¹In you , LORD , I take refuge .

Never let me be disappointed.

²Deliver me in your righteousness , and rescue me .

Turn your ear to me , and save me .

³Be to me a rock of refuge to which I may always go .

Give the command to save me ,

for you are my rock and my fortress .

⁴Rescue me , my God , from the hand of the wicked ,

from the hand of the unrighteous and cruel man .

⁵For you are my hope , Lord GOD ,

my confidence from my youth .

⁶I have relied on you from the womb .

You are he who took me out of my mother’s womb .

I will always praise you .

⁷I am a marvel to many ,

but you are my strong refuge .

⁸My mouth shall be filled with your praise ,

with your honour all day long .

⁹Don’t reject me in my old age .

Don’t forsake me when my strength fails .

¹⁰For my enemies talk about me .

Those who watch for my soul conspire together ,

¹¹saying, “God has forsaken him .

Pursue and take him , for no one will rescue him .”

¹²God, don’t be far from me .

My God, hurry to help me .

¹³Let my accusers be disappointed and consumed .

Let them be covered with disgrace and scorn who want to harm me .

¹⁴But I will always hope ,

and will add to all of your praise .

¹⁵My mouth will tell about your righteousness ,

and of your salvation all day ,

though I don’t know its full measure.

¹⁶I will come with the mighty acts of the Lord GOD .

I will make mention of your righteousness , even of yours alone.

¹⁷God, you have taught me from my youth .

Until now , I have declared your wondrous works .

¹⁸Yes , even when I am old and grey-haired, God, don’t forsake me ,

until I have declared your strength to the next generation ,

your might to everyone who is to come.

¹⁹God , your righteousness also reaches to the heavens .

You have done great things .

God , who is like you ?

²⁰You , who have shown us many and bitter troubles ,

you will let me live .

You will bring us up again from the depths of the earth .

²¹Increase my honour

and comfort me again .

²²I will also praise you with the harp for your faithfulness, my God.

I sing praises to you with the lyre , Holy One of Israel .

²³My lips shall shout for joy !

My soul , which you have redeemed , sings praises to you !

²⁴My tongue will also talk about your righteousness all day long ,

for they are disappointed, and they are confounded ,

who want to harm me .