## O God, Do Not Forsake Me 

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In You, O Yahweh, I have taken refuge; Let me never be ashamed. 

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In Your righteousness deliver me and protect me; Incline Your ear to me and save me. 

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Be to me a rock of habitation to which I may continually come; You have given the command to save me, For You are my rock and my fortress. 

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Protect me, O my God, out of the hand of the wicked, Out of the grasp of the unrighteous and ruthless man, 

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For You are my hope; O Lord Yahweh, _You are_ my trust from my youth. 

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By You I have been sustained from _my_ birth; You are He who took me from my mother's womb; My praise is continually of You. 

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I have become a marvel to many, For You are my strong refuge. 

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My mouth is filled with Your praise And with Your beauty all day long. 

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Do not cast me off in the time of old age; Do not forsake me when my strength fails. 

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For my enemies have spoken against me; And those who watch my life have counseled together, 

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Saying, "God has forsaken him; Pursue and seize him, for there is no one to deliver." 

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O God, do not be far from me; O my God, hasten to my help! 

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Let those who accuse my soul be ashamed _and_ consumed; Let them be wrapped up with reproach and dishonor, who seek _to do_ me evil. 

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But as for me, I will wait continually, And will praise You yet more and more. 

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My mouth shall recount Your righteousness _And_ of Your salvation all day long; For I do not know the sum _of them_. 

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I will come with the mighty deeds of Lord Yahweh; I will bring to remembrance Your righteousness, Yours alone. 

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O God, You have taught me from my youth, And I still declare Your wondrous deeds. 

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And even when _I am_ old and gray, O God, do not forsake me, Until I declare Your strength to _this_ generation, Your might to all who are to come. 

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For Your righteousness, O God, _reaches_ to the heavens, You who have done great things; O God, who is like You? 

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You, who have shown me many troubles and evils, Will revive me again, And will bring me up again from the depths of the earth. 

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May You increase my greatness And turn _to_ comfort me. 

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I will also praise You with a harp, _Even_ Your truth, O my God; To You I will sing praises with the lyre, O Holy One of Israel. 

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My lips will sing for joy when I sing praises to You; And my soul, which You have redeemed. 

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My tongue also will utter Your righteousness all day long; For they are ashamed, for they are humiliated who seek _to do_ me evil.