1(To
the chief
Musician, A
Psalm of
David.) In
thee, O
LORD, do I
put my
trust; let
me never be
ashamed:
deliver me
in thy
righteousness.
2Bow
down thine
ear to me;
deliver me
speedily: be
thou my
strong rock,
for an house
of defence
to save me.
3For
thou art my
rock and my
fortress;
therefore
for thy
name's sake
lead me, and
guide me.
4Pull
me out of
the net that
they have
laid privily
for me: for
thou art my
strength.
5Into
thine hand I
commit my
spirit: thou
hast
redeemed me,
O LORD God
of truth.
6I
have hated
them that
regard lying
vanities:
but I trust
in the LORD.
7I
will be glad
and rejoice
in thy
mercy: for
thou hast
considered
my trouble;
thou hast
known my
soul in
adversities;
8And
hast not
shut me up
into the
hand of the
enemy: thou
hast set my
feet in a
large room.
9Have
mercy upon
me, O LORD,
for I am in
trouble:
mine eye is
consumed
with grief, yea,
my soul and
my belly.
10For
my life is
spent with
grief, and
my years
with
sighing: my
strength
faileth
because of
mine
iniquity,
and my bones
are
consumed.
11I
was a
reproach
among all
mine
enemies, but
especially
among my
neighbours,
and a fear
to mine
acquaintance:
they that
did see me
without fled
from me.
12I
am forgotten
as a dead
man out of
mind: I am
like a
broken
vessel.
13For
I have heard
the slander
of many:
fear was on
every side:
while they
took counsel
together
against me,
they devised
to take away
my life.
14But
I trusted in
thee, O
LORD: I
said, Thou art my
God.
15My
times are in
thy hand:
deliver me
from the
hand of mine
enemies, and
from them
that
persecute
me.
16Make
thy face to
shine upon
thy servant:
save me for
thy mercies'
sake.
17Let
me not be
ashamed, O
LORD; for I
have called
upon thee:
let the
wicked be
ashamed, and let
them be
silent in
the grave.
18Let
the lying
lips be put
to silence;
which speak
grievous
things
proudly and
contemptuously
against the
righteous.
19Oh how
great is thy
goodness,
which thou
hast laid up
for them
that fear
thee; which thou
hast wrought
for them
that trust
in thee
before the
sons of men!
20Thou
shalt hide
them in the
secret of
thy presence
from the
pride of
man: thou
shalt keep
them
secretly in
a pavilion
from the
strife of
tongues.
21Blessed be the
LORD: for he
hath shewed
me his
marvellous
kindness in
a strong
city.
22For
I said in my
haste, I am
cut off from
before thine
eyes:
nevertheless
thou
heardest the
voice of my
supplications
when I cried
unto thee.
23O
love the
LORD, all ye
his saints: for the
LORD
preserveth
the
faithful,
and
plentifully
rewardeth
the proud
doer.
24Be
of good
courage, and
he shall
strengthen
your heart,
all ye that
hope in the
LORD.