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| 1 [[To the Chief Musician. Upon "The Dove of God from the distant Sea." David's. A precious Psalm. When the Philistines seized him in Gath.]] Show me favour, O God, For weak man hath panted for me, All the day, a fighter oppresseth me: |
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| 2 Mine adversaries have panted all the day, For, many, are fighting with me, loftily. |
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| 3 What day I am afraid, I, unto thee will direct my confidence. |
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| 4 In God, I will praise his cause,–In God, have I trusted, I will not fear, What can flesh do unto me? |
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| 5 All the day, they wrest, my words, Against me, all their devices are for mischief; |
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| 6 They stir up strife–they lie hid, They, mark my steps,–Seeing they have waited for my life. |
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| 7 Because of iniquity, recompense thou them,–In anger, bring thou down, the peoples, O God. |
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| 8 My wandering, hast, thou, recorded,–Put thou my tears in thy bottle, Are they not in thy record? |
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| 9 Then, shall my foes turn back, in the day I cry, This, I know, for God is mine! |
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| 10 In God, will I praise with good cause: In Yahweh, will I praise with good cause; |
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| 11 In God, have I trusted, I will not fear, What can a son of earth do unto me! |
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| 12 Upon me, O God, are thy vows, I will pay back praises unto thee. |
Vows are upon me – Nothing in the Scriptures intimates that our vow to the Lord must be kept secret. Indeed, our baptismal vow we are required to symbolize, or profess, publicly. R4266:4
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| 13 For thou hast rescued my soul from death, Wilt thou not [rescue] my feet from stumbling? That I may walk to and fro, before God, In the light of life. |
My soul from death – The soul can be destroyed by its Creator. R1882:1; HG334:5
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