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I am like a useless vessel.

¹⁴For I have heard the whispering of many,

Terror on every side;

While they took counsel together against me,

They devised to take away my life.

 

¹⁵But as for me, I have trusted in Thee, O Lord;

I have said: 'Thou art my God.'

¹⁶My times are in Thy hand;

Deliver me from the hand of mine enemies, and from them that persecute me.

¹⁷Make Thy face to shine upon Thy servant;

Save me in Thy lovingkindness.

¹⁸O Lord, let me not be ashamed, for I have called upon Thee;

Let the wicked be ashamed, let them be put to silence in the nether-world.

¹⁹Let the lying lips be dumb,

Which speak arrogantly against the righteous,

With pride and contempt.

 

²⁰Oh how abundant is Thy goodness, which Thou hast laid up for them that fear Thee;

Which Thou hast wrought for them that take their refuge in Thee, in the sight of the sons of men!

²¹Thou hidest them in the covert of Thy presence from the plottings of man;

Thou concealest them in a pavilion from the strife of tongues.

²²Blessed be the Lord;

For He hath shown me His wondrous lovingkindness in an entrenched city.

²³As for me, I said in my haste: 'I am cut off from before Thine eyes';

Nevertheless Thou heardest the voice of my supplications when I cried unto Thee.

 

²⁴O love the Lord, all ye His godly ones;

The Lord preserveth the faithful,

And plentifully repayeth him that acteth haughtily.

²⁵Be strong, and let your heart take courage,

All ye that wait for the Lord.

32 [A Psalm] of David. Maschil.

Happy is he whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is pardoned.

²Happy is the man unto whom the Lord counteth not iniquity,

And in whose spirit there is no guile.

 

³When I kept silence, my bones wore away Through my groaning all the day long.

⁴For day and night Thy hand was heavy upon me;

My sap was turned as in the droughts of summer. Selah

⁵I acknowledged my sin unto Thee, and mine iniquity have I not hid;

I said: 'I will make confession concerning my transgressions unto the Lord'—

And Thou, Thou forgavest the iniquity of my sin. Selah

 

⁶For this let every one that is godly pray unto Thee in a time when Thou mayest be found;

Surely, when the great waters overflow, they will not reach unto him.

⁷Thou art my hiding-place; Thou wilt preserve me from the adversary;

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