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.

³⁷ Who can speak and have it happen
    if the Lord has not decreed it?^(A)
38 Is it not from the mouth of the Most High
    that both calamities and good things come?^(B)
39 Why should the living complain
    when punished for their sins?^(C)

⁴⁰ Let us examine our ways and test them,^(D)
    and let us return to the Lord.^(E)
41 Let us lift up our hearts and our hands
    to God in heaven,^(F) and say:
⁴² “We have sinned and rebelled^(G)
    and you have not forgiven.^(H)

⁴³ “You have covered yourself with anger and pursued^(I) us;
    you have slain without pity.^(J)
44 You have covered yourself with a cloud^(K)
    so that no prayer^(L) can get through.^(M)
45 You have made us scum^(N) and refuse
    among the nations.

⁴⁶ “All our enemies have opened their mouths
    wide^(O) against us.^(P)
47 We have suffered terror and pitfalls,^(Q)
    ruin and destruction.^(R)”
⁴⁸ Streams of tears^(S) flow from my eyes^(T)
    because my people are destroyed.^(U)

⁴⁹ My eyes will flow unceasingly,
    without relief,^(V)
50 until the Lord looks down
    from heaven and sees.^(W)
51 What I see brings grief to my soul
    because of all the women of my city.

⁵² Those who were my enemies without cause
    hunted me like a bird.^(X)
53 They tried to end my life in a pit^(Y)
    and threw stones at me;
⁵⁴ the waters closed over my head,^(Z)
    and I thought I was about to perish.^(AA)

⁵⁵ I called on your name, Lord,
    from the depths^(AB) of the pit.^(AC)
56 You heard my plea:^(AD) “Do not close your ears
    to my cry for relief.”
⁵⁷ You came near^(AE) when I called you,
    and you said, “Do not fear.”^(AF)

⁵⁸ You, Lord, took up my case;^(AG)
    you redeemed my life.^(AH)

“So I declared on oath in my anger,
    ‘They shall never enter my rest.’”^[b](C)

“Today, if you hear his voice,
    do not harden your hearts.”^[d](G)