1 Give ear to my supplications! Answer me in Your faithfulness, in Your righteousness! | |
2 And do not enter into judgment with Your servant, For in Your sight no man living is righteous. | |
3 Hear my prayer, O LORD, | |
3 For the enemy has persecuted my soul; He has crushed my life to the ground; He has made me dwell in dark places, like those who have long been dead. | |
4 Therefore my spirita Lit faintsis overwhelmed within me; My heart isb Or desolateappalled within me. | |
5 I remember the days of old; I meditate on all Your doings; I muse on the work of Your hands. | |
6 I stretch out my hands to You; My soul longs for You, as ac Lit wearyparched land.d Selah may mean: Pause, Crescendo or Musical interludeSelah. | |
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 to the pit. | |
8 Let me hear Your lovingkindness in the morning; For I trust in You; Teach me the way in which I should walk; For to You I lift up my soul. | |
9 Deliver me, O LORD, from my enemies; e Lit To You have I hiddenI take refuge in You. | |
10 Teach me to do Your will, For You are my God; Let Your good Spirit lead me on levelf Lit landground. | |
11 For the sake of Your name, O LORD, revive me. In Your righteousness bring my soul out of trouble. | |
12 And in Your lovingkindness,g Or silencecut off my enemies And destroy all those who afflict my soul, For I am Your servant. | |