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. | |
