³ When my spirit grows faint^(F) within me,
    it is you who watch over my way.
In the path where I walk
    people have hidden a snare for me.
⁴ Look and see, there is no one at my right hand;
    no one is concerned for me.
I have no refuge;^(G)
    no one cares^(H) for my life.

⁵ I cry to you, Lord;
    I say, “You are my refuge,^(I)
    my portion^(J) in the land of the living.”^(K)

⁶ Listen to my cry,^(L)
    for I am in desperate need;^(M)
rescue me^(N) from those who pursue me,
    for they are too strong^(O) for me.
⁷ Set me free from my prison,^(P)
    that I may praise your name.^(Q)
Then the righteous will gather about me
    because of your goodness to me.^(R)

⁷ Answer me quickly,^(AD) Lord;
    my spirit fails.^(AE)
Do not hide your face^(AF) from me
    or I will be like those who go down to the pit.
⁸ Let the morning bring me word of your unfailing love,^(AG)
    for I have put my trust in you.
Show me the way^(AH) I should go,
    for to you I entrust my life.^(AI)
9 Rescue me^(AJ) from my enemies,^(AK) Lord,
    for I hide myself in you.
¹⁰ Teach me^(AL) to do your will,
    for you are my God;^(AM)
may your good Spirit
    lead^(AN) me on level ground.^(AO)

¹¹ For your name’s sake,^(AP) Lord, preserve my life;^(AQ)
    in your righteousness,^(AR) bring me out of trouble.
¹² In your unfailing love, silence my enemies;^(AS)
    destroy all my foes,^(AT)
    for I am your servant.^(AU)

³ Lord, what are human beings^(BA) that you care for them,
    mere mortals that you think of them?
⁴ They are like a breath;^(BB)
    their days are like a fleeting shadow.^(BC)

⁵ Part your heavens,^(BD) Lord, and come down;^(BE)
    touch the mountains, so that they smoke.^(BF)
6 Send forth lightning^(BG) and scatter^(BH) the enemy;
    shoot your arrows^(BI) and rout them.
⁷ Reach down your hand from on high;^(BJ)
    deliver me and rescue me^(BK)
from the mighty waters,^(BL)
    from the hands of foreigners^(BM)
8 whose mouths are full of lies,^(BN)
    whose right hands^(BO) are deceitful.^(BP)

⁹ I will sing a new song^(BQ) to you, my God;
    on the ten-stringed lyre^(BR) I will make music to you,
¹⁰ to the One who gives victory to kings,^(BS)
    who delivers his servant David.^(BT)

From the deadly sword^{(BU) 11} deliver me;
    rescue me^(BV) from the hands of foreigners^(BW)
whose mouths are full of lies,^(BX)
    whose right hands are deceitful.^(BY)

¹² Then our sons in their youth
    will be like well-nurtured plants,^(BZ)
and our daughters will be like pillars^(CA)
    carved to adorn a palace.
¹³ Our barns will be filled^(CB)
    with every kind of provision.
Our sheep will increase by thousands,
    by tens of thousands in our fields;
¹⁴     our oxen^(CC) will draw heavy loads.^[e]
There will be no breaching of walls,^(CD)
    no going into captivity,
    no cry of distress in our streets.^(CE)
15 Blessed is the people^(CF) of whom this is true;
    blessed is the people whose God is the Lord.