⁴ I said, “Have mercy^(J) on me, Lord;
    heal^(K) me, for I have sinned^(L) against you.”
⁵ My enemies say of me in malice,
    “When will he die and his name perish?^(M)”
⁶ When one of them comes to see me,
    he speaks falsely,^(N) while his heart gathers slander;^(O)
    then he goes out and spreads^(P) it around.

⁷ All my enemies whisper together^(Q) against me;
    they imagine the worst for me, saying,
⁸ “A vile disease has afflicted him;
    he will never get up^(R) from the place where he lies.”
⁹ Even my close friend,^(S)
    someone I trusted,
one who shared my bread,
    has turned^[b] against me.^(T)

¹⁰ But may you have mercy^(U) on me, Lord;
    raise me up,^(V) that I may repay^(W) them.
¹¹ I know that you are pleased with me,^(X)
    for my enemy does not triumph over me.^(Y)
12 Because of my integrity^(Z) you uphold me^(AA)
    and set me in your presence forever.^(AB)

¹³ Praise^(AC) be to the Lord, the God of Israel,^(AD)
    from everlasting to everlasting.
Amen and Amen.^(AE)

⁴ You are my King^(M) and my God,^(N)
    who decrees^[c] victories^(O) for Jacob.
⁵ Through you we push back^(P) our enemies;
    through your name we trample^(Q) our foes.
⁶ I put no trust in my bow,^(R)
    my sword does not bring me victory;
⁷ but you give us victory^(S) over our enemies,
    you put our adversaries to shame.^(T)
8 In God we make our boast^(U) all day long,^(V)
    and we will praise your name forever.^[d](W)

⁹ But now you have rejected^(X) and humbled us;^(Y)
    you no longer go out with our armies.^(Z)
10 You made us retreat^(AA) before the enemy,
    and our adversaries have plundered^(AB) us.
¹¹ You gave us up to be devoured like sheep^(AC)
    and have scattered us among the nations.^(AD)
12 You sold your people for a pittance,^(AE)
    gaining nothing from their sale.

¹³ You have made us a reproach^(AF) to our neighbors,^(AG)
    the scorn^(AH) and derision^(AI) of those around us.
¹⁴ You have made us a byword^(AJ) among the nations;
    the peoples shake their heads^(AK) at us.
¹⁵ I live in disgrace^(AL) all day long,
    and my face is covered with shame^(AM)
16 at the taunts^(AN) of those who reproach and revile^(AO) me,
    because of the enemy, who is bent on revenge.^(AP)

¹⁷ All this came upon us,
    though we had not forgotten^(AQ) you;
    we had not been false to your covenant.
¹⁸ Our hearts had not turned^(AR) back;
    our feet had not strayed from your path.
¹⁹ But you crushed^(AS) us and made us a haunt for jackals;^(AT)
    you covered us over with deep darkness.^(AU)

²⁰ If we had forgotten^(AV) the name of our God
    or spread out our hands to a foreign god,^(AW)
21 would not God have discovered it,
    since he knows the secrets of the heart?^(AX)
22 Yet for your sake we face death all day long;
    we are considered as sheep^(AY) to be slaughtered.^(AZ)

²³ Awake,^(BA) Lord! Why do you sleep?^(BB)
    Rouse yourself!^(BC) Do not reject us forever.^(BD)
24 Why do you hide your face^(BE)
    and forget^(BF) our misery and oppression?^(BG)

²⁵ We are brought down to the dust;^(BH)
    our bodies cling to the ground.
²⁶ Rise up^(BI) and help us;
    rescue^(BJ) us because of your unfailing love.^(BK)

⁵ Surely God will bring you down to everlasting ruin:
    He will snatch you up and pluck^(J) you from your tent;
    he will uproot^(K) you from the land of the living.^(L)
6 The righteous will see and fear;
    they will laugh^(M) at you, saying,
⁷ “Here now is the man
    who did not make God his stronghold^(N)
but trusted in his great wealth^(O)
    and grew strong by destroying others!”

⁸ But I am like an olive tree^(P)
    flourishing in the house of God;
I trust^(Q) in God’s unfailing love
    for ever and ever.
⁹ For what you have done I will always praise you^(R)
    in the presence of your faithful people.^(S)
And I will hope in your name,^(T)
    for your name is good.^(U)