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Keep your servant also from willful sins; may they not rule over me. Then I will be blameless, innocent of great transgression.
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He asked you for life, and you gave it to him— length of days, for ever and ever.
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But I am a worm and not a man, scorned by everyone, despised by the people.
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Yet you brought me out of the womb; you made me trust in you, even at my mother’s breast.
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Posterity will serve him; future generations will be told about the Lord.
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Even though I walk through the darkest valley, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me.
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Psalm 24
Of David. A psalm.
The earth is the Lord’s, and everything in it, the world, and all who live in it;
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No one who hopes in you will ever be put to shame, but shame will come on those who are treacherous without cause.
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My eyes are ever on the Lord, for only he will release my feet from the snare.
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Psalm 27
Of David.
The Lord is my light and my salvation— whom shall I fear? The Lord is the stronghold of my life— of whom shall I be afraid?
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Though an army besiege me, my heart will not fear; though war break out against me, even then I will be confident.
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Do not hide your face from me, do not turn your servant away in anger; you have been my helper. Do not reject me or forsake me, God my Savior.
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The voice of the Lord strikes with flashes of lightning.
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For I hear many whispering, “Terror on every side!” They conspire against me and plot to take my life.
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Let your face shine on your servant; save me in your unfailing love.
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he who forms the hearts of all, who considers everything they do.
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May your unfailing love be with us, Lord, even as we put our hope in you.
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The Lord will rescue his servants; no one who takes refuge in him will be condemned.
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May those who delight in my vindication shout for joy and gladness; may they always say, “The Lord be exalted, who delights in the well-being of his servant.”
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Psalm 36
For the director of music. Of David the servant of the Lord.
I have a message from God in my heart concerning the sinfulness of the wicked: There is no fear of God before their eyes.
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Even on their beds they plot evil; they commit themselves to a sinful course and do not reject what is wrong.
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For with you is the fountain of life; in your light we see light.
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My heart pounds, my strength fails me; even the light has gone from my eyes.
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For I am about to fall, and my pain is ever with me.
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So I remained utterly silent, not even saying anything good. But my anguish increased;
