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For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David.In thee, O Jehovah, do I take refuge;Let me never be put to shame:Deliver me in thy righteousness.
Bow down thine ear unto me; deliver me speedily:Be thou to me a strong rock,A house of {Hebrew: fortresses.}defence to save me.
For thou art my rock and my fortress;Therefore for thy name's sake lead me and guide me.
Pluck me out of the net that they have laid privily for me;For thou art my stronghold.
Into thy hand I commend my spirit:Thou hast redeemed me, O Jehovah, thou God of truth.
I hate them that regard lying vanities;But I trust in Jehovah.
I will be glad and rejoice in thy lovingkindness;For thou hast seen my affliction:Thou hast known {Or, the adversities of my soul}my soul in adversities;
And thou hast not shut me up into the hand of the enemy;Thou hast set my feet in a large place.
Have mercy upon me, O Jehovah, for I am in distress:Mine eye wasteth away with grief, yea, my soul and my body.
For my life is spent with sorrow,And my years with sighing:My strength faileth because of mine iniquity,And my bones are wasted away.
Because of all mine adversaries I am become a reproach,Yea, unto my neighbors exceedingly,And a fear to mine acquaintance:They that did see me without fled from me.
I am forgotten as a dead man out of mind:I am like a broken vessel.
For I have heard the defaming of many,Terror on every side:While they took counsel together against meThey devised to take away my life.
But I trusted in thee, O Jehovah:I said, Thou art my God.
My times are in thy hand:Deliver me from the hand of mine enemies, and from them that persecute me.
Make thy face to shine upon thy servant:Save me in thy lovingkindness.
Let me not be put to shame, O Jehovah; for I have called upon thee:Let the wicked be put to shame, let them be silent in Sheol.
Let the lying lips be dumb,Which speak against the righteous insolently,With pride and contempt.
Oh how great is thy goodness,Which thou hast laid up for them that fear thee,Which thou hast wrought for them that take refuge in thee,Before the sons of men!
In the covert of thy presence wilt thou hide them from the plottings of man:Thou wilt keep them secretly in a pavilion from the strife of tongues.
Blessed be Jehovah;For he hath showed me his marvellous lovingkindness in a strong city.
As for me, I said in my {Or, alarm}haste,I am cut off from before thine eyes:Nevertheless thou heardest the voice of my supplications,When I cried unto thee.
Oh love Jehovah, all ye his saints:Jehovah preserveth {Or, faithfulness}the faithful,And plentifully rewardeth him that dealeth proudly.
Be strong, and let your heart take courage,All ye that {Or, wait for}hope in Jehovah.
For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David.In thee, O Jehovah, do I take refuge;Let me never be put to shame:Deliver me in thy righteousness.
Bow down thine ear unto me; deliver me speedily:Be thou to me a strong rock,A house of {Hebrew: fortresses.}defence to save me.
For thou art my rock and my fortress;Therefore for thy name's sake lead me and guide me.
Pluck me out of the net that they have laid privily for me;For thou art my stronghold.
Into thy hand I commend my spirit:Thou hast redeemed me, O Jehovah, thou God of truth.
I hate them that regard lying vanities;But I trust in Jehovah.
I will be glad and rejoice in thy lovingkindness;For thou hast seen my affliction:Thou hast known {Or, the adversities of my soul}my soul in adversities;
And thou hast not shut me up into the hand of the enemy;Thou hast set my feet in a large place.
Have mercy upon me, O Jehovah, for I am in distress:Mine eye wasteth away with grief, yea, my soul and my body.
For my life is spent with sorrow,And my years with sighing:My strength faileth because of mine iniquity,And my bones are wasted away.
Because of all mine adversaries I am become a reproach,Yea, unto my neighbors exceedingly,And a fear to mine acquaintance:They that did see me without fled from me.
I am forgotten as a dead man out of mind:I am like a broken vessel.
For I have heard the defaming of many,Terror on every side:While they took counsel together against meThey devised to take away my life.
But I trusted in thee, O Jehovah:I said, Thou art my God.
My times are in thy hand:Deliver me from the hand of mine enemies, and from them that persecute me.
Make thy face to shine upon thy servant:Save me in thy lovingkindness.
Let me not be put to shame, O Jehovah; for I have called upon thee:Let the wicked be put to shame, let them be silent in Sheol.
Let the lying lips be dumb,Which speak against the righteous insolently,With pride and contempt.
