1 Give ear to my words, O Lord; ♦︎
consider my lamentation.
2 Hearken to the voice of my crying, my King and my God, ♦︎
for to you I make my prayer.
3 In the morning, Lord, you will hear my voice; ♦︎
early in the morning I make my appeal to you, and look up.
4 For you are the God who takes no pleasure in wickedness; ♦︎
no evil can dwell with you.
5 The boastful cannot stand in your sight; ♦︎
you hate all those that work wickedness.
6 You destroy those who speak lies; ♦︎
the bloodthirsty and deceitful the Lord will abhor.
7 But as for me, through the greatness of your mercy,
I will come into your house; ♦︎
I will bow down towards your holy temple in awe of you.
8 Lead me, Lord, in your righteousness,
because of my enemies; ♦︎
make your way straight before my face.
9 For there is no truth in their mouth,
in their heart is destruction, ♦︎
their throat is an open sepulchre,
and they flatter with their tongue.
10 Punish them, O God; ♦︎
let them fall through their own devices.
11 Because of their many transgressions cast them out, ♦︎
for they have rebelled against you.
12 But let all who take refuge in you be glad; ♦︎
let them sing out their joy for ever.
13 You will shelter them, ♦︎
so that those who love your name may exult in you.
14 For you, O Lord, will bless the righteous; ♦︎
and with your favour you will defend them as with a shield.
1 O Lord my God, in you I take refuge; ♦︎
save me from all who pursue me, and deliver me,
2 Lest they rend me like a lion and tear me in pieces ♦︎
while there is no one to help me.
3 O Lord my God, if I have done these things: ♦︎
if there is any wickedness in my hands,
4 If I have repaid my friend with evil, ♦︎
or plundered my enemy without a cause,
5 Then let my enemy pursue me and overtake me, ♦︎
trample my life to the ground,
and lay my honour in the dust.
6 Rise up, O Lord, in your wrath;
lift yourself up against the fury of my enemies. ♦︎
Awaken, my God, the judgement that you have commanded.
7 Let the assembly of the peoples gather round you; ♦︎
be seated high above them: O Lord, judge the nations.
8 Give judgement for me
according to my righteousness, O Lord, ♦︎
and according to the innocence that is in me.
9 Let the malice of the wicked come to an end,
but establish the righteous; ♦︎
for you test the mind and heart, O righteous God.
10 God is my shield that is over me; ♦︎
he saves the true of heart.
11 God is a righteous judge; ♦︎
he is provoked all day long.
12 If they will not repent, God will whet his sword; ♦︎
he has bent his bow and made it ready.
13 He has prepared the weapons of death; ♦︎
he makes his arrows shafts of fire.
14 Behold those who are in labour with wickedness, ♦︎
who conceive evil and give birth to lies.
15 They dig a pit and make it deep ♦︎
and fall into the hole that they have made for others.
16 Their mischief rebounds on their own head; ♦︎
their violence falls on their own scalp.
17 I will give thanks to the Lord for his righteousness, ♦︎
and I will make music to the name of the Lord Most High.