¹Hear my prayer, O LORD , give ear to my supplications:

In thy faithfulness answer me, and in thy righteousness.

²And enter not into judgment with thy servant:

For in thy sight shall no man living be justified.

³For the enemy hath persecuted my soul; He hath smitten my life down to the ground;

He hath made me to dwell in darkness, as those that have been long dead.

⁴Therefore is my spirit overwhelmed within me;

My heart within me is desolate.

⁵I remember the days of old; I meditate on all thy works;

I muse on the work of thy hands.

⁶I stretch forth my hands unto thee:

My soul thirsteth after thee, as a thirsty land. Selah.

⁷Hear me speedily, O LORD : my spirit faileth:

Hide not thy face from me, lest I be like unto them that go down into the pit.

⁸Cause me to hear thy lovingkindness in the morning; For in thee do I trust:

Cause me to know the way wherein I should walk; For I lift up my soul unto thee.

⁹Deliver me, O LORD , from mine enemies:

I flee unto thee to hide me.

¹⁰Teach me to do thy will; for thou art my God:

Thy spirit is good; lead me into the land of uprightness.

¹¹Quicken me, O LORD , for thy name's sake:

For thy righteousness' sake bring my soul out of trouble.

¹²And of thy mercy cut off mine enemies,

And destroy all them that afflict my soul: For I am thy servant.