ma'.tiH8085, Thou art my God.
15My times are in thy hand: delivermeH5921from the hand of mine enemies, and from them that persecutemeH5921.
16Makeבְּיָדְךָ֥be.ya.de.KhaH3027thy face to shineuponמִיַּד־mi.yad-H3027thy servant:saveהַצִּ֘ילֵ֤נִיha.Tzi.Le.niH5337meוּמֵרֹדְפָֽי׃u.me.ro.de.FaiH7291in thy lovingkindness.
17Letmeפָ֭נֶיךָFa.nei.khaH6440notה֖וֹשִׁיעֵ֣נִיho.shi.'E.niH3467he ashamed, OLORDבְחַסְדֶּֽךָ׃ve.chas.De.khaH2617; for I have calleduponעַל־'al-H5921thee: let the wicked be ashamed, let them be silent in Sheol.
18Letאַל־'al-H408the lying lips be dumb; which speak against the righteous insolently, with pride and contempt.
19Oh how great is thy goodness, which thou hast laidupH5921for them that fear thee, which thou hast wrought for them that put their trust in thee,beforeH5921the sons ofmenצַדִּ֥יקtza.DikH6662!
20In the covert of thypresenceנֶ֝֗גֶדNe.gedH5048shalt thouhideH6845them from the plottings ofmanאָדָם׃'a.damH120: thou shaltkeepH6845themsecretlyH6845in a pavilion from the strife of tongues.
21Blessed be the LORD: for he hath shewedmeפָּנֶיךָ֮pa.nei.KhaH6440his marvelous lovingkindness in a strong city.
22As formeבָּר֥וּךְba.RukhH1288, I said in my haste, I am cut off from before thine eyes:neverthelessכִּ֥יkiH3588thou heardest the voice of my supplications when I cried unto thee.
23O love the LORD, all ye his saints: the LORD preserveth the faithful, and plentifully rewardeth theproudעֵ֫ינֶ֥יךָ'ei.Nei.khaH5869doer.
24Be strong, and let your heart take courage,allH3605ye that hope in theLORDH3068.
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