² When the wicked advance against me
    to devour^[a] me,
it is my enemies and my foes
    who will stumble and fall.^(E)
3 Though an army besiege me,
    my heart will not fear;^(F)
though war break out against me,
    even then I will be confident.^(G)

⁴ One thing^(H) I ask from the Lord,
    this only do I seek:
that I may dwell in the house of the Lord
    all the days of my life,^(I)
to gaze on the beauty of the Lord
    and to seek him in his temple.
⁵ For in the day of trouble^(J)
    he will keep me safe^(K) in his dwelling;
he will hide me^(L) in the shelter of his sacred tent
    and set me high upon a rock.^(M)

⁶ Then my head will be exalted^(N)
    above the enemies who surround me;^(O)
at his sacred tent I will sacrifice^(P) with shouts of joy;^(Q)
    I will sing^(R) and make music^(S) to the Lord.

⁷ Hear my voice^(T) when I call, Lord;
    be merciful to me and answer me.^(U)
8 My heart says of you, “Seek his face!^(V)”
    Your face, Lord, I will seek.
⁹ Do not hide your face^(W) from me,
    do not turn your servant away in anger;^(X)
    you have been my helper.^(Y)
Do not reject me or forsake^(Z) me,
    God my Savior.^(AA)
10 Though my father and mother forsake me,
    the Lord will receive me.
¹¹ Teach me your way,^(AB) Lord;
    lead me in a straight path^(AC)
    because of my oppressors.^(AD)
12 Do not turn me over to the desire of my foes,
    for false witnesses^(AE) rise up against me,
    spouting malicious accusations.

¹³ I remain confident of this:
    I will see the goodness of the Lord^(AF)
    in the land of the living.^(AG)
14 Wait^(AH) for the Lord;
    be strong^(AI) and take heart
    and wait for the Lord.

³ For the Lord is the great God,^(H)
    the great King^(I) above all gods.^(J)
4 In his hand are the depths of the earth,^(K)
    and the mountain peaks belong to him.
⁵ The sea is his, for he made it,
    and his hands formed the dry land.^(L)

⁶ Come, let us bow down^(M) in worship,^(N)
    let us kneel^(O) before the Lord our Maker;^(P)
7 for he is our God
    and we are the people of his pasture,^(Q)
    the flock under his care.

Today, if only you would hear his voice,
⁸ “Do not harden your hearts^(R) as you did at Meribah,^[a](S)
    as you did that day at Massah^[b] in the wilderness,^(T)
9 where your ancestors tested^(U) me;
    they tried me, though they had seen what I did.
¹⁰ For forty years^(V) I was angry with that generation;
    I said, ‘They are a people whose hearts go astray,^(W)
    and they have not known my ways.’^(X)
11 So I declared on oath^(Y) in my anger,
    ‘They shall never enter my rest.’”^(Z)

³ I am overwhelmed with troubles^(C)
    and my life draws near to death.^(D)
4 I am counted among those who go down to the pit;^(E)
    I am like one without strength.^(F)
5 I am set apart with the dead,
    like the slain who lie in the grave,
whom you remember no more,
    who are cut off^(G) from your care.

⁶ You have put me in the lowest pit,
    in the darkest depths.^(H)
7 Your wrath^(I) lies heavily on me;
    you have overwhelmed me with all your waves.^[d](J)
8 You have taken from me my closest friends^(K)
    and have made me repulsive to them.
I am confined^(L) and cannot escape;^(M)
9     my eyes^(N) are dim with grief.

I call^(O) to you, Lord, every day;
    I spread out my hands^(P) to you.
¹⁰ Do you show your wonders to the dead?
    Do their spirits rise up and praise you?^(Q)
11 Is your love declared in the grave,
    your faithfulness^(R) in Destruction^[e]?
¹² Are your wonders known in the place of darkness,
    or your righteous deeds in the land of oblivion?

¹³ But I cry to you for help,^(S) Lord;
    in the morning^(T) my prayer comes before you.^(U)
14 Why, Lord, do you reject^(V) me
    and hide your face^(W) from me?

¹⁵ From my youth^(X) I have suffered^(Y) and been close to death;
    I have borne your terrors^(Z) and am in despair.^(AA)
16 Your wrath^(AB) has swept over me;
    your terrors^(AC) have destroyed me.
¹⁷ All day long they surround me like a flood;^(AD)
    they have completely engulfed me.
¹⁸ You have taken from me friend^(AE) and neighbor—
    darkness is my closest friend.