Psalm 16

A miktam[a] of David.

Keep me safe,(A) my God,
    for in you I take refuge.(B)

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 16:1 Title: Probably a literary or musical term

16 Preserve me, O God: for in thee do I put my trust.

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You will keep in perfect peace(A)
    those whose minds are steadfast,
    because they trust(B) in you.
Trust(C) in the Lord forever,(D)
    for the Lord, the Lord himself, is the Rock(E) eternal.

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Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: because he trusteth in thee.

Trust ye in the Lord for ever: for in the Lord Jehovah is everlasting strength:

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Psalm 56[a]

For the director of music. To the tune of “A Dove on Distant Oaks.” Of David. A miktam.[b] When the Philistines had seized him in Gath.

Be merciful to me,(A) my God,
    for my enemies are in hot pursuit;(B)
    all day long they press their attack.(C)

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 56:1 In Hebrew texts 56:1-13 is numbered 56:2-14.
  2. Psalm 56:1 Title: Probably a literary or musical term

56 Be merciful unto me, O God: for man would swallow me up; he fighting daily oppresseth me.

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The Lord protects the unwary;
    when I was brought low,(A) he saved me.(B)

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The Lord preserveth the simple: I was brought low, and he helped me.

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Keep me(A) as the apple of your eye;(B)
    hide me(C) in the shadow of your wings(D)

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Keep me as the apple of the eye, hide me under the shadow of thy wings,

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“But blessed(A) is the one who trusts(B) in the Lord,
    whose confidence is in him.
They will be like a tree planted by the water
    that sends out its roots by the stream.(C)
It does not fear when heat comes;
    its leaves are always green.
It has no worries in a year of drought(D)
    and never fails to bear fruit.”(E)

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Blessed is the man that trusteth in the Lord, and whose hope the Lord is.

For he shall be as a tree planted by the waters, and that spreadeth out her roots by the river, and shall not see when heat cometh, but her leaf shall be green; and shall not be careful in the year of drought, neither shall cease from yielding fruit.

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12 Lord Almighty,
    blessed(A) is the one who trusts in you.

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12 O Lord of hosts, blessed is the man that trusteth in thee.

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23 Love the Lord, all his faithful people!(A)
    The Lord preserves those who are true to him,(B)
    but the proud he pays back(C) in full.

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23 O love the Lord, all ye his saints: for the Lord preserveth the faithful, and plentifully rewardeth the proud doer.

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12 That is why I am suffering as I am. Yet this is no cause for shame,(A) because I know whom I have believed, and am convinced that he is able to guard(B) what I have entrusted to him until that day.(C)

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12 For the which cause I also suffer these things: nevertheless I am not ashamed: for I know whom I have believed, and am persuaded that he is able to keep that which I have committed unto him against that day.

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for he guards the course of the just
    and protects the way of his faithful ones.(A)

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He keepeth the paths of judgment, and preserveth the way of his saints.

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Blessed are those(A) whose help(B) is the God of Jacob,
    whose hope is in the Lord their God.

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Happy is he that hath the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in the Lord his God:

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10 Those who know your name(A) trust in you,
    for you, Lord, have never forsaken(B) those who seek you.(C)

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10 And they that know thy name will put their trust in thee: for thou, Lord, hast not forsaken them that seek thee.

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Psalm 125

A song of ascents.

Those who trust in the Lord are like Mount Zion,(A)
    which cannot be shaken(B) but endures forever.

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125 They that trust in the Lord shall be as mount Zion, which cannot be removed, but abideth for ever.

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