¹In you, Adonai , I have taken refuge;

let me never be put to shame.

²In your righteousness, rescue me;

and help me to escape.

Turn your ear toward me,

and deliver me.

³Be for me a sheltering rock,

where I can always come.

You have determined to save me,

because you are my bedrock and stronghold.

⁴My God, help me escape from the power of the wicked,

from the grasp of the unjust and ruthless.

⁵For you are my hope, Adonai Elohim ,

in whom I have trusted since I was young.

⁶From birth I have relied on you;

it was you who took me from my mother’s womb.

⁷To many, I am an amazing example;

but you are strong protection for me.

⁸My mouth is full of praise for you,

filled with your glory all day long.

⁹Don’t reject me when I grow old;

when my strength fails, don’t abandon me.

¹⁰For my enemies are talking about me,

those seeking my life are plotting together.

¹¹They say, “God has abandoned him;

go after him, and seize him,

because no one will save him.”

¹²God, don’t distance yourself from me!

My God, hurry to help me!

¹³May those who are opposed to me

be put to shame and ruin;

may those who seek to harm me

be covered with scorn and disgrace.

¹⁴But I, I will always hope

and keep adding to your praise.

¹⁵All day long my mouth will tell

of your righteous deeds and acts of salvation,

though their number is past my knowing.

¹⁶I will come in the power of Adonai Elohim

and recall your righteousness, yours alone.

¹⁷God, you have taught me since I was young,

and I still proclaim your wonderful works.

¹⁸So now that I’m old, and my hair is gray,

don’t abandon me, God, till I have proclaimed

your strength to the next generation,

your power to all who will come,

¹⁹your righteousness too, God,

which reaches to the heights.

God, you have done great things;

who is there like you?

²⁰You have made me see much trouble and hardship,

but you will revive me again

and bring me up from the depths of the earth.

²¹You will increase my honor;

turn and comfort me.

²²As for me, I will praise you with a lyre

for your faithfulness, my God.

I will sing praises to you with a lute,

Holy One of Isra’el.

²³My lips will shout for joy;

I will sing your praise, because you have redeemed me.

²⁴All day long my tongue

will speak of your righteousness.

For those who are seeking to harm me

will be put to shame and disgraced.