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Rh :They mark my steps;
 * According as they have waited for my soul.
 * Because of iniquity cast them out;
 * In anger bring down the peoples, O God.
 * Thou has counted my wanderings;
 * Put Thou my tears into Thy bottle;
 * Are they not in Thy book?
 * Then shall mine enemies turn back in the day that I call;
 * This I know, that God is for me.
 * In God—I will praise His word—
 * In the —I will praise His word—
 * In God do I trust, I will not be afraid;
 * What can man do unto me?


 * Thy vows are upon me, O God;
 * I will render thank-offerings unto Thee.
 * For thou hast delivered my soul from death;
 * Hast Thou not delivered my feet from stumbling?
 * That I may walk before God in the light of the living?

For the Leader; Al-tashheth. [A Psalm] of David; Michtam; when he fled from Saul, in the cave.


 * Be gracious unto me, O God, be gracious unto me,
 * For in Thee hath my soul taken refuge;
 * Yea, in the shadow of Thy wings will I take refuge,
 * Until calamities be overpast.
 * I will cry unto God Most high;
 * Unto God that accomplisheth it for me.
 * He will send from heaven, and save me,
 * When he that would swallow me up taunteth,
 * God shall send forth His mercy and His truth.
 * My soul is among lions, I do lie down among them that are aflame;
 * Even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows,
 * And their tongue a sharp sword.
 * Be Thou exalted, O God, above the heavens; Thy glory be above all the earth.
 * They have prepared a net for my steps,
 * My soul is bowed down;
 * They have digged a pit before me,
 * They are fallen into the midst thereof themselves.
 * My heart is stedfast, O God, my heart is stedfast;
 * I will sing, yea, I will sing praises.
 * Awake, my glory; awake, psaltery and harp;
 * I will awake the dawn.
 * I will give thanks unto Thee, O Lord, among the peoples;
 * I will sing praises unto Thee among the nations.
 * For Thy mercy is great unto the heavens,
 * And Thy truth unto the skies.
 * Be Thou exalted, O God, above the heavens;
 * Thy glory be above all the earth.

For the Leader; Al-tashheth. [A Psalm] of David; Michtam.


 * Do ye indeed speak as a righteous company?
 * Do ye judge with equity the sons of men?
 * Yea, in heart ye work wickedness;
 * Ye weigh out in the earth the violence of your hands.
 * The wicked are estranged from the womb;
 * The speakers of lies go astray as soon as they are born.