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\d A psalm written by David for the choir director.
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\q1
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\v 1 O God, save me
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\q2 because I am in great danger.
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\q2 It is as though the flood water were up to my neck, and I were about to drown.
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\q1
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\v 2 I continue to sink in the deep mud,
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\q2 and there is no solid ground for me to stand on.
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\q1 I am in deep water,
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\q2 and the flood is swirling around me.
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\s5
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\q1
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\v 3 I am exhausted from calling out for help;
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\q2 my throat is very dry.
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\q1 Because I have cried so much as I have waited for God to help me,
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\q2 my eyes are swollen from tears.
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\q1
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\v 4 Those who hate me when there is no reason to hate me
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\q2 are more than the number of hairs on my head!
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\q1 Those who want to get rid of me are strong,
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\q2 and they tell lies about me.
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\q1 They demand that I return to them things that I did not steal!
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\s5
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\q1
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\v 5 O God, you see the sins that I have committed.
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\q2 You know that I have foolishly disobeyed your laws.
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\q1
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\v 6 O Yahweh God, Commander of the angel armies,
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\q2 do not allow the wrong things that I have done
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\q2 cause those who trust in you to be disappointed.
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\q1 O God, whom we Israelite people worship,
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\q2 do not allow me to cause them to be shamed.
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\q1
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\v 7 People have insulted me because I am devoted to you.
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\q2 They have thoroughly humiliated me.
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\q1
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\v 8 Even my own older brothers act as if they do not know me;
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\q2 they treat me like a foreigner.
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\q1
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\v 9 Some people have despised your temple;
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\q2 but because I have tried to keep your temple holy, people have caused trouble for me.
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\q1 So it is as though those who are insulting you are also insulting me.
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\q1
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\v 10 When I have humbled myself and fasted
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\q2 to show my sadness about the disgraceful things that they have done to your temple,
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\q2 they just insult me.
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\v 11 When I put on rough sackcloth to show that I am sad,
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\q2 they laugh at me.
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\v 12 Even the elders of the city say bad things about me.
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\q2 The drunkards of the city sing disgusting songs about me.
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\v 13 But Yahweh, I will continue praying to you.
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\q1 At the time that you choose, answer me and rescue me
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\q2 because you faithfully love me, as you have promised to do.
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\v 14 Do not allow me to sink anymore in the mud.
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\q1 Rescue me from those who hate me!
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\q2 Lift me up out of these deep waters!
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\v 15 Do not allow the floods to swirl around me;
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\q2 do not allow the deep mud to swallow me;
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\q2 keep me from sinking into the pit of death.
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\v 16 O Yahweh, answer my prayer and help me
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\q2 because you are good and love me faithfully.
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\v 17 Do not hide yourself from me;
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\q1 answer me quickly
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\q2 because I am in great trouble.
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\q1
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\v 18 Come near to me and save me;
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\q1 rescue me from my enemies.
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\v 19 You know that I am insulted
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\q2 and that people shame and dishonor me;
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\q1 you know who all my enemies are.
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\v 20 Their insults have deeply offended me,
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\q2 and I feel helpless.
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\q1 I searched for someone who would pity me,
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\q2 but there was no one.
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\q1 I wanted someone to encourage me,
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\q2 but there was no one.
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\v 21 Instead, they gave me food that tasted like poison,
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\q2 and when I was thirsty, they gave me sour wine to drink.
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\q1
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\v 22 I hope their own food will kill them;
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\q2 I hope that this will happen when they think that they are completely safe.
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\v 23 I hope that their eyes become dim so that they cannot see anything
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\q2 and that their backs will become weaker and weaker.
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\v 24 Show them that you are very angry with them!
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\q2 Because of your great anger, chase them and catch them.
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\v 25 Cause their towns to become abandoned;
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\q2 may there be no one to live in their tents.
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\v 26 Do this because they persecute those whom you have punished,
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\q2 they look at how those whom you have punished suffer, and they tell others about it.
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\v 27 Keep making a record of all their sins,
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\q2 do not fail to punish them for the evil things that they have done.
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\v 28 Erase their names from the book containing the names of those who have eternal life;
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\q2 do not include them in the list of righteous people.
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\v 29 As for me, I have pain and am suffering.
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\q2 O God, protect me and rescue me.
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\q1
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\v 30 When God does that, I will sing as I praise God,
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\q2 and I will honor him by thanking him.
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\v 31 My doing that will please Yahweh more than sacrificing oxen,
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\q2 more than offering him full grown bulls.
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\v 32 Oppressed people will see that God has rescued me,
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\q2 and they will be glad.
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\q1 I desire that all who request God to help them may be encouraged.
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\v 33 Yahweh listens to those who are needy;
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\q2 he does not ignore those who have suffered for him.
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\v 34 I desire that everything will praise God—
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\q2 everything that is in heaven and on earth and all the creatures that are in the seas.
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\v 35 God will rescue the people of Jerusalem from their enemies,
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\q2 and he will rebuild the towns that are in Judah.
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\q1 His people will live there and again possess the land.
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\v 36 The descendants of his people will inherit it,
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\q2 and those who love him will live there safely.
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