1 ARST Yahweh, I have come to you to be protected; do not allow me to be defeated and disgraced. Since you always do what is fair, rescue me! BSB BSB: For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. In You, O LORD, I have taken refuge; let me never be put to shame; save me by Your righteousness.
2 ARST Listen to me, and save me right now! Be like a huge rock on which I can be safe and like a strong fort in which I will be secure. BSB BSB: Incline Your ear to me; come quickly to my rescue. Be my rock of refuge, the stronghold of my deliverance.
3 ARST Yes, you are like my huge rock and my fort; guide me and lead me because I worship you. BSB BSB: For You are my rock and my fortress; lead me and guide me for the sake of Your name.
4 ARST You are the one who protects me, so keep me from falling into the hidden traps that my enemies have set for me. BSB BSB: You free me from the net laid out for me, for You are my refuge.
5 ARST Yahweh, you are a God whom I can trust, so I put myself into your care because you will rescue me. BSB BSB: Into Your hands I commit my spirit; You have redeemed me, O LORD, God of truth.
6 ARST Yahweh, I hate those who worship useless idols, but I trust in you. BSB BSB: I hate those who cling to worthless idols, but in the LORD I trust.
7 ARST I will be very glad because you faithfully love me. You see me when I have been afflicted, and you know when I have had troubles. BSB BSB: I will be glad and rejoice in Your loving devotion, for You have seen my affliction; You have known the anguish of my soul.
8 ARST You have not allowed my enemies to capture me; instead, you have rescued me from danger. BSB BSB: You have not delivered me to the enemy; You have set my feet in the open.
9 ARST But now, Yahweh, act kindly toward me because I am distressed. Because I cry so much, I cannot see well, and I am completely exhausted. BSB BSB: Be merciful to me, O LORD, for I am in distress; my eyes fail from sorrow, my soul and body as well.
10 ARST I have become very weak because I am so miserable; my life is getting shorter. I have become weak because of all my troubles; even my bones are becoming weaker. BSB BSB: For my life is consumed with grief and my years with groaning; my iniquity has drained my strength, and my bones are wasting away.
11 ARST All of my enemies make fun of me, and even my neighbors despise me. Even my friends are afraid of me because they think that you are punishing me. When they see me on the streets, they run away. BSB BSB: Among all my enemies I am a disgrace, and among my neighbors even more. I am dreaded by my friends—they flee when they see me on the street.
12 ARST People have forgotten me like they forget people who are dead. They think I am as useless as a broken pot. BSB BSB: I am forgotten like a dead man, out of mind. I am like a broken vessel.
13 ARST I have heard people slandering me, and they have terrified me. My enemies are making plans to kill me. BSB BSB: For I hear the slander of many; there is terror on every side. They conspire against me and plot to take my life.
14 ARST But Yahweh, I trust in you. I say confidently that you are the God I worship. BSB BSB: But I trust in You, O LORD; I say, “You are my God.”
15 ARST My whole life is in your hands; save me from my enemies, from those who pursue me. BSB BSB: My times are in Your hands; deliver me from my enemies and from those who pursue me.
16 ARST Act kindly toward me and rescue me because you always faithfully love me. BSB BSB: Make Your face shine on Your servant; save me by Your loving devotion.
17 ARST Yahweh, I call out to you, so do not allow others to disgrace me. I wish that wicked people may be disgraced; I wish that they may go down to the place where the people are silent and dead. BSB BSB: O LORD, let me not be ashamed, for I have called on You. Let the wicked be put to shame; let them lie silent in Sheol.
18 ARST I wish that you may cause people who tell lies to be unable to speak. Do that to people who are proud and to those who arrogantly accuse others. BSB BSB: May lying lips be silenced—lips that speak with arrogance against the righteous, full of pride and contempt.
19 ARST You have stored up many great and good things to do for those who have great respect for you. You do good things for those who go to you to be protected; everyone sees you doing that. BSB BSB: How great is Your goodness which You have laid up for those who fear You, which You have bestowed before the sons of men on those who take refuge in You!
20 ARST You hide people in your presence where it is safe, and you protect them from others who plot to kill them. You hide them in safe places where their enemies cannot speak evil at them. BSB BSB: You hide them in the secret place of Your presence from the schemes of men. You conceal them in Your shelter from accusing tongues.
21 ARST Praise Yahweh! When my enemies surrounded the city in which I was living, he showed me wonderfully that he faithfully loves me. BSB BSB: Blessed be the LORD, for He has shown me His loving devotion in a city under siege.
22 ARST I was afraid and cried out in a hurry,“I have been separated from Yahweh!” but you heard me and answered my cry for help. BSB BSB: In my alarm I said, “I am cut off from Your sight!” But You heard my plea for mercy when I called to You for help.
23 ARST You people who belong to Yahweh, love him! He protects those who are loyal to him, but he punishes the proud; he punishes them severely as they deserve. BSB BSB: Love the LORD, all His saints. The LORD preserves the faithful, but fully repays the arrogant.
24 ARST You who confidently expect Yahweh to do great things for you, be strong and be courageous! BSB BSB: Be strong and courageous, all you who hope in the LORD.
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