The Hope of the Faithful, and the Messiah’s Victory

A (A)Michtam of David.

16 Preserve[a] me, O God, for in You I put my trust.

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  1. Psalm 16:1 Watch over

Psalm 16

A miktam[a] of David.

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

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

Prayer for Relief from Tormentors

To the Chief Musician. Set to [a]“The Silent Dove in Distant Lands.” A Michtam of David when the (A)Philistines captured him in Gath.

56 Be (B)merciful to me, O God, for man would swallow me up;
Fighting all day he oppresses me.

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  1. Psalm 56:1 Heb. Jonath Elem Rechokim

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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  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

You will keep him in perfect (A)peace,
Whose mind is stayed on You,
Because he trusts in You.
Trust in the Lord forever,
(B)For in Yah, the Lord, is [a]everlasting strength.

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  1. Isaiah 26:4 Or Rock of Ages

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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The Lord preserves the simple;
I was brought low, and He saved me.

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

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12 For this reason I also suffer these things; nevertheless I am not ashamed, (A)for I know whom I have believed and am persuaded that He is able to keep what I have committed to Him until that Day.

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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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“Blessed(A) is the man who trusts in the Lord,
And whose hope is the Lord.
For he shall be (B)like a tree planted by the waters,
Which spreads out its roots by the river,
And will not [a]fear when heat comes;
But its leaf will be green,
And will not be anxious in the year of drought,
Nor will cease from yielding fruit.

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  1. Jeremiah 17:8 Qr., Tg. see

“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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(A)Happy is he who has the God of Jacob for his help,
Whose hope is in the Lord his God,

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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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23 Oh, love the Lord, all you His saints!
For the Lord preserves the faithful,
And fully repays the proud person.

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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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Keep me as the [a]apple of Your eye;
Hide me under the shadow of Your wings,

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  1. Psalm 17:8 pupil

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

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He guards the paths of justice,
And (A)preserves the way of His saints.

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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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The Lord the Strength of His People

A Song of Ascents.

125 Those who trust in the Lord
Are like Mount Zion,
Which cannot be moved, but abides forever.

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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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10 You who love the Lord, (A)hate evil!
(B)He preserves the souls of His saints;
(C)He delivers them out of the hand of the wicked.

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10 Let those who love the Lord hate evil,(A)
    for he guards(B) the lives of his faithful ones(C)
    and delivers(D) them from the hand of the wicked.(E)

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12 O Lord of hosts,
(A)Blessed is the man who trusts in You!

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

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