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Surely He is at my right hand, I shall not be moved.

 

⁹Therefore my heart is glad, and my glory rejoiceth;

My flesh also dwelleth in safety;

¹⁰For Thou wilt not abandon my soul to the nether-world;

Neither wilt Thou suffer Thy godly one to see the pit.

¹¹Thou makest me to know the path of life;

In Thy presence is fulness of joy,

In Thy right hand bliss for evermore.

17 A Prayer of David.

Hear the right, O Lord, attend unto my cry;

Give ear unto my prayer from lips without deceit.

²Let my judgment come forth from Thy presence;

Let Thine eyes behold equity.

³Thou hast tried my heart, Thou hast visited it in the night;

Thou hast tested me, and Thou findest not

That I had a thought which should not pass my mouth.

⁴As for the doings of men, by the word of Thy lips

I have kept me from the ways of the violent.

⁵My steps have held fast to Thy paths,

My feet have not slipped.

 

⁶As for me, I call upon Thee, for Thou wilt answer me, O God;

Incline Thine ear unto me, hear my speech.

⁷Make passing great Thy mercies, O Thou that savest by Thy right hand

From assailants them that take refuge in Thee.

⁸Keep me as the apple of the eye,

Hide me in the shadow of Thy wings,

⁹From the wicked that oppress,

My deadly enemies, that compass me about.

¹⁰Their gross heart they have shut tight,

With their mouth they speak proudly.

¹¹At our every step they have now encompassed us;

They set their eyes to cast us down to the earth.

¹²He is like a lion that is eager to tear in pieces,

And like a young lion lurking in secret places.

 

¹³Arise, O Lord, confront him, cast him down;

Deliver my soul from the wicked, by Thy sword;

¹⁴From men, by Thy hand, O Lord,

From men of the world, whose portion is in this life,

And whose belly Thou fillest with Thy treasure;

Who have children in plenty,

And leave their abundance to their babes.

¹⁵As for me, I shall behold Thy face in righteousness;

I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with Thy likeness.

18 For the Leader. [A Psalm] of David the servant of the Lord, who spoke unto the Lord the words of this song in the day that the Lord delivered him from the hand of all his enemies, and from the hand of Saul; ²And he said:

I love thee, O Lord, my strength.

³The Lord is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer;

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