Oh how great is thy goodness,Which thou hast laid up for them that fear thee,Which thou hast wrought for them that take refuge in thee,Before the sons of men!
In the covert of thy presence wilt thou hide them from the plottings of man:Thou wilt keep them secretly in a pavilion from the strife of tongues.
Blessed be Jehovah;For he hath showed me his marvellous lovingkindness in a strong city.
As for me, I said in my {Or, alarm}haste,I am cut off from before thine eyes:Nevertheless thou heardest the voice of my supplications,When I cried unto thee.
Oh love Jehovah, all ye his saints:Jehovah preserveth {Or, faithfulness}the faithful,And plentifully rewardeth him that dealeth proudly.
Be strong, and let your heart take courage,All ye that {Or, wait for}hope in Jehovah.
A Psalm of David, {Or, to make memorial}to bring to remembrance.O Jehovah, rebuke me not in thy wrath;Neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure.
For thine arrows {Hebrew: lighted on me.}stick fast in me,And thy hand {}presseth me sore.
There is no soundness in my flesh because of thine indignation;Neither is there any {Or, rest}health in my bones because of my sin.
For mine iniquities are gone over my head:As a heavy burden they are too heavy for me.
My wounds are loathsome and corrupt,Because of my foolishness.
I am {Hebrew: bent.}pained and bowed down greatly;I go mourning all the day long.
For my loins are filled with burning;And there is no soundness in my flesh.
I am faint and sore bruised:I have {Hebrew: roared.}groaned by reason of the disquietness of my heart.
Lord, all my desire is before thee;And my groaning is not hid from thee.
My heart throbbeth, my strength faileth me:As for the light of mine eyes, it also is gone from me.
My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my plague;And my kinsmen stand afar off.
They also that seek after my life lay snares for me;And they that seek my hurt speak mischievous things,And meditate deceits all the day long.
But I, as a deaf man, hear not;And I am as a dumb man that openeth not his mouth.
Yea, I am as a man that heareth not,And in whose mouth are no {Or, arguments}reproofs.
For in thee, O Jehovah, do I hope:Thou wilt answer, O Lord my God.
For I said, Lest they rejoice over me:When my foot slippeth, they magnify themselves against me.
For I am ready to fall,And my sorrow is continually before me.
For I will declare mine iniquity;I will be sorry for my sin.
But mine enemies are lively, and are strong;And they that hate me {Hebrew: falsely.}wrongfully are multiplied.
They also that render evil for goodAre adversaries unto me, because I follow the thing that is good.
Forsake me not, O Jehovah:O my God, be not far from me.
Make haste to help me,O Lord, my salvation.
For the Chief Musician, for {Psalm 62 title. 77 title, 1 Chronicles 16:41, 25:1}Jeduthun. A Psalm of David.I said, I will take heed to my ways,That I sin not with my tongue:I will keep {Hebrew: a bridle (or, muzzle) for my mouth}my mouth with a bridle,While the wicked is before me.
I was dumb with silence, I held my peace, {Or, and had no comfort Hebrew: away from good.}even from good;And my sorrow was stirred.
My heart was hot within me;While I was musing the fire burned:Then spake I with my tongue:
Jehovah, make me to know mine end,And the measure of my days, what it is;Let me know how frail I am.
Behold, thou hast made my days as handbreadths;And my life-time is as nothing before thee:Surely every man {Hebrew: standing firm.}at his best estate is altogether {Hebrew: a breath.}vanity. [Selah
Surely every man walketh {Or, as a shadow}in a vain show;Surely they are disquieted {Or, for vanity}in vain:He heapeth up riches, and knoweth not who shall gather them.
And now, Lord, what wait I for?My hope is in thee.
Deliver me from all my transgressions:Make me not the reproach of the foolish.
I was dumb, I opened not my mouth;Because thou didst it.
Remove thy stroke away from me:I am consumed by the {Hebrew: conflict.}blow of thy hand.
When thou with rebukes dost correct man for iniquity,Thou {Or, consumest like a moth his delights}makest his beauty to consume away like a moth:Surely every man is {Hebrew: a breath.}vanity. [Selah
Hear my prayer, O Jehovah, and give ear unto my cry;Hold not thy peace at my tears:For I am a stranger with thee,A sojourner, as all my fathers were.
Oh {Or, look away from me}spare me, that I may {Hebrew: brighten up.}recover strength,Before I go hence, and be no more.