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Hear my cry for help, my King and my God, for to you I pray.
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like a lion in cover he lies in wait. He lies in wait to catch the helpless; he catches the helpless and drags them off in his net.
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Arise, Lord! Lift up your hand, O God. Do not forget the helpless.
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But you, God, see the trouble of the afflicted; you consider their grief and take it in hand. The victims commit themselves to you; you are the helper of the fatherless.
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Psalm 12
For the director of music. According to sheminith. A psalm of David.
Help, Lord, for no one is faithful anymore; those who are loyal have vanished from the human race.
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In my distress I called to the Lord; I cried to my God for help. From his temple he heard my voice; my cry came before him, into his ears.
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With your help I can advance against a troop; with my God I can scale a wall.
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You make your saving help my shield, and your right hand sustains me; your help has made me great.
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They cried for help, but there was no one to save them— to the Lord, but he did not answer.
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May he send you help from the sanctuary and grant you support from Zion.
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Do not be far from me, for trouble is near and there is no one to help.
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But you, Lord, do not be far from me. You are my strength; come quickly to help me.
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For he has not despised or scorned the suffering of the afflicted one; he has not hidden his face from him but has listened to his cry for help.
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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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Hear my cry for mercy as I call to you for help, as I lift up my hands toward your Most Holy Place.
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The Lord is my strength and my shield; my heart trusts in him, and he helps me. My heart leaps for joy, and with my song I praise him.
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Lord my God, I called to you for help, and you healed me.
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Hear, Lord, and be merciful to me; Lord, be my help.”
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In my alarm I said, “I am cut off from your sight!” Yet you heard my cry for mercy when I called to you for help.
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We wait in hope for the Lord; he is our help and our shield.
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The Lord helps them and delivers them; he delivers them from the wicked and saves them, because they take refuge in him.
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Come quickly to help me, my Lord and my Savior.
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“Hear my prayer, Lord, listen to my cry for help; do not be deaf to my weeping. I dwell with you as a foreigner, a stranger, as all my ancestors were.
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I do not hide your righteousness in my heart; I speak of your faithfulness and your saving help. I do not conceal your love and your faithfulness from the great assembly.
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Be pleased to save me, Lord; come quickly, Lord, to help me.
