For men who are going after me have come out against me, violent men are purposing to take my soul; they have not put God before their eyes. (Selah.)
See, God is my helper: the Lord is the great supporter of my soul.
He has taken my soul away from the attack which was made against me, and given it peace; for great numbers were against me.
Because you have taken my soul from the power of death; and kept my feet from falling, so that I may be walking before God in the light of life.
They come together, they are waiting in secret places, they take note of my steps, they are waiting for my soul.
<To the chief music-maker; put to Al-tashheth. Michtam. Of David. When he went in flight from Saul, in the hole of the rock.> Have mercy on me, O God, have mercy on me; for the hope of my soul is in you: I will keep myself safely under the shade of your wings, till these troubles are past.
My soul is among lions; I am stretched out among those who are on fire, even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, and whose tongue is a sharp sword.
They have made ready a net for my steps; my soul is bent down; they have made a great hole before me, and have gone down into it themselves. (Selah.)
For see, they are watching in secret for my soul; the strong have come together against me? but not because of my sin, or my evil-doing, O Lord.
<To the chief music-maker. After Jeduthun. A Psalm. Of David.> My soul, put all your faith in God; for from him comes my salvation.
My soul, put all your faith in God; for from him comes my hope.
My soul is in bitter trouble; and you, O Lord, how long?
<A Psalm. Of David. When he was in the waste land of Judah.> O God, you are my God; early will I make my search for you: my soul is dry for need of you, my flesh is wasted with desire for you, as a dry and burning land where no water is;
My soul will be comforted, as with good food; and my mouth will give you praise with songs of joy;
My soul keeps ever near you: your right hand is my support.
But those whose desire is my soul's destruction will go down to the lower parts of the earth.
Come back, O Lord, make my soul free; O give me salvation because of your mercy.
Come, give ear to me, all you God-fearing men, so that I may make clear to you what he has done for my soul.
Come near to my soul, for its salvation: be my saviour, because of those who are against me.
Let those who go after my soul have shame and trouble; let those who have evil designs against me be turned back and made foolish.
For my haters are waiting secretly for me; and those who are watching for my soul are banded together in their evil designs,
Let those who say evil against my soul be overcome and put to shame; let my haters be made low and have no honour.
Joy will be on my lips when I make melody to you; and in my soul, to which you have given salvation.
So that he may not come rushing on my soul like a lion, wounding it, while there is no one to be my saviour.
O give not the soul of your dove to the hawk; let not the life of the poor go out of your memory for ever.
Let my hater go after my soul and take it; let my life be crushed to the earth, and my honour into the dust. (Selah.)
In the day of my trouble, my heart was turned to the Lord: my hand was stretched out in the night without resting; my soul would not be comforted.
He let his wrath have its way; he did not keep back their soul from death, but gave their life to disease.
The passion of my soul's desire is for the house of the Lord; my heart and my flesh are crying out for the living God.
For your mercy to me is great; you have taken my soul up from the deep places of the underworld.
Keep my soul, for I am true to you; O my God, give salvation to your servant, whose hope is in you.
Make glad the soul of your servant; for it is lifted up to you, O Lord.
Lord, why have you sent away my soul? why is your face covered from me?
For my soul is full of evils, and my life has come near to the underworld.
My soul is among the dead, like those in the underworld, to whom you give no more thought; for they are cut off from your care.
What man now living will not see death? will he be able to keep back his soul from the underworld? (Selah.)
If the Lord had not been my helper, my soul would quickly have gone down into death.
Among all my troubled thoughts, your comforts are the delight of my soul.
They are banded together against the soul of the upright, to give decisions against those who have done no wrong.
And the fruit of your soul's desire has gone from you, and all things delicate and shining have come to an end and will never again be seen.
Say, O love of my soul, where you give food to your flock, and where you make them take their rest in the heat of the day; why have I to be as one wandering by the flocks of your friends?
By night on my bed I was looking for him who is the love of my soul: I was looking for him, but I did not see him.
I will get up now and go about the town, in the streets and in the wide ways I will go after him who is the love of my soul: I went after him, but I did not see him.
I was but a little way from them, when I came face to face with him who is the love of my soul. I took him by the hands, and did not let him go, till I had taken him into my mother's house, and into the room of her who gave me birth.
I made the door open to my loved one; but my loved one had taken himself away, and was gone, my soul was feeble when his back was turned on me; I went after him, but I did not come near him; I said his name, but he gave me no answer.
And in one month I put an end to the three keepers of the flock; for my soul was tired of them, and their souls were disgusted with me.
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