16:1 Preserve me, O God, for in You I take refuge. 2 I said to the LORD, “You are my Lord; apart from You I have no good thing.” 3 As for the saints in the land, they are the excellence in whom all my delight resides. 4 Sorrows will multiply to those who chase other gods. I will not pour out their libations of blood, or speak their names with my lips. 5 The LORD is my chosen portion and my cup; You have made my lot secure. 6 The lines of my boundary have fallen in pleasant places; surely my inheritance is delightful. 7 I will bless the LORD who counsels me; even at night my conscience instructs me. 8 I have set the LORD always before me. Because He is at my right hand, I will not be shaken. 9 Therefore my heart is glad and my tongue rejoices; my body also will dwell securely. 10 For You will not abandon my soul to Sheol, nor will You let Your Holy One see decay. 11 You have made known to me the path of life; You will fill me with joy in Your presence, with eternal pleasures at Your right hand.

17:1 Hear, O LORD, my righteous plea; listen to my cry. Give ear to my prayer— it comes from lips free of deceit. 2 May my vindication come from Your presence; may Your eyes see what is right. 3 You have tried my heart; You have visited me in the night. You have tested me and found no evil; I have resolved not to sin with my mouth. 4 As for the deeds of men— by the word of Your lips I have avoided the ways of the violent. 5 My steps have held to Your paths; my feet have not slipped. 6 I call on You, O God, for You will answer me. Incline Your ear to me; hear my words. 7 Show the wonders of Your loving devotion, You who save by Your right hand those who seek refuge from their foes. 8 Keep me as the apple of Your eye; hide me in the shadow of Your wings 9 from the wicked who assail me, from my mortal enemies who surround me. 10 They have closed their callous hearts; their mouths speak with arrogance. 11 They have tracked us down, and now surround us; their eyes are set to cast us to the ground, 12 like a lion greedy for prey, like a young lion lurking in ambush. 13 Arise, O LORD, confront them! Bring them to their knees; deliver me from the wicked by Your sword, 14 from such men, O LORD, by Your hand— from men of the world whose portion is in this life. May You fill the bellies of Your treasured ones and satisfy their sons, so they leave their abundance to their children. 15 As for me, I will behold Your face in righteousness; when I awake, I will be satisfied in Your presence.

18:1 I love You, O LORD, my strength. 2 The LORD is my rock, my fortress, and my deliverer. My God is my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold. 3 I will call upon the LORD, who is worthy to be praised; so shall I be saved from my enemies. 4 The cords of death encompassed me; the torrents of chaos overwhelmed me. 5 The cords of Sheol entangled me; the snares of death confronted me. 6 In my distress I called upon the LORD; I cried to my God for help. From His temple He heard my voice, and my cry for His help reached His ears. 7 Then the earth shook and quaked, and the foundations of the mountains trembled; they were shaken because He burned with anger. 8 Smoke rose from His nostrils, and consuming fire came from His mouth; glowing coals blazed forth. 9 He parted the heavens and came down with dark clouds beneath His feet. 10 He mounted a cherub and flew; He soared on the wings of the wind. 11 He made darkness His hiding place, and storm clouds a canopy around Him. 12 From the brightness of His presence His clouds advanced— hailstones and coals of fire. 13 The LORD thundered from heaven; the voice of the Most High resounded— hailstones and coals of fire. 14 He shot His arrows and scattered the foes; He hurled lightning and routed them. 15 The channels of the sea appeared, and the foundations of the world were exposed, at Your rebuke, O LORD, at the blast of the breath of Your nostrils. 16 He reached down from on high and took hold of me; He drew me out of deep waters. 17 He rescued me from my powerful enemy, from foes too mighty for me. 18 They confronted me in my day of calamity, but the LORD was my support. 19 He brought me out into the open; He rescued me because He delighted in me. 20 The LORD has rewarded me according to my righteousness; He has repaid me according to the cleanness of my hands. 21 For I have kept the ways of the LORD and have not wickedly departed from my God. 22 For all His ordinances are before me; I have not disregarded His statutes. 23 And I have been blameless before Him and kept myself from iniquity. 24 So the LORD has repaid me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in His sight. 25 To the faithful You show Yourself faithful, to the blameless You show Yourself blameless; 26 to the pure You show Yourself pure, but to the crooked You show Yourself shrewd. 27 For You save an afflicted people, but You humble those with haughty eyes. 28 For You, O LORD, light my lamp; my God lights up my darkness. 29 For in You I can charge an army, and with my God I can scale a wall. 30 As for God, His way is perfect; the word of the LORD is flawless. He is a shield to all who take refuge in Him. 31 For who is God besides the LORD? And who is the Rock except our God? 32 It is God who arms me with strength and makes my way clear. 33 He makes my feet like those of a deer and stations me upon the heights. 34 He trains my hands for battle; my arms can bend a bow of bronze. 35 You have given me Your shield of salvation; Your right hand upholds me, and Your gentleness exalts me. 36 You broaden the path beneath me so that my ankles do not give way. 37 I pursued my enemies and overtook them; I did not turn back until they were consumed. 38 I crushed them so they could not rise; they have fallen under my feet. 39 You have armed me with strength for battle; You have subdued my foes beneath me. 40 You have made my enemies retreat before me; I put an end to those who hated me. 41 They cried for help, but there was no one to save them— to the LORD, but He did not answer. 42 I ground them as dust in the face of the wind; I trampled them like mud in the streets. 43 You have delivered me from the strife of the people; You have made me the head of nations; a people I had not known shall serve me. 44 When they hear me, they obey me; foreigners cower before me. 45 Foreigners lose heart and come trembling from their strongholds. 46 The LORD lives, and blessed be my Rock! And may the God of my salvation be exalted— 47 the God who avenges me and subdues nations beneath me, 48 who delivers me from my enemies. You exalt me above my foes; You rescue me from violent men. 49 Therefore I will praise You, O LORD, among the nations; I will sing praises to Your name. 50 Great salvation He brings to His king. He shows loving devotion to His anointed, to David and his descendants forever.

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