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Rh :O God, make haste unto me;
 * Thou art my help and my deliverer;
 * O, tarry not.


 * In Thee, O, have I taken refuge;
 * Let me never be ashamed.
 * Deliver me in Thy righteousness, and rescue me;
 * Incline Thine ear unto me, and save me.
 * Be Thou to me a sheltering rock, whereunto I may continually resort,
 * Which Thou hast appointed to save me;
 * For Thou art my rock and my fortress.


 * O my God, rescue me out of the hand of the wicked,
 * Out of the grasp of the unrighteous and ruthless man.
 * For Thou art my hope;
 * O Lord, my trust from my youth.
 * Upon Thee have I stayed myself from birth;
 * Thou art he that took me out of my mother's womb;
 * My praise is continually of Thee.
 * I am as a wonder unto many;
 * But Thou art my strong refuge.
 * My mouth shall be filled with Thy praise,
 * And with Thy glory all the day.
 * Cast me not off in the time of old age;
 * When my strength faileth, forsake me not.
 * For mine enemies speak concerning me,
 * And they that watch for my soul take counsel together,
 * Saying: 'God hath forsaken him;
 * Pursue and take him; for there is none to deliver.'
 * O God, be not far from me;
 * O my God, make haste to help me.
 * Let them be ashamed and consumed that are adversaries to my soul;
 * Let them be covered with reproach and confusion that seek my hurt.


 * But as for me, I will hope continually,
 * And will praise Thee yet more and more.
 * My mouth shall tell of Thy righteousness,
 * And of Thy salvation all the day;
 * For I know not the numbers thereof.
 * I will come with Thy mighty acts, O Lord ;
 * I will make mention of Thy righteousness, even of Thine only.
 * O God, Thou hast taught me from my youth;
 * And until now do I declare Thy wondrous works.
 * And even unto old age and hoary hairs, O God, forsake me not;
 * Until I have declared Thy strength unto the next generation,
 * Thy might to every one that is to come.
 * Thy righteousness also, O God, which reacheth unto high heaven;
 * Thou who hast done great things,
 * O God, who is like unto Thee?
 * Thou, who hast made me to see many and sore troubles,
 * Wilt quicken me again, and bring me up again from the depths of the earth.
 * Thou wilt increase my greatness,
 * And turn and comfort me.
 * I also will give thanks unto Thee with the psaltery,
 * Even unto Thy truth, O my God;
 * I will sing praises unto Thee with the harp,