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.
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