¹ In you, Lord, I have taken refuge.

Let me never be put to shame.
In your righteousness deliver me.
² Turn your ear toward me.
Hurry! Rescue me!
Be a rock where I take refuge,
a fortified place that saves me.

³ Yes, you are my rocky cliff and my stronghold.
For the sake of your name you will lead me and guide me.
⁴ You will pull me out of the net that they hid for me,
because you are my refuge.
⁵ Into your hand I commit my spirit.
You have redeemed me, O Lord, the God of truth.
⁶ I hate those who keep worthless idols,
but I trust in the Lord.
⁷ I will be glad and rejoice in your mercy,
because you saw my affliction.
You knew the distress of my soul.
⁸ You have not left me in the hand of the enemy.
You have made my feet stand in a wide-open space.

⁹ Be merciful to me, Lord, for I am in distress.
My eye grows weak with sorrow—
my soul and my body too.
¹⁰ Yes, my life is consumed by grief,
and my years by groaning.
My strength fails because of my guilt,
and my bones grow weak.
¹¹ Because of all my foes,
I am a disgrace, especially to my neighbors.
I am dreaded by those who know me.
Those who see me on the street flee from me.
¹² I have been forgotten like a dead man, gone from memory.^[a]
I have become like a broken pot.
¹³ Yes, I hear the slander of many.
There is terror on every side.
When they conspire together against me,
they plot to take my life.

¹⁴ But I—I trust in you, O Lord.
I say, “You are my God.”
¹⁵ My times are in your hand.
Deliver me from the hand of my enemies
and from those who pursue me.
¹⁶ Let your face shine on your servant.
Save me in your mercy.
¹⁷ Do not allow me to be put to shame, O Lord,
because I have cried out to you.
But let the wicked be put to shame.
Let them be silent in the grave.^[b]
18 Let lying lips be silenced,
those who speak against the righteous
    impudently with pride and contempt.

¹⁹ How great is your goodness,
which you store up for those who fear you,
which you deliver for those who take refuge in you
    in the presence of the people.
²⁰ You hide them in your presence from the schemes of man.
You conceal them in your shelter from accusing tongues.
²¹ Blessed be the Lord,
because he made his mercy wonderful for me
    when I was in a besieged city.
²² In my alarm I said, “I am cut off from before your eyes!”
But you heard the sound of my cry for mercy
    when I cried out to you.
²³ Love the Lord, all his favored ones!
The Lord preserves the faithful,
but he pays back in full the one who acts proudly.
²⁴ Be strong, and let your heart be firm,
    all you who wait confidently for the Lord.