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    Lord, my rock, my fortress, my deliverer,
My God, my rock of refuge,
    my shield, my saving horn,[a] my stronghold!(A)

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Footnotes

  1. 18:3 My saving horn: my strong savior. The horn referred to is the weapon of a bull and the symbol of fertility, cf. 1 Sm 2:10; Ps 132:17; Lk 1:69.

    incline your ear to me;
    make haste to rescue me!
Be my rock of refuge,
    a stronghold to save me.
For you are my rock and my fortress;(A)
    for your name’s sake lead me and guide me.

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10 I will say to God, my rock:
    “Why do you forget me?(A)
Why must I go about mourning
    with the enemy oppressing me?”

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Better to take refuge in the Lord(A)
    than to put one’s trust in mortals.

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Put no trust in princes,
    in children of Adam powerless to save.(A)

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