“In just a little while,
    he who is coming^(J) will come
    and will not delay.”^[a](K)

“But my righteous^[b] one will live by faith.^(L)
    And I take no pleasure
    in the one who shrinks back.”^[c](M)

³ Trust in the Lord and do good;
    dwell in the land^(E) and enjoy safe pasture.^(F)
4 Take delight^(G) in the Lord,
    and he will give you the desires of your heart.^(H)

⁵ Commit your way to the Lord;
    trust in him^(I) and he will do this:
⁶ He will make your righteous reward^(J) shine like the dawn,^(K)
    your vindication like the noonday sun.

⁷ Be still^(L) before the Lord
    and wait patiently^(M) for him;
do not fret^(N) when people succeed in their ways,^(O)
    when they carry out their wicked schemes.^(P)

²⁴ though he may stumble, he will not fall,^(A)
    for the Lord upholds^(B) him with his hand.

²⁵ I was young and now I am old,
    yet I have never seen the righteous forsaken^(C)
    or their children begging^(D) bread.

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)

⁵ Why, my soul, are you downcast?^(AS)
    Why so disturbed^(AT) within me?
Put your hope in God,^(AU)
    for I will yet praise^(AV) him,
    my Savior^(AW) and my God.^(AX)

⁶ My soul is downcast within me;
    therefore I will remember^(AY) you
from the land of the Jordan,^(AZ)
    the heights of Hermon^(BA)—from Mount Mizar.
⁷ Deep calls to deep^(BB)
    in the roar of your waterfalls;
all your waves and breakers
    have swept over me.^(BC)

⁸ By day the Lord directs his love,^(BD)
    at night^(BE) his song^(BF) is with me—
    a prayer to the God of my life.^(BG)

⁹ I say to God my Rock,^(BH)
    “Why have you forgotten^(BI) me?
Why must I go about mourning,^(BJ)
    oppressed^(BK) by the enemy?”^(BL)
10 My bones suffer mortal agony^(BM)
    as my foes taunt^(BN) me,
saying to me all day long,
    “Where is your God?”^(BO)

¹¹ Why, my soul, are you downcast?
    Why so disturbed within me?
Put your hope in God,
    for I will yet praise him,
    my Savior and my God.^(BP)