| 1 | In you, O LORD, I take refuge; let me never be put to shame. |
| 2 | In your righteousness deliver me and rescue me; incline your ear to me and save me. |
| 3 | Be to me a rock of refuge, a strong fortress, to save me, for you are my rock and my fortress. |
| 4 | Rescue me, O my God, from the hand of the wicked, from the grasp of the unjust and cruel. |
| 5 | For you, O Lord, are my hope, my trust, O LORD, from my youth. |
| 6 | Upon you I have leaned from my birth; it was you who took me from my mother’s womb. My praise is continually of you. |
| 7 | I have been like a portent to many, but you are my strong refuge. |
| 8 | My mouth is filled with your praise, and with your glory all day long. |
| 9 | Do not cast me off in the time of old age; do not forsake me when my strength is spent. |
| 10 | For my enemies speak concerning me, and those who watch for my life consult together. |
| 11 | They say, “Pursue and seize that person whom God has forsaken, for there is no one to deliver.” |
| 12 | O God, do not be far from me; O my God, make haste to help me! |
| 13 | Let my accusers be put to shame and consumed; let those who seek to hurt me be covered with scorn and disgrace. |
| 14 | But I will hope continually, and will praise you yet more and more. |
| 15 | My mouth will tell of your righteous acts, of your deeds of salvation all day long, though their number is past my knowledge. |
| 16 | I will come praising the mighty deeds of the Lord GOD, I will praise your righteousness, yours alone. |
| 17 | O God, from my youth you have taught me, and I still proclaim your wondrous deeds. |
| 18 | So even to old age and gray hairs, O God, do not forsake me, until I proclaim your might to all the generations to come. Your power |
| 19 | and your righteousness, O God, reach the high heavens. You who have done great things, O God, who is like you? |
| 20 | You who have made me see many troubles and calamities will revive me again; from the depths of the earth you will bring me up again. |
| 21 | You will increase my honor, and comfort me once again. |
| 22 | I will also praise you with the harp for your faithfulness, O my God; I will sing praises to you with the lyre, O Holy One of Israel. |
| 23 | My lips will shout for joy when I sing praises to you; my soul also, which you have rescued. |
| 24 | All day long my tongue will talk of your righteous help, for those who tried to do me harm have been put to shame, and disgraced. |
