My Help and My Deliverer
To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David.
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He drew me up from 3the pit of destruction, out of 4the miry bog, and 5set my feet upon a rock, 6making my steps secure.
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He put 7a new song in my mouth, a song of praise to our God. Many will 8see and fear, and put their trust in the LORD.
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Blessed is the man who 9makes the LORD his trust, who does not turn to the proud, to those who 10go astray after a lie!
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You have multiplied, O LORD my God, your 11wondrous deeds and your 12thoughts toward us; none can compare with you! I will proclaim and tell of them, yet they are 13more than can be told.
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14In sacrifice and offering you have not delighted, but you have given me an open 15ear.a Burnt offering and sin offering you have not required.
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I have told the glad news of deliveranceb in 19the great congregation; behold, I have not 20restrained my lips, 21as you know, O LORD.
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I have not hidden your deliverance within my heart; I have spoken of your faithfulness and your salvation; I have not concealed your steadfast love and your faithfulness from the great congregation.
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As for you, O LORD, you will not restrain your mercy from me; your 22steadfast love and your faithfulness will ever preserve me!
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For evils have 23encompassed me beyond number; my 24iniquities have overtaken me, and I cannot 25see; they are 26more than the hairs of my head; my heart 27fails me.
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31Let those be put to shame and disappointed altogether who seek to snatch away my life; let those be 32turned back and brought to dishonor who delight in my hurt!
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(English Standard Version - The Holy Bible Online)