To the chief musician; a Psalm of David.{HR}In thee, O Jehovah, have I trusted;{HR}Let me not be ashamed forever;{HR}In thy righteousness deliver me.
Incline thine ear unto me, deliver me speedily;{HR}Be to me for a rock of strength,{HR}For a house of defence to save me.
For thou [art] my rock and my fortress,{HR}And for thy name’s sake thou guidest and leadest me.
Thou bringest me forth from the net which they hid for me,{HR}For thou [art] my fortress.
Into thy hand I commit my spirit;{HR}Thou hast redeemed me, O Jehovah, God of truth.
I have hated those who observe lying vanities;{HR}But I have trusted in Jehovah.
I will exult and rejoice in thy mercy,{HR}Thou who hast seen my affliction;{HR}Thou hast known my soul in distresses.
And thou hast not delivered me up into the hand of the enemy;{HR}Thou hast made my feet to stand in the wide place.
Be gracious unto me, O Jehovah, for I am distressed;{HR}Consumed with grief [is] mine eye, my soul and my belly.
For my life hath been spent in sorrow, and my years in sighing;{HR}My strength hath been feeble through mine iniquity,{HR}And my bones have been consumed.
I have been a reproach among all mine adversaries,{HR}And especially to my neighbours;{HR}And a fear to mine acquaintances who see me without ;{HR}They fled from me.
I have been forgotten, as a dead man from the heart;{HR}I have been as a perishing vessel.
For I have heard the slander of many;{HR}Fear [is] round about when they consult together against me;{HR}They have devised to take my life.
But I have trusted in thee, O Jehovah;{HR}I have said, Thou art my God.
My times [are] in thy hand;{HR}Deliver me from the hand of mine enemies{HR}And from my persecutors.
Cause thy face to shine upon thy servant;{HR}In thy mercy save me.
O Jehovah, I shall not be ashamed, for I have called on thee;{HR}The wicked shall be ashamed, they shall be silent in Sheol.
The lips of falsehood shall be dumb,{HR}Which speak against the righteous one insolently, with pride and contempt.
How great [is] thy goodness, which thou hast laid up for those who fear thee,{HR}Thou hast wrought for those who trust in thee before the sons of men.
Thou hidest them in the secret place of thy presence from the plots of man,{HR}Thou concealest them in a tabernacle from the strife of tongues.
Blessed [be] Jehovah, for he hath made his mercy wonderful to me in a city of defence.
As for me, I said in my baste, I have been cut off from before thine eyes;{HR}Surely thou hast heard the voice of my supplication when I cried for help unto thee.
Love Jehovah, all ye his saints:{HR}Jehovah preserveth the faithful and abundantly requiteth the proud doer.
Be strong, and he will strengthen your heart all ye who wait for Jehovah.