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1 A Prayer of David. Incline thine ear, Jehovah, answer me; for I am afflicted and needy. |
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2 Keep my soul, for I am godly; O thou my God, save thy servant who confideth in thee. |
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3 Be gracious unto me, O Lord; for unto thee do I call all the day. |
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4 Rejoice the soul of thy servant; for unto thee, Lord, do I lift up my soul. |
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5 For thou, Lord, art good, and ready to forgive, and art of great loving-kindness unto all that call upon thee. |
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6 Give ear, O Jehovah, unto my prayer, and attend to the voice of my supplications. |
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7 In the day of my distress I will call upon thee, for thou wilt answer me. |
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8 Among the gods there is none like unto thee, Lord, and there is nothing like unto thy works. |
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9 All nations whom thou hast made shall come and worship before thee, O Lord, and shall glorify thy name. |
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10 For thou art great, and doest wondrous things: thou art God, thou alone. |
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11 Teach me thy way, Jehovah; I will walk in thy truth: unite my heart to fear thy name. |
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12 I will praise thee, O Lord my God, with my whole heart; and I will glorify thy name for evermore. |
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13 For great is thy loving-kindness toward me, and thou hast delivered my soul from the lowest Sheol. |
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14 O God, the proud are risen against me, and the assembly of the violent seek after my soul, and they have not set thee before them. |
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15 But thou, Lord, art a *God merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abundant in goodness and truth. |
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16 Turn toward me, and be gracious unto me; give thy strength unto thy servant, and save the son of thine handmaid. |
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17 Shew me a token for good, that they which hate me may see it, and be ashamed; for thou, Jehovah, hast helped me and comforted me. |
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