Psalms 30

1For the End; a psalm by David; of ecstasy.

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2In You, O Lord, I hope; may I not be ashamed forever; In Your righteousness deliver and rescue me.

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3Incline Your ear to me; Rescue me speedily; Be to me a God who protects me, And a house of refuge to save me.

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4For You are my strength and my refuge, And for Your name's sake You will guide and sustain me;

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5For You will bring me out from the snare they hid for me; For You are my protector.

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6Into Your hands I shall entrust my spirit; You redeemed me, O Lord God of truth.

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7You hate those who maintain their empty vanities, But I hope in the Lord.

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8I will greatly rejoice and be glad because of Your mercy, For You beheld my humiliation; You saved my soul from distress,

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9And did not shut me up into the hands of the enemy; You set my feet in a wide place.

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10Have mercy on me, O Lord, for I am afflicted; My eye is troubled with anger; So are my soul and my stomach.

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11For my life is wasted with grief And my years with sighing; My strength is weakened with poverty, And my bones are troubled.

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12I became a reproach among all my enemies, And especially to all my neighbors, And a fear to all my acquaintances; Those who saw me outside fled from me.

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13I am forgotten like one whose heart is lifeless; I was made like a vessel that is utterly broken.

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14For I heard the blame of many who dwell round about When they were gathered together against me, When they plotted to take my life.

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15But as for me, I hope in You, O Lord; I said, "You are my God."

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16My times are in Your hands; Deliver me from the hand of my enemies, And from those who persecute me.

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17Make Your face shine upon Your servant; Save me in Your mercy.

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18O Lord, do not let me be ashamed, because I call upon You; Let the ungodly be ashamed, And lead them down into Hades.

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19Let deceitful lips become speechless When they speak lawlessness against the righteous With arrogance and contempt.

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20How great, O Lord, is the abundance of Your goodness You hide for those who fear You, Which You will work for those who hope in You In the sight of the sons of men.

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21You shall hide them in the secret of Your presence from the disturbance of men; You will shelter them in Your tabernacle from the contradiction of tongues.

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22Blessed is the Lord, For He magnified His mercy in a fortified city.

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23But I said in my ecstasy, "Indeed, I am cast away from the countenance of Your eyes." Therefore You heard the voice of my supplication When I cried to You.

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24Love the Lord, all you His saints, For the Lord seeks out truth, And He repays those who act with great arrogance.

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25Be courageous, and let your heart be strengthened, All who hope in the Lord.

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