³ For you are my rock and my fortress;
    and for your ^(G)name's sake you lead me and guide me;
⁴ you ^(H)take me out of ^(I)the net they have hidden for me,
    for you are my ^(J)refuge.
^5 (K)Into your hand I commit my spirit;
    you have redeemed me, O Lord, ^(L)faithful God.

⁶ I ^(M)hate^[a] those who pay ^(N)regard to worthless ^(O)idols,
    but I trust in the Lord.
⁷ I will rejoice and be glad in your steadfast love,
    because you have seen my affliction;
    you have ^(P)known the distress of my soul,
⁸ and you have not ^(Q)delivered me into the hand of the enemy;
    you have set my feet in ^(R)a broad place.

⁹ Be gracious to me, O Lord, for I am ^(S)in distress;
    ^(T)my eye is wasted from grief;
    my soul and my body also.
¹⁰ For my life is spent with sorrow,
    and my years with sighing;
my strength fails because of my iniquity,
    and ^(U)my bones waste away.

¹¹ Because of all my adversaries I have become ^(V)a reproach,
    especially to my ^(W)neighbors,
and an object of dread to my acquaintances;
    those who see me in the street ^(X)flee from me.
¹² I have been ^(Y)forgotten like one who is dead;
    I have become like ^(Z)a broken vessel.
¹³ For I ^(AA)hear the whispering of many—
    terror on every side!—
^(AB)as they scheme together against me,
    as they plot to take my life.

¹⁴ But I ^(AC)trust in you, O Lord;
    I say, “You are my God.”
¹⁵ My ^(AD)times are in your hand;
    ^(AE)rescue me from the hand of my enemies and from my persecutors!
^16 (AF)Make your face shine on your servant;
    save me in your steadfast love!
¹⁷ O Lord, ^(AG)let me not be put to shame,
    for I call upon you;
let the wicked be put to shame;
    let them go ^(AH)silently to Sheol.
¹⁸ Let the lying lips be mute,
    which ^(AI)speak ^(AJ)insolently against the righteous
    in pride and contempt.

¹⁹ Oh, how abundant is your goodness,
    which you have stored up for those who fear you
and worked for those who take refuge in you,
    ^(AK)in the sight of the children of mankind!
²⁰ In ^(AL)the cover of your presence you hide them
    from the plots of men;
you ^(AM)store them in your shelter
    from the strife of tongues.

²¹ Blessed be the Lord,
    for he has wondrously ^(AN)shown his steadfast love to me
    when I was in ^(AO)a besieged city.
²² I had said in my ^(AP)alarm,^[b]
    “I am ^(AQ)cut off from ^(AR)your sight.”
But you heard the voice of my pleas for mercy
    when I cried to you for help.

²³ Love the Lord, all you his ^(AS)saints!
    The Lord preserves the faithful
    but abundantly ^(AT)repays the one who acts in pride.
^24 (AU)Be strong, and let your heart take courage,
    all you who wait for the Lord!

⁴ I ^(G)sought the Lord, and he answered me
    and delivered me from all my fears.
⁵ Those who look to him are ^(H)radiant,
    and their faces shall never be ashamed.
^6 (I)This poor man cried, and the Lord heard him
    and ^(J)saved him out of all his troubles.
^7 (K)The angel of the Lord ^(L)encamps
    around those who fear him, and delivers them.

⁸ Oh, ^(M)taste and see that ^(N)the Lord is good!
    ^(O)Blessed is the man who takes refuge in him!
⁹ Oh, fear the Lord, you his saints,
    for those who fear him have no lack!
^10 (P)The young lions suffer want and hunger;
    but those who ^(Q)seek the Lord lack no good thing.

^11 (R)Come, O children, listen to me;
    ^(S)I will teach you the fear of the Lord.
^12 (T)What man is there who desires life
    and loves many days, that he may ^(U)see good?
^13 (V)Keep your tongue from evil
    and your lips from ^(W)speaking deceit.
^14 (X)Turn away from evil and do good;
    seek peace and ^(Y)pursue it.

