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For the choir director: A psalm of David.
O LORD, I have come to you for protection;
don’t let me be disgraced.
Save me, for you do what is right.
O LORD, I have come to you for protection;
don’t let me be disgraced.
Save me, for you do what is right.
In You, O LORD, I have taken refuge;
Let me never be ashamed;
In Your righteousness deliver me.
Let me never be ashamed;
In Your righteousness deliver me.
Turn your ear to listen to me;
rescue me quickly.
Be my rock of protection,
a fortress where I will be safe.
rescue me quickly.
Be my rock of protection,
a fortress where I will be safe.
Incline Your ear to me, rescue me quickly;
Be to me a rock of strength,
A stronghold to save me.
Be to me a rock of strength,
A stronghold to save me.
You are my rock and my fortress.
For the honor of your name, lead me out of this danger.
For the honor of your name, lead me out of this danger.
For You are my rock and my fortress;
For Your name’s sake You will lead me and guide me.
For Your name’s sake You will lead me and guide me.
Pull me from the trap my enemies set for me,
for I find protection in you alone.
for I find protection in you alone.
You will pull me out of the net which they have secretly laid for me,
For You are my strength.
For You are my strength.
I entrust my spirit into your hand.
Rescue me, LORD, for you are a faithful God.
Rescue me, LORD, for you are a faithful God.
Into Your hand I commit my spirit;
You have ransomed me, O LORD, God of truth.
You have ransomed me, O LORD, God of truth.
I hate those who worship worthless idols.
I trust in the LORD.
I trust in the LORD.
I hate those who regard vain idols,
But I trust in the LORD.
But I trust in the LORD.
I will be glad and rejoice in your unfailing love,
for you have seen my troubles,
and you care about the anguish of my soul.
for you have seen my troubles,
and you care about the anguish of my soul.
I will rejoice and be glad in Your lovingkindness,
Because You have seen my affliction;
You have known the troubles of my soul,
Because You have seen my affliction;
You have known the troubles of my soul,
You have not handed me over to my enemies
but have set me in a safe place.
but have set me in a safe place.
And You have not given me over into the hand of the enemy;
You have set my feet in a large place.
You have set my feet in a large place.
Have mercy on me, LORD, for I am in distress.
Tears blur my eyes.
My body and soul are withering away.
Tears blur my eyes.
My body and soul are withering away.
Be gracious to me, O LORD, for I am in distress;
My eye is wasted away from grief, my soul and my body also.
My eye is wasted away from grief, my soul and my body also.
I am dying from grief;
my years are shortened by sadness.
Sin has drained my strength;
I am wasting away from within.
my years are shortened by sadness.
Sin has drained my strength;
I am wasting away from within.
For my life is spent with sorrow
And my years with sighing;
My strength has failed because of my iniquity,
And my body has wasted away.
And my years with sighing;
My strength has failed because of my iniquity,
And my body has wasted away.
I am scorned by all my enemies
and despised by my neighbors —
even my friends are afraid to come near me.
When they see me on the street,
they run the other way.
and despised by my neighbors —
even my friends are afraid to come near me.
When they see me on the street,
they run the other way.
Because of all my adversaries, I have become a reproach,
Especially to my neighbors,
And an object of dread to my acquaintances;
Those who see me in the street flee from me.
Especially to my neighbors,
And an object of dread to my acquaintances;
Those who see me in the street flee from me.
I am ignored as if I were dead,
as if I were a broken pot.
as if I were a broken pot.
I am forgotten as a dead man, out of mind;
I am like a broken vessel.
I am like a broken vessel.
I have heard the many rumors about me,
and I am surrounded by terror.
My enemies conspire against me,
plotting to take my life.
and I am surrounded by terror.
My enemies conspire against me,
plotting to take my life.
For I have heard the slander of many,
Terror is on every side;
While they took counsel together against me,
They schemed to take away my life.
Terror is on every side;
While they took counsel together against me,
They schemed to take away my life.
But I am trusting you, O LORD,
saying, “You are my God!”
saying, “You are my God!”
But as for me, I trust in You, O LORD,
I say, “You are my God.”
I say, “You are my God.”
My future is in your hands.
Rescue me from those who hunt me down relentlessly.
Rescue me from those who hunt me down relentlessly.
My times are in Your hand;
Deliver me from the hand of my enemies and from those who persecute me.
Deliver me from the hand of my enemies and from those who persecute me.
Let your favor shine on your servant.
In your unfailing love, rescue me.
In your unfailing love, rescue me.
Make Your face to shine upon Your servant;
Save me in Your lovingkindness.
Save me in Your lovingkindness.
Let me not be put to shame, O LORD, for I call upon You;
Let the wicked be put to shame, let them be silent in Sheol.
Let the wicked be put to shame, let them be silent in Sheol.
Silence their lying lips —
those proud and arrogant lips that accuse the godly.
those proud and arrogant lips that accuse the godly.
Let the lying lips be mute,
Which speak arrogantly against the righteous
With pride and contempt.
Which speak arrogantly against the righteous
With pride and contempt.
How great is the goodness
you have stored up for those who fear you.
You lavish it on those who come to you for protection,
blessing them before the watching world.
you have stored up for those who fear you.
You lavish it on those who come to you for protection,
blessing them before the watching world.
How great is Your goodness,
Which You have stored up for those who fear You,
Which You have wrought for those who take refuge in You,
Before the sons of men!
Which You have stored up for those who fear You,
Which You have wrought for those who take refuge in You,
Before the sons of men!
You hide them in the shelter of your presence,
safe from those who conspire against them.
You shelter them in your presence,
far from accusing tongues.
safe from those who conspire against them.
You shelter them in your presence,
far from accusing tongues.
You hide them in the secret place of Your presence from the conspiracies of man;
You keep them secretly in a shelter from the strife of tongues.
You keep them secretly in a shelter from the strife of tongues.
Praise the LORD,
for he has shown me the wonders of his unfailing love.
He kept me safe when my city was under attack.
for he has shown me the wonders of his unfailing love.
He kept me safe when my city was under attack.
Blessed be the LORD,
For He has made marvelous His lovingkindness to me in a besieged city.
For He has made marvelous His lovingkindness to me in a besieged city.
In panic I cried out,
“I am cut off from the LORD!”
But you heard my cry for mercy
and answered my call for help.
“I am cut off from the LORD!”
But you heard my cry for mercy
and answered my call for help.
As for me, I said in my alarm,
“I am cut off from before Your eyes”;
Nevertheless You heard the voice of my supplications
When I cried to You.
“I am cut off from before Your eyes”;
Nevertheless You heard the voice of my supplications
When I cried to You.
Love the LORD, all you godly ones!
For the LORD protects those who are loyal to him,
but he harshly punishes the arrogant.
For the LORD protects those who are loyal to him,
but he harshly punishes the arrogant.
O love the LORD, all you His godly ones!
The LORD preserves the faithful
And fully recompenses the proud doer.
The LORD preserves the faithful
And fully recompenses the proud doer.