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O God, the protector of all who trust in you, without whom nothing is strong, nothing is holy: Increase and multiply upon us your mercy; that, with you as our ruler and guide, we may so pass through things temporal, that we lose not the things eternal; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.
1Have mercy on me, O God, for my enemies are hounding me; *all day long they assault and oppress me.
2They hound me all the day long; *truly there are many who fight against me, O Most High.
3Whenever I am afraid, *I will put my trust in you.
4In God, whose word I praise, in God I trust and will not be afraid, *for what can flesh do to me?
5All day long they damage my cause; *their only thought is to do me evil.
6They band together; they lie in wait; *they spy upon my footsteps; because they seek my life.
7Shall they escape despite their wickedness? *O God, in your anger, cast down the peoples.
8You have noted my lamentation; put my tears into your bottle; *are they not recorded in your book?
9Whenever I call upon you, my enemies will be put to flight; *this I know, for God is on my side.
10In God the Lord, whose word I praise, in God I trust and will not be afraid, *for what can mortals do to me?
11I am bound by the vow I made to you, O God; *I will present to you thank-offerings;
12For you have rescued my soul from death and my feet from stumbling, *that I may walk before God in the light of the living.
1Be merciful to me, O God, be merciful, for I have taken refuge in you; *in the shadow of your wings will I take refuge until this time of trouble has gone by.
2I will call upon the Most High God, *the God who maintains my cause.
3He will send from heaven and save me; he will confound those who trample upon me; *God will send forth his love and his faithfulness.
4I lie in the midst of lions that devour the people; *their teeth are spears and arrows, their tongue a sharp sword.
5They have laid a net for my feet, and I am bowed low; *they have dug a pit before me, but have fallen into it themselves.
6Exalt yourself above the heavens, O God, *and your glory over all the earth.
7My heart is firmly fixed, O God, my heart is fixed; *I will sing and make melody.
8Wake up, my spirit; awake, lute and harp; *I myself will waken the dawn.
9I will confess you among the peoples, O Lord; *I will sing praise to you among the nations.
10For your loving-kindness is greater than the heavens, *and your faithfulness reaches to the clouds.
11Exalt yourself above the heavens, O God, *and your glory over all the earth.
1Do you indeed decree righteousness, you rulers? *do you judge the peoples with equity?
2No; you devise evil in your hearts, *and your hands deal out violence in the land.
3The wicked are perverse from the womb; *liars go astray from their birth.
4They are as venomous as a serpent, *they are like the deaf adder which stops its ears,
5Which does not heed the voice of the charmer, *no matter how skillful his charming.
6O God, break their teeth in their mouths; *pull the fangs of the young lions, O Lord.
7Let them vanish like water that runs off; *let them wither like trodden grass.
8Let them be like the snail that melts away, *like a stillborn child that never sees the sun.
9Before they bear fruit, let them be cut down like a brier; *like thorns and thistles let them be swept away.
10The righteous will be glad when they see the vengeance; *they will bathe their feet in the blood of the wicked.
11And they will say, “Surely, there is a reward for the righteous; *surely, there is a God who rules in the earth.”
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