June 22 – Courage That Speaks

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Welcome to Bible Chat, where we
have devotional conversations

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rooted in Scripture and relevant
for today, June 22nd.

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Courage that speaks.
Have you ever been hurt by

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someone and felt the immediate
pull to fire back?

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Maybe someone spread something
about you, said something that

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wasn’t fair, or treated you in a
way that you didn’t deserve, and

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everything inside you wanted to
react, to defend yourself, to

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retaliate, to make sure they
knew how wrong they were.

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It takes a very particular kind
of strength to choose not to.

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Proverbs chapter 18 verse 13
says if one gives an answer

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before he hears, it is his folly
and shame.

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Speaking before you fully
understand a situation is one of

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the most common ways we damage
our relationships and our own

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reputation.
And verse 14 adds, the spirit of

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a man can sustain his infirmity,
but a wounded spirit?

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Who can bear?
There’s something about a

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wounded spirit, a heart that’s
been genuinely hurt, that is

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harder to carry than almost
anything physical.

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And the way we respond when
we’re wounded reveals a lot

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about the depth of our faith.
In First Samuel chapter 24,

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David had the most remarkable
opportunity for revenge

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imaginable.
Saul had been hunting him for

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years, and in A twist of
circumstances, Saul walked into

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a cave where David and his men
were hiding, completely unaware.

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David’s men saw it as a sign
from God.

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This is your moment.
Take him out.

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The threat is right in front of
you.

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End it now.
But David didn’t.

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He couldn’t even bring himself
to take Saul’s robe without

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guilt.
And when he confronted Saul

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afterward, First Samuel chapter
24, verse 12 records David’s

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courageous, restrained response.
Why do you listen to the words

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of men who say David seeks your
harm?

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He confronted the lie not with a
sword, but with truth spoken

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respectfully.
He trusted God’s justice over

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his own retaliation.
That is a level of emotional and

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spiritual maturity that doesn’t
come naturally.

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It requires a heart anchored to
something deeper than the

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immediate emotion.
And that anchor was prayer.

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Psalm 57, verse one is one of
the most beautiful expressions

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of trust in the middle of
trouble.

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Be merciful to me, oh God, be
merciful to me.

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For in you my soul takes refuge.
In the shadow of your wings.

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I will take refuge until trouble
passes by.

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David wrote this while hiding
from Saul.

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He didn’t know when the season
of being haunted would end, but

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he had found a place of shelter.
Not a physical one, but a

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spiritual one under God’s wings.
And Psalm 142, verse one takes

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it even further in its raw
honesty.

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I cry aloud to the Lord.
I plead aloud to the Lord for

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mercy.
Not a polished, organized

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prayer.
Just an honest, desperate cry.

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And that’s enough.
God meets us there.

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What this means for our lives
today is profound.

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When someone hurts you, when
something feels deeply unfair,

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when your spirit is wounded, you
have a choice about where that

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pain goes.
It can go outward in reaction

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and retaliation, or it can go
upward in prayer and trust.

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One destroys relationships.
The other preserves your heart

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and honors God.
Courage that speaks isn’t always

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loud.
Sometimes the most courageous

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thing you can do is walk away
before you say something you

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can’t take back.
Sometimes it’s choosing to bring

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your hurt to God before you
bring it to the person who

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caused it.
Sometimes it’s confronting a lie

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calmly, like David did, rather
than matching the intensity of

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the other person’s anger.
That’s not passivity.

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That’s power, the kind that
comes from a heart anchored in

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God’s justice and covered by His
mercy.

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Let’s pray.
Heavenly Father, thank you for

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being our refuge.
When we feel hurt,

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misunderstood, or wronged.
Help us to pause before we

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speak, to listen before we
react, and to bring our wounds

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to You.
Before we take matters into our

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own hands.
Give us the courage to respond

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like David, with truth, with
patience, and with trust that

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you are the ultimate judge.
Shelter us under your wings

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until trouble passes.
In Jesus name, Amen.

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What if the night was never
meant to be ruled by fear, but

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covered by the presence and
authority of God?

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Proverbs chapter 18 verses 13 to
14 World English Bible He who

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answers before he hears that is
folly and shame to him.

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A man’s spirit will sustain him
in sickness, but a crushed

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spirit who can bear.
First Samuel Chapter 24 World

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English Bible When Saul had
returned from following the

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Philistines, he was told,
Behold, David is in the

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wilderness of Njetty.
Then Saul took 3000 chosen men

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out of all Israel, and when to
seek David and his men on the

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rocks of the wild goats, he came
to the sheep pens by the way,

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where there was a cave, And Saul
went in to relieve himself.

