In thee, O Lord, I place my trust, Me never put to shame

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In thee, O Lord, I place my trust, Me never put to shame.

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Hear, save, and cause me to escape, For righteous is thy name.

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Be thou my dwelling place most strong Where I may still resort; Thy promised safety, Lord, I plead; Thou art my rock, and fort.

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Save me, O God, from wicked hands, The cruel, and unjust.

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For thou, Lord, God, hast been my hope, And, from my youth, my trust.

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By thee, I've always been sustained, From my most early days; Thou took'st me from my mother's womb; I'll ever sing thy [raise.

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To many, I'm a wonder grown; But on thy strength I stay.

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Let, with thy praise, my mouth be filled, And Honor all the day.

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Cast me not off, now, in the time, Old age doth me assail; O do not thou forsake me, Lord, When strength and vigor fail.

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For my malicious enemies Against me falsely speak; And they, who for my life lay wait, Together counsel take.

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"Now God, (say they,) has him forsook, Pursue, and on him seize; There's none to save him from our power He'll fall our prey with ease."

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But thou, O God, be not far off From me, oppressed with grief; O thou, my God, with timely speed, Appear for my relief.

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Confound, and bring to naught, my foes, Who, for my life, combine; Reproach, and infamy, be heaped On those my hurt design.

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My steadfast hope shall still remain, On Thee, fixed all my days; To spread thy glory, more and more, I'll add new songs of praise.

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Thy truth, and thy salvation, Lord, My mouth shall daily show; Whose growing numbers far surmount The utmost I can know.

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Depending on thy strength, O God, I'll cheerfully go on; Thy righteousness I'll celebrate, I'll mention thine alone.

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Thou, O my God, hast from my youth, Unto this day, me taught; And I have openly declared, The wonders thou hast wrought.

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And now, O God, forsake me not, When old, and gray, I'm grown; Till this, and to the future age, Thy strength, and power, I've shown.

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Thy justice, Lord, in height transcends All that we can declare. Who mighty works hast done; O God, Who may with thee compare;

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Thou, troubles great, and fore, hast made Me, by experience, know; Yet shalt thou me revive, and bring Up from the depth of woe.

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Thou shalt my greatness far increase; And to me comfort bring.

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Thy truth, O Jacob's God, on harp, And psaltery, I'll sing.

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Then shall my lips with joy abound While I chant forth thy praise; My grateful soul by thee redeemed Shall join thy fame to raise.

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My cheerful tongue, thy righteousness, Shall every day proclaim; For they're disgraced, that sought my hurt, And brought to endless shame.