You Are My Refuge
142A Maskil of David. When he was in the cave. A Prayer. With my voice to Yahweh, I cry aloud; With my voice to Yahweh, I make supplication.
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I pour out my complaint before Him; I declare my distress before Him.
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When my spirit was faint within me, You knew my path. In the way where I walk They have hidden a trap for me.
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Look to the right and see; That there is no one who regards me; A way of escape has been destroyed from me; No one cares for my soul.
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I cried out to You, O Yahweh; I said, “You are my refuge, My portion in the land of the living.
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“Give heed to my cry of lamentation, For I am brought very low; Deliver me from my persecutors, For they are too strong for me.
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“Bring my soul out of prison, To give thanks to Your name; The righteous will encircle me, For You will deal bountifully with me.”