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Darby Bible Translation

For the choir director: A psalm of David.

O LORD, I have come to you for protection;
don’t let me be disgraced.
Save me, for you do what is right.

1

Into Your Hands I Commit My Spirit

{To the chief Musician. A Psalm of David.} In thee, Jehovah, do I trust; let me never be ashamed: deliver me in thy righteousness.

2

Turn your ear to listen to me;
rescue me quickly.
Be my rock of protection,
a fortress where I will be safe.

2

Incline thine ear to me, deliver me speedily; be a strong rock to me, a house of defence to save me.

3

You are my rock and my fortress.
For the honor of your name, lead me out of this danger.

3

For thou art my rock and my fortress; and, for thy name's sake, thou wilt lead me and guide me.

4

Pull me from the trap my enemies set for me,
for I find protection in you alone.

4

Draw me out of the net that they have hidden for me; for thou art my strength.

5

I entrust my spirit into your hand.
Rescue me, LORD, for you are a faithful God.

5

Into thy hand I commit my spirit: thou hast redeemed me, Jehovah, [thou] God of truth.

6

I hate those who worship worthless idols.
I trust in the LORD.

6

I have hated them that observe lying vanities; and as for me, I have confided in Jehovah.

7

I will be glad and rejoice in your unfailing love,
for you have seen my troubles,
and you care about the anguish of my soul.

7

I will be glad and rejoice in thy loving-kindness, for thou hast seen mine affliction; thou hast known the troubles of my soul,

8

You have not handed me over to my enemies
but have set me in a safe place.

8

And hast not shut me up into the hand of the enemy: thou hast set my feet in a large place.

9

Have mercy on me, LORD, for I am in distress.
Tears blur my eyes.
My body and soul are withering away.

9

Be gracious unto me, Jehovah, for I am in trouble: mine eye wasteth away with vexation, my soul and my belly.

10

I am dying from grief;
my years are shortened by sadness.
Sin has drained my strength;
I am wasting away from within.

10

For my life is spent with sorrow, and my years with sighing; my strength faileth through mine iniquity, and my bones are wasted.

11

I am scorned by all my enemies
and despised by my neighbors —
even my friends are afraid to come near me.
When they see me on the street,
they run the other way.

11

More than to all mine oppressors, I am become exceedingly a reproach, even to my neighbours, and a fear to mine acquaintance: they that see me without flee from me.

12

I am ignored as if I were dead,
as if I were a broken pot.

12

I am forgotten in [their] heart as a dead man; I am become like a broken vessel.

13

I have heard the many rumors about me,
and I am surrounded by terror.
My enemies conspire against me,
plotting to take my life.

13

For I have heard the slander of many -- terror on every side -- when they take counsel together against me: they plot to take away my life.

14

But I am trusting you, O LORD,
saying, “You are my God!”

14

But I confided in thee, Jehovah; I said, thou art my God.

15

My future is in your hands.
Rescue me from those who hunt me down relentlessly.

15

My times are in thy hand: deliver me from the hand of mine enemies, and from my persecutors.

16

Let your favor shine on your servant.
In your unfailing love, rescue me.

16

Make thy face to shine upon thy servant; save me in thy loving-kindness.

17

Don’t let me be disgraced, O LORD,
for I call out to you for help.
Let the wicked be disgraced;
let them lie silent in the grave.a

17

Jehovah, let me not be ashamed; for I have called upon thee: let the wicked be ashamed, let them be silent in Sheol.

18

Silence their lying lips —
those proud and arrogant lips that accuse the godly.

18

Let the lying lips become dumb, which speak insolently against the righteous in pride and contempt.

19

How great is the goodness
you have stored up for those who fear you.
You lavish it on those who come to you for protection,
blessing them before the watching world.

19

[Oh] how great is thy goodness, which thou hast laid up for them that fear thee, [which] thou hast wrought for them that trust in thee, before the sons of men!

20

You hide them in the shelter of your presence,
safe from those who conspire against them.
You shelter them in your presence,
far from accusing tongues.

20

Thou keepest them concealed in the secret of thy presence from the conspiracies of man; thou hidest them in a pavilion from the strife of tongues.

21

Praise the LORD,
for he has shown me the wonders of his unfailing love.
He kept me safe when my city was under attack.

21

Blessed be Jehovah; for he hath shewn me wondrously his loving-kindness in a strong city.

22

In panic I cried out,
“I am cut off from the LORD!”
But you heard my cry for mercy
and answered my call for help.

22

As 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.

23

Love the LORD, all you godly ones!
For the LORD protects those who are loyal to him,
but he harshly punishes the arrogant.

23

Love Jehovah, all ye his saints. Jehovah preserveth the faithful, and plentifully requiteth the proud doer.

24

So be strong and courageous,
all you who put your hope in the LORD!

24

Be strong, and let your heart take courage, all ye that hope in Jehovah.

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