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Now David and his men were
staying in the innermost parts

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of The Cave.
David’s men said to him, Behold,

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the day of which Yahweh said to
you, Behold, I will deliver your

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enemy into your hand, and you
shall do to him, as it shall

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seem good to you.
Then David arose and cut off the

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skirt of Saul’s robe.
Secretly afterward, David’s

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heart struck him, because he had
cut off Saul’s skirt.

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He said to his men, Yahweh
forbid that I should do this

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thing to my Lord Yahweh’s
anointed, to stretch out my hand

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against him, since he is
Yahweh’s anointed.

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So David checked his men with
these words and didn’t allow

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them to rise against Saul.
Saul rose up out of The Cave and

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went on his way.
David also arose afterward and

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went out of The Cave and cried
after Saul, saying, My Lord the

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king, when Saul looked behind
him.

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David bowed.
With his face to the earth and

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showed respect, David said to
Saul, Why do you listen to men’s

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words saying, Behold, David
seeks to harm you.

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Behold, today your eyes have
seen how Yahweh had delivered

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you today into my hand in The
Cave.

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Some urged me to kill you, but I
spared you, and I said I will

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not stretch out my hand against
my Lord, for He is Yahweh’s

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anointed.
Moreover, my Father, behold,

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yes, see the skirt of your robe
in my hand, for in that I cut

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off the skirt of your robe and
didn’t kill you.

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No one see that there is neither
evil nor disobedience in My

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hand, and I have not sinned
against You, though you hunt for

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My life to take it.
May Yahweh judge between me and

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You, and may Yahweh avenge me of
you, but My hand will not be on

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You, as the proverb of the
ancients says.

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Out of the wicked comes
wickedness, but My hand will not

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be on you.
Against whom has the King of

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Israel come out?
Whom do you pursue?

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A dead dog?
A flea?

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May Yahweh therefore be judge
and give sentence between me and

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You, and see and plead My cause,
and deliver me out of Your hand.

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It came to pass when David had
finished speaking these words to

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Saul, that Saul said.
Is that your voice, my son

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David?
Saul lifted up his voice and

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wept.
He said to David, You are more

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righteous than I, for you have
done good to me, whereas I have

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done evil to you.
You have declared today how you

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have dealt well with me, because
when Yahweh had delivered me up

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into your hand, you didn’t kill
me.

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For if a man finds his enemy,
will he let him go away

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unharmed?
Therefore may Yahweh reward you

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good for that which you have
done to me today.

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Now behold, I know that you will
surely be king, and that the

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Kingdom of Israel will be
established in your hand.

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Swear now, therefore, to me by
Yahweh, that you will not cut

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off my offspring after me, and
that you will not destroy my

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name out of My father’s house.
David swore to Saul.

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Saul went home, but David and
his men went up to the

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stronghold.
Psalm Chapter 57 World English

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Bible Be merciful to me, God, be
merciful to me, for my soul

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takes refuge in you.
Yes, in the shadow of your

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wings.
I will take refuge until

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disaster has passed.
I cry out to God Most High, to

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God who accomplishes my requests
for me.

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He will send from heaven and
save me.

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He rebukes the one who is
pursuing me.

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God will send out His loving
kindness and His truth.

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My soul is among lions, I lie
among those who are set on fire,

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even the sons of men whose teeth
are Spears and arrows and their

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tongue a sharp sword.
Be exalted, God, above the

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heavens.
Let your glory be above all the

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earth.
They have prepared a net for my

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steps.
My soul is bowed down.

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They dig a pit before me.
They fall into the middle of it

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themselves.
My heart is steadfast, God, my

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heart is steadfast.
I will sing.

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Yes, I will sing praises.
Wake up my glory.

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Wake up lewd and harp.
I will wake up the dawn.

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I will give thanks to you, Lord
among the peoples.

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I will sing praises to you among
the nations, for your great

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loving kindness reaches to the
heavens and your truth to the

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skies.
Be exalted God above the

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heavens.
Let your glory be over all the

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earth.
Psalm Chapter 142 World English

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Bible I cry with my voice to
Yahweh.

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With my voice I ask Yahweh for
mercy.

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I pour out my complaint before
Him.

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I tell Him my troubles.
When my spirit was overwhelmed

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within me, You knew my route.
On the path in which I walk,

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they have hidden a snare for me.
Look on my right and see, for

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there is no one who is concerned
for me.

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Refuge has fled from me.
No one cares for my soul.

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I cried to you, Yahweh, I said.
You are my refuge, my portion in

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the land of the living.
Listen to my cry, for I am in

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desperate need.
Deliver me from my persecutors,

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for they are too strong for me.
Bring my soul out of prison that

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I may give thanks to your name.
The righteous will surround me,

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for you will be good to me.
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