For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David.
In you, LORD, I take refuge. Rom 10:11Psa 25:2Psa 71:1-3Psa 22:4-5Isa 49:23Psa 143:1Dan 9:16Psa 7:8-9
Let me never be disappointed.
Deliver me in your righteousness.
Bow down your ear to me. Psa 71:2-3Psa 102:2Psa 86:11Jn 4:15-16Deu 32:31Psa 130:21Jn 4:122Sa 22:3
Deliver me speedily.
Be to me a strong rock,
a house of defense to save me.
For you are my rock and my fortress, Psa 143:10-11Isa 49:10Jhn 16:13Luk 1:79Psa 25:5Psa 79:9Jer 14:7Neh 9:12
therefore for your name’s sake lead me and guide me.
Pluck me out of the net that they have laid secretly for me, Psa 25:15Psa 140:52Ti 2:26Psa 19:14Psa 57:6Pro 29:5Psa 124:7Psa 35:7
for you are my stronghold.
Into your hand I commend my spirit. Luk 23:46Act 7:59Deu 32:41Pe 1:18-19Psa 71:232Ti 2:13Heb 6:18Tit 1:2
You redeem me, LORD, God of truth.
I hate those who regard lying vanities, Jon 2:8Psa 24:4Psa 26:51Co 10:201Co 8:4Jer 10:15Jer 10:81Ch 16:28-29
but I trust in the LORD.
I will be glad and rejoice in your loving kindness, Isa 49:13Isa 63:9Psa 119:1532Ti 2:19Gal 4:9Isa 63:16Jhn 10:27-30Isa 43:2
for you have seen my affliction.
You have known my soul in adversities.
You have not shut me up into the hand of the enemy. Job 36:16Deu 32:30Psa 18:19Psa 4:11Sa 17:461Sa 24:18Isa 19:4Job 16:11
You have set my feet in a large place.
Have mercy on me, LORD, for I am in distress. Psa 6:7Psa 88:9Psa 73:26Job 17:7Job 33:19-22Lam 4:17Lam 5:17Psa 102:3-5
My eye, my soul, and my body waste away with grief.
For my life is spent with sorrow, Psa 32:3-4Psa 38:3Psa 88:15Psa 78:33Rom 9:2Job 3:24Psa 102:3-28Psa 13:2
my years with sighing.
My strength fails because of my iniquity.
My bones are wasted away.
Because of all my adversaries I have become utterly contemptible to my neighbors, Psa 38:11Psa 88:8Mat 26:56Psa 88:18Isa 49:7Isa 53:3-5Job 19:13-14Psa 41:8-9
a horror to my acquaintances.
Those who saw me on the street fled from me.
I am forgotten from their hearts like a dead man. Psa 88:4-5Isa 30:14Psa 119:83Psa 2:9Rom 9:21-22Isa 38:11-12Rev 2:27
I am like broken pottery.
For I have heard the slander of many, terror on every side, Jer 20:10Mat 27:1Lam 2:221Sa 20:332Sa 17:1-4Mat 26:3-4Mat 26:591Sa 19:10-17
while they conspire together against me,
they plot to take away my life.
But I trust in you, LORD. Psa 56:3-4Psa 18:2Psa 43:5Mat 26:42Psa 140:6Psa 16:1-2Mat 26:39Psa 63:1
I said, “You are my God.”
My times are in your hand. Act 1:7Ecc 3:1-8Jhn 17:1Jhn 7:6Psa 142:6Job 24:1Psa 17:8-92Ti 4:6
Deliver me from the hand of my enemies, and from those who persecute me.
Make your face to shine on your servant. Psa 4:6Psa 6:4Dan 9:9Psa 80:3Rom 9:15Dan 9:17-18Eph 1:6-7Eph 2:4-7
Save me in your loving kindness.
Let me not be disappointed, LORD, for I have called on you. Psa 25:2-3Jer 20:11Isa 41:11-12Psa 115:17Psa 34:5Psa 35:261Sa 2:9Psa 35:4
Let the wicked be disappointed.
Let them be silent in Sheol. 1
Let the lying lips be mute, Jud 1:15Psa 94:41Sa 2:3Isa 54:17Act 25:7Jhn 8:44Jhn 8:48Mat 12:24
which speak against the righteous insolently, with pride and contempt.
Oh how great is your goodness, 1Co 2:9Isa 64:4Lam 3:23-251Pe 1:4-5Col 3:2-4Jas 2:5Psa 16:11Psa 126:2-3
which you have laid up for those who fear you,
which you have worked for those who take refuge in you,
before the sons of men!
In the shelter of your presence you will hide them from the plotting of man. Psa 27:5Psa 32:7Psa 91:1-4Job 5:21Psa 64:2-4Psa 140:3Psa 140:5Exo 18:11
You will keep them secretly in a dwelling away from the strife of tongues.
Praise be to the LORD, 1Sa 23:7-13Psa 17:71Pe 2:9Jer 1:18Psa 118:23Psa 98:1
for he has shown me his marvelous loving kindness in a strong city.
As for me, I said in my haste, “I am cut off from before your eyes.” Psa 116:11Heb 5:7Ezk 37:11Job 35:14Jon 2:7-9Psa 6:9Psa 88:161Sa 23:26
Nevertheless you heard the voice of my petitions when I cried to you.
Oh love the LORD, all you his saints! Psa 97:10Psa 94:2Psa 145:20Jhn 10:27-30Psa 34:9Psa 30:41Sa 2:91Th 4:1
The LORD preserves the faithful,
and fully recompenses him who behaves arrogantly.
Be strong, and let your heart take courage, Psa 27:14Psa 146:5Col 1:11Isa 35:3-4Psa 29:11Heb 12:12-13Psa 138:3Jas 5:10-11
all you who hope in the LORD.