The Lord Is My Strength and My Shield

Of David.

28 To you, O Lord, I call;
    (A)my rock, be not deaf to me,
lest, if you (B)be silent to me,
    I become like those who (C)go down to the pit.

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(A)Answer me quickly, O Lord!
    (B)My spirit fails!
(C)Hide not your face from me,
    (D)lest I be like those who go down to the pit.

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The Lord is my (A)rock and my (B)fortress and my deliverer,
    my God, my (C)rock, in (D)whom I take refuge,
    my (E)shield, and (F)the horn of my salvation, my (G)stronghold.

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12 like Sheol let us (A)swallow them alive,
    and whole, like (B)those who go down to the pit;

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I am counted among those who (A)go down to the pit;
    I am a man who has no strength,
like one set loose among the dead,
    like the slain that lie in the grave,
like those whom (B)you remember no more,
    for they are (C)cut off from your hand.
You have put me in (D)the depths of the pit,
    in the (E)regions dark and (F)deep.

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O God, Do Not Keep Silence

A Song. A Psalm of (A)Asaph.

83 O God, do not keep silence;
    (B)do not hold your peace or be still, O God!

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and threw him into (A)the pit, and shut it and (B)sealed it over him, so that (C)he might not deceive the nations any longer, until the thousand years were ended. After that he must be released for a little while.

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Trust in the Lord forever,
    for the Lord God is an everlasting rock.

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“What profit is there in my death,[a]
    if I go down to the pit?[b]
Will (A)the dust praise you?
    Will it tell of your faithfulness?

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 30:9 Hebrew in my blood
  2. Psalm 30:9 Or to corruption

28 He has redeemed my (A)soul from going down (B)into the pit,
    and my life shall (C)look upon the light.’

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18 (A)For Sheol does not thank you;
    death does not praise you;
those who go down to the pit do not hope
    for your faithfulness.

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22 (A)You have seen, O Lord; (B)be not silent!
    O Lord, (C)be not far from me!

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O my God, I cry by (A)day, but you do not answer,
    and by night, but I find no rest.

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In the Day of Trouble I Seek the Lord

To the choirmaster: according to (A)Jeduthun. A Psalm of (B)Asaph.

77 I (C)cry aloud to God,
    aloud to God, and he will hear me.

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15 Let not the flood sweep over me,
    or the deep swallow me up,
    or (A)the pit close (B)its mouth over me.

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Give attention to the sound of my cry,
    my (A)King and my God,
    for (B)to you do I pray.

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I (A)cried aloud to the Lord,
    and he (B)answered me from his (C)holy hill. Selah

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You Are My Refuge

A Maskil[a] of David, when he was in (A)the cave. A Prayer.

142 With my voice I (B)cry out to the Lord;
    with my voice I (C)plead for mercy to the Lord.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 142:1 Probably a musical or liturgical term

12 (A)“Hear my prayer, O Lord,
    and give ear to my cry;
    hold not your peace at my tears!
For I am (B)a sojourner with you,
    (C)a guest, like all my fathers.

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I say to God, (A)my rock:
    “Why have you forgotten me?
(B)Why do I go mourning
    because of the oppression of the enemy?”

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