1 To you, O Lord, I lift up my soul;
O my God, in you I trust; ♦︎
let me not be put to shame;
let not my enemies triumph over me.
2 Let none who look to you be put to shame, ♦︎
but let the treacherous be shamed and frustrated.
3 Make me to know your ways, O Lord, ♦︎
and teach me your paths.
4 Lead me in your truth and teach me, ♦︎
for you are the God of my salvation;
for you have I hoped all the day long.
5 Remember, Lord, your compassion and love, ♦︎
for they are from everlasting.
6 Remember not the sins of my youth
or my transgressions, ♦︎
but think on me in your goodness, O Lord,
according to your steadfast love.
7 Gracious and upright is the Lord; ♦︎
therefore shall he teach sinners in the way.
8 He will guide the humble in doing right ♦︎
and teach his way to the lowly.
9 All the paths of the Lord are mercy and truth ♦︎
to those who keep his covenant and his testimonies.
10 For your names sake, O Lord, ♦︎
be merciful to my sin, for it is great.
11 Who are those who fear the Lord? ♦︎
Them will he teach in the way that they should choose.
12 Their soul shall dwell at ease ♦︎
and their offspring shall inherit the land.
13 The hidden purpose of the Lord is for those who fear him ♦︎
and he will show them his covenant.
14 My eyes are ever looking to the Lord, ♦︎
for he shall pluck my feet out of the net.
15 Turn to me and be gracious to me, ♦︎
for I am alone and brought very low.
16 The sorrows of my heart have increased; ♦︎
O bring me out of my distress.
17 Look upon my adversity and misery ♦︎
and forgive me all my sin.
18 Look upon my enemies, for they are many ♦︎
and they bear a violent hatred against me.
19 O keep my soul and deliver me; ♦︎
let me not be put to shame, for I have put my trust in you.
20 Let integrity and uprightness preserve me, ♦︎
for my hope has been in you.
21 Deliver Israel, O God, ♦︎
out of all his troubles.
1 Give judgement for me, O Lord,
for I have walked with integrity; ♦︎
I have trusted in the Lord and have not faltered.
2 Test me, O Lord, and try me; ♦︎
examine my heart and my mind.
3 For your love is before my eyes; ♦︎
I have walked in your truth.
4 I have not joined the company of the false, ♦︎
nor consorted with the deceitful.
5 I hate the gathering of evildoers ♦︎
and I will not sit down with the wicked.
6 I will wash my hands in innocence, O Lord, ♦︎
that I may go about your altar,
7 To make heard the voice of thanksgiving ♦︎
and tell of all your wonderful deeds.
8 Lord, I love the house of your habitation ♦︎
and the place where your glory abides.
9 Sweep me not away with sinners, ♦︎
nor my life with the bloodthirsty,
10 Whose hands are full of wicked schemes ♦︎
and their right hand full of bribes.
11 As for me, I will walk with integrity; ♦︎
redeem me, Lord, and be merciful to me.
12 My foot stands firm; ♦︎
in the great congregation I will bless the Lord.