Psalms

¹ A Psalm of David. Hear my prayer, O LORD, Listen to my supplications! Answer me in Your faithfulness, and in Your righteousness.

² And do not enter into judgment with Your servant, For in Your sight no man living is righteous or justified.

³ For the enemy has persecuted me, He has crushed my life down to the ground; He has made me dwell in dark places, like those who have been long dead.

⁴ Therefore my spirit is overwhelmed and weak within me [wrapped in darkness]; My heart grows numb within me.

⁵ I remember the days of old; I meditate on all that You have done; I ponder the work of Your hands.

⁶ I reach out my hands to You; My throat thirsts for You, as a parched land [thirsts for water]. Selah.

⁷ Answer me quickly, O LORD, my spirit fails; Do not hide Your face from me, Or I will become like those who go down into the pit (grave).

⁸ Let me hear Your lovingkindness in the morning, For I trust in You. Teach me the way in which I should walk, For I lift up my soul to You.

⁹ Rescue me, O LORD, from my enemies; I take refuge in You.

¹⁰ Teach me to do Your will [so that I may please You], For You are my God; Let Your good Spirit lead me on level ground.

¹¹ Save my life, O LORD, for Your name's sake; In Your righteousness bring my life out of trouble.

¹² In your lovingkindness, silence and destroy my enemies And destroy all those who afflict my life, For I am Your servant.