To You I Lift Up My Soul

Of David.[fn]

To You, O LORD, I lift up my soul;

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in You, my God, I trust.

Do not let me be put to shame;

do not let my enemies exult over me.

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Surely none who wait for You will be put to shame;

[but] those who engage in treachery without cause will be disgraced.

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Show me Your ways, O LORD;

teach me Your paths.

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Guide me in Your truth and teach me,

for You are the God of my salvation;

all day long I wait for You.

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Remember, O LORD, Your compassion and loving devotion,

for they [are] from age to age.

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Remember not the sins of my youth,

nor my rebellious acts;

remember me according to Your loving devotion,

because of Your goodness, O LORD.

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Good and upright [is] the LORD;

therefore He shows sinners the way.

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He guides the humble in what is right

and teaches them His way.

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All the LORD’s ways [are] loving and faithful

to those who keep His covenant and His decrees.

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For the sake of Your name, O LORD,

forgive my iniquity, for it is great.

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Who is the man who fears the LORD?

He will instruct him in the path chosen [for him].

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His soul will dwell in prosperity,

and his descendants will inherit the land.

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The LORD confides in those who fear Him,

and reveals His covenant to them.

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My eyes are always on the LORD,

for He will free my feet from the mesh.

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Turn to me and be gracious,

for I am lonely and afflicted.

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The troubles of my heart increase;

free me from my distress.

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Consider my affliction and trouble,

and take away all my sins.

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Consider my enemies, for they are many,

and they hate me with vicious hatred.

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Guard my soul and deliver me;

let me not be put to shame,

for I take refuge in You.

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May integrity and uprightness preserve me,

because I wait for You.[fn]

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Redeem Israel, O God,

from all its distress.