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1 A Prayer of David.
O Lord, incline thine ear, and hearken to me;
For I am poor and needy.
2 Preserve my soul, for I am holy;
Save thy servant, O God, who hopes in thee.
3 Pity me, O Lord: for to thee will I cry all the day.
4 Rejoice the soul of thy servant:
For to thee, O Lord, have I lifted up my soul.
5 For thou, O Lord, art kind, and gentle;
And plenteous in mercy to all that call upon thee.
6 Give ear to my prayer, O Lord;
And attend to the voice of my supplication.
7 In the day of my trouble I cried to thee: for thou didst hear me.
8 There is none like to thee, O Lord, among the gods;
And there are no works like to thy works.
9 All nations whom thou hast made shall come,
And shall worship before thee, O Lord;
And shall glorify thy name.
10 For thou art great, and doest wonders:
Thou art the only and the great God.
11 Guide me, O Lord, in thy way,
And I will walk in thy truth:
Let my heart rejoice, that I may fear thy name.
12 I will give thee thanks, O Lord my God, with all my heart;
And I will glorify thy name forever.
13 For thy mercy is great toward me;
And thou hast delivered my soul from the lowest hell.
14 O God, transgressors have risen up against me,
And an assembly of violent men have sought my life;
And have not set thee before them.
15 But thou, O Lord God, art compassionate and merciful,
Long-suffering, and abundant in mercy and true.
16 Look thou upon me, and have mercy upon me:
Give thy strength to thy servant,
And save the son of thy handmaid.
17 Establish with me a token for good;
And let them that hate me see it and be ashamed;
Because thou, O Lord, hast helped me, and comforted me.