¹ Bend Your ear to me and listen to my words, O Eternal One;
    hear the deep cry of my heart.
² Listen to my call for help,
    my King, my True God;
    to You alone I pray.
³ In the morning, O Eternal One, listen for my voice;
    in the day’s first light, I will offer my prayer to You and watch expectantly for Your answer.

⁴ You’re not a God who smiles at sin;
    You cannot abide with evil.
⁵ The proud wither in Your presence;
    You hate all who pervert and destroy what is good.
⁶ You destroy those with lying lips;
    the Eternal detests those who murder and deceive.

⁷ Yet I, by Your loving grace,
    am welcomed into Your house;
I will turn my face toward Your holy place
    and fall on my knees in reverence before You.
⁸ O Eternal One, lead me in the path of Your righteousness
    amidst those who wish me harm;
    make Your way clear to me.

⁹ Their words cannot be trusted;
    they are destructive to their cores.
What comes out of their mouths is as foul as a rotting corpse;
    their words stink of flattery.
¹⁰ Find them guilty, O True God;
    let their own devices bring them ruin.
Throw them out, and let them drown in the deluge of their sin,
    for in revolt they brazenly spit in Your face.

¹¹ But let those who run to You for safety be glad they did;
    let them break out in joyful song.
May You keep them safe—
    their love for You resounding in their hearts.
¹² You, O Eternal, are the One who lays all good things in the laps of the right-hearted.
    Your blessings surround them like a shield.