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Psalm 17
A prayer of David.
Hear me, Lord, my plea is just; listen to my cry. Hear my prayer— it does not rise from deceitful lips.
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Though you probe my heart, though you examine me at night and test me, you will find that I have planned no evil; my mouth has not transgressed.
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My steps have held to your paths; my feet have not stumbled.
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For I have kept the ways of the Lord; I am not guilty of turning from my God.
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All his laws are before me; I have not turned away from his decrees.
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You provide a broad path for my feet, so that my ankles do not give way.
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I pursued my enemies and overtook them; I did not turn back till they were destroyed.
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I crushed them so that they could not rise; they fell beneath my feet.
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They cried for help, but there was no one to save them— to the Lord, but he did not answer.
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You have delivered me from the attacks of the people; you have made me the head of nations. People I did not know now serve me,
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It rises at one end of the heavens and makes its circuit to the other; nothing is deprived of its warmth.
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Keep your servant also from willful sins; may they not rule over me. Then I will be blameless, innocent of great transgression.
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You have granted him his heart’s desire and have not withheld the request of his lips.
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For the king trusts in the Lord; through the unfailing love of the Most High he will not be shaken.
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My God, I cry out by day, but you do not answer, by night, but I find no rest.
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To you they cried out and were saved; in you they trusted and were not put to shame.
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But I am a worm and not a man, scorned by everyone, despised by the people.
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Do not be far from me, for trouble is near and there is no one to help.
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But you, Lord, do not be far from me. You are my strength; come quickly to help me.
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For he has not despised or scorned the suffering of the afflicted one; he has not hidden his face from him but has listened to his cry for help.
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Psalm 23
A psalm of David.
The Lord is my shepherd, I lack nothing.
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The one who has clean hands and a pure heart, who does not trust in an idol or swear by a false god.
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I trust in you; do not let me be put to shame, nor let my enemies triumph over me.
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Do not remember the sins of my youth and my rebellious ways; according to your love remember me, for you, Lord, are good.
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Guard my life and rescue me; do not let me be put to shame, for I take refuge in you.
