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In you, O, have I taken refuge; * let me never be ashamed.

In your righteousness, deliver me and set me free; * incline your ear to me and save me.

Be my strong rock, a castle to keep me safe; * you are my crag and my stronghold.

Deliver me, my God, from the hand of the wicked, * from the clutches of the evildoer and the oppressor.

For you are my hope, O God, * my confidence since I was young.

I have been sustained by you ever since I was born; from my mother’s womb you have been my strength; * my praise shall be always of you.

I have become a portent to many; * but you are my refuge and my strength.

Let my mouth be full of your praise * and your glory all the day long.

Do not cast me off in my old age; * forsake me not when my strength fails.

For my enemies are talking against me, * and those who lie in wait for my life take counsel together.

They say, “God has forsaken him; go after him and seize him; * because there is none who will save.”