⁵ Trust in the Lord with all your heart,
    and do not rely on your own insight.^(A)
6 In all your ways acknowledge him,
    and he will make straight your paths.^(B)

³ But you, O Lord, are a shield around me,
    my glory, and the one who lifts up my head.^(A)
4 I cry aloud to the Lord,
    and he answers me from his holy hill. Selah^(B)

⁵ I lie down and sleep;
    I wake again, for the Lord sustains me.^(C)
6 I am not afraid of ten thousands of people
    who have set themselves against me all around.

⁷ Rise up, O Lord!
    Deliver me, O my God!
For you strike all my enemies on the cheek;
    you break the teeth of the wicked.

⁸ Deliverance belongs to the Lord;
    may your blessing be on your people! Selah^(D)

³ When my enemies turned back,
    they stumbled and perished before you.^(C)
4 For you have maintained my just cause;
    you have sat on the throne giving righteous judgment.^(D)

⁵ You have rebuked the nations; you have destroyed the wicked;
    you have blotted out their name forever and ever.^(E)
6 The enemies have vanished in everlasting ruins;
    their cities you have rooted out;
    the very memory of them has perished.^(F)

⁷ But the Lord sits enthroned forever;
    he has established his throne for judgment.^(G)
8 He judges the world with righteousness;
    he judges the peoples with equity.^(H)

⁹ The Lord is a stronghold for the oppressed,
    a stronghold in times of trouble.^(I)
10 And those who know your name put their trust in you,
    for you, O Lord, have not forsaken those who seek you.^(J)

¹¹ Sing praises to the Lord, who dwells in Zion.
    Declare his deeds among the peoples.^(K)
12 For he who avenges blood is mindful of them;
    he does not forget the cry of the afflicted.^(L)

¹³ Be gracious to me, O Lord.
    See what I suffer from those who hate me;
    you are the one who lifts me up from the gates of death,^(M)
14 so that I may recount all your praises
    and, in the gates of daughter Zion,
    rejoice in your deliverance.^(N)

¹⁵ The nations have sunk in the pit that they made;
    in the net that they hid has their own foot been caught.^(O)
16 The Lord has made himself known; he has executed judgment;
    the wicked are snared in the work of their own hands. Higgaion. Selah^(P)

¹⁷ The wicked shall depart to Sheol,
    all the nations that forget God.^(Q)

¹⁸ For the needy shall not always be forgotten,
    nor the hope of the poor perish forever.^(R)

¹⁹ Rise up, O Lord! Do not let mortals prevail;
    let the nations be judged before you.^(S)
20 Put them in fear, O Lord;
    let the nations know that they are only human. Selah^(T)

⁴ Make me to know your ways, O Lord;
    teach me your paths.^(D)
5 Lead me in your truth and teach me,
    for you are the God of my salvation;
    for you I wait all day long.^(E)

⁶ Be mindful of your mercy, O Lord, and of your steadfast love,
    for they have been from of old.^(F)
7 Do not remember the sins of my youth or my transgressions;
    according to your steadfast love remember me,
    for the sake of your goodness, O Lord!^(G)

⁸ Good and upright is the Lord;
    therefore he instructs sinners in the way.^(H)
9 He leads the humble in what is right
    and teaches the humble his way.^(I)
10 All the paths of the Lord are steadfast love and faithfulness,
    for those who keep his covenant and his decrees.^(J)

¹¹ For your name’s sake, O Lord,
    pardon my guilt, for it is great.^(K)
12 Who are they who fear the Lord?
    He will teach them the way that they should choose.

¹³ They will abide in prosperity,
    and their children shall possess the land.^(L)
14 The friendship of the Lord is for those who fear him,
    and he makes his covenant known to them.^(M)
15 My eyes are ever toward the Lord,
    for he will pluck my feet out of the net.^(N)

¹⁶ Turn to me and be gracious to me,
    for I am lonely and afflicted.^(O)
17 Relieve the troubles of my heart,
    and bring me^[a] out of my distress.^(P)
18 Consider my affliction and my trouble,
    and forgive all my sins.^(Q)

¹⁹ Consider how many are my foes
    and with what violent hatred they hate me.^(R)
20 O guard my life and deliver me;
    do not let me be put to shame, for I take refuge in you.
²¹ May integrity and uprightness preserve me,
    for I wait for you.^(S)

²² Redeem Israel, O God,
    out of all its troubles.^(T)