^15 (Z)The eyes of the Lord are toward the righteous
    ^(AA)and his ears toward their cry.
^16 (AB)The face of the Lord is against those who do evil,
    to ^(AC)cut off the memory of them from the earth.
^17 (AD)When the righteous cry for help, the Lord hears
    and delivers them out of all their troubles.
¹⁸ The Lord is near to ^(AE)the brokenhearted
    and saves ^(AF)the crushed in spirit.

^19 (AG)Many are the afflictions of the righteous,
    ^(AH)but the Lord delivers him out of them all.
²⁰ He keeps all his bones;
    ^(AI)not one of them is broken.
^21 (AJ)Affliction will slay the wicked,
    and those who hate the righteous will be condemned.
²² The Lord ^(AK)redeems the life of his servants;
    none of those who take refuge in him will be ^(AL)condemned.

⁵ But God will break you down forever;
    he will snatch and ^(F)tear you from your tent;
    he will uproot you from ^(G)the land of the living. Selah
⁶ The righteous shall ^(H)see and fear,
    and shall ^(I)laugh at him, saying,
⁷ “See the man who would not make
    God his refuge,
but ^(J)trusted in the abundance of his riches
    and sought refuge in his own destruction!”^[b]

⁸ But I am like ^(K)a green olive tree
    in the house of God.
I trust in the steadfast love of God
    forever and ever.
⁹ I will thank you forever,
    because you have done it.
I will wait for your name, ^(L)for it is good,
    in the presence of the ^(M)godly.

⁵ All day long they injure my cause;^[b]
    all their thoughts are against me for evil.
⁶ They ^(G)stir up strife, they ^(H)lurk;
    they ^(I)watch my steps,
    as they have waited for my life.
⁷ For their crime will they escape?
    ^(J)In wrath ^(K)cast down the peoples, O God!

⁸ You have kept count of my tossings;^{[c]
    (L)}put my tears in your bottle.
    ^(M)Are they not in your book?
⁹ Then my enemies will turn back
    ^(N)in the day when I call.
    This I know, that^{[d] (O)}God is for me.
¹⁰ In God, whose word I praise,
    in the Lord, whose word I praise,
¹¹ in God I trust; ^(P)I shall not be afraid.
    What can man do to me?

¹² I must perform my ^(Q)vows to you, O God;
    I will ^(R)render thank offerings to you.
^13 (S)For you have delivered my soul from death,
    yes, my feet from falling,
^(T)that I may walk before God
    ^(U)in the light of life.

³ What shall be given to you,
    ^(B)and what more shall be done to you,
    you deceitful tongue?
^4 (C)A warrior's ^(D)sharp arrows,
    with glowing ^(E)coals of the broom tree!

⁵ Woe to me, that I sojourn in ^(F)Meshech,
    that I dwell among ^(G)the tents of ^(H)Kedar!
⁶ Too long have I had my dwelling
    among those who hate peace.
^7 (I)I am for peace,
    but when I speak, they are for war!

⁴ Guard me, O Lord, from the hands of the wicked;
    preserve me from ^(H)violent men,
    who have planned to trip up my feet.
⁵ The arrogant have ^(I)hidden a trap for me,
    and with cords they have spread ^(J)a net;^[a]
    beside the way they have set ^(K)snares for me. Selah

^6 (L)I say to the Lord, You are my God;
    give ear to ^(M)the voice of my pleas for mercy, O Lord!
⁷ O Lord, my Lord, ^(N)the strength of my salvation,
    you have covered my head in the day of battle.
^8 (O)Grant not, O Lord, the desires of the wicked;
    do not further their^[b] evil plot, or ^(P)they will be exalted! Selah

⁹ As for the head of those who surround me,
    let ^(Q)the mischief of their lips overwhelm them!
¹⁰ Let ^(R)burning coals fall upon them!
    Let them be cast into fire,
    into miry pits, no more to rise!
¹¹ Let not the slanderer be established in the land;
    let evil hunt down the violent man speedily!

¹² I know that the Lord will ^(S)maintain the cause of the afflicted,
    and ^(T)will execute justice for the needy.
¹³ Surely ^(U)the righteous shall give thanks to your name;
    ^(V)the upright shall dwell in your presence.