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Psalm 16

Song of Trust and Security in God

A Miktam of David.

Protect me, O God, for in you I take refuge.(A)

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Those of steadfast mind you keep in peace,
    in peace because they trust in you.
Trust in the Lord forever,
    for in the Lord God[a]
    you have an everlasting rock.(A)

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Footnotes

  1. 26.4 Heb in Yah, the Lord

Psalm 56

Trust in God under Persecution

To the leader: according to The Dove on Far-off Terebinths. Of David. A Miktam, when the Philistines seized him in Gath.

Be gracious to me, O God, for people trample on me;
    all day long foes oppress me;

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The Lord protects the simple;
    when I was brought low, he saved me.

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Guard me as the apple of the eye;
    hide me in the shadow of your wings,(A)

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Blessed are those who trust in the Lord,
    whose trust is the Lord.(A)
They shall be like a tree planted by water,
    sending out its roots by the stream.
It shall not fear when heat comes,
    and its leaves shall stay green;
in the year of drought it is not anxious,
    and it does not cease to bear fruit.(B)

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12 O Lord of hosts,
    happy is everyone who trusts in you.(A)

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23 Love the Lord, all you his saints.
    The Lord preserves the faithful
    but abundantly repays the one who acts haughtily.(A)

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12 and for this reason I suffer as I do. But I am not ashamed, for I know the one in whom I have put my trust, and I am sure that he is able to guard until that day the deposit I have entrusted to him.[a](A)

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Footnotes

  1. 1.12 Or the deposit he has entrusted to me

guarding the paths of justice
    and preserving the way of his faithful ones.(A)

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

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10 And those who know your name put their trust in you,
    for you, O Lord, have not forsaken those who seek you.(A)

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Psalm 125

The Security of God’s People

A Song of Ascents.

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

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