^3 (E)Consider and answer me, O Lord my God;
    ^(F)light up my eyes, lest ^(G)I sleep the sleep of death,
^4 (H)lest my enemy say, “I have prevailed over him,”
    lest my foes rejoice because I am ^(I)shaken.

⁵ But I have ^(J)trusted in your steadfast love;
    my heart shall ^(K)rejoice in your salvation.
⁶ I will sing to the Lord,
    because he has dealt bountifully with me.

³ Yet you are ^(E)holy,
    ^(F)enthroned on ^(G)the praises^[a] of Israel.
⁴ In you our fathers trusted;
    they trusted, and you delivered them.
⁵ To you they ^(H)cried and were rescued;
    in you they ^(I)trusted and were not put to shame.

⁶ But I am ^(J)a worm and not a man,
    ^(K)scorned by mankind and ^(L)despised by the people.
⁷ All who see me ^(M)mock me;
    they make mouths at me; they ^(N)wag their heads;
^8 (O)“He trusts in the Lord; let him ^(P)deliver him;
    let him rescue him, for he ^(Q)delights in him!”

⁹ Yet you are he who ^(R)took me from the womb;
    you made me trust you at my mother's breasts.
¹⁰ On you was I cast from my birth,
    and from ^(S)my mother's womb you have been my God.
¹¹ Be not ^(T)far from me,
    for trouble is near,
    and there is ^(U)none to help.

¹² Many bulls encompass me;
    ^(V)strong bulls of ^(W)Bashan surround me;
¹³ they ^(X)open wide their mouths at me,
    like a ravening and roaring lion.

¹⁴ I am ^(Y)poured out like water,
    and all my bones are ^(Z)out of joint;
my ^(AA)heart is like ^(AB)wax;
    it is melted within my breast;
¹⁵ my strength is ^(AC)dried up like a potsherd,
    and my ^(AD)tongue sticks to my jaws;
    you lay me in the dust of death.

¹⁶ For ^(AE)dogs encompass me;
    a company of evildoers ^(AF)encircles me;
they have ^(AG)pierced my hands and feet^[b]—
¹⁷ I can count all my bones—
they ^(AH)stare and gloat over me;
^18 (AI)they divide my garments among them,
    and for my clothing they cast lots.

¹⁹ But you, O Lord, ^(AJ)do not be far off!
    O you my help, ^(AK)come quickly to my aid!
²⁰ Deliver my soul from the sword,
    my precious life from the power of ^(AL)the dog!
²¹     Save me from ^(AM)the mouth of the lion!
You have rescued^[c] me from the horns of ^(AN)the wild oxen!

^22 (AO)I will tell of your name to my ^(AP)brothers;
    in the midst of the congregation I will praise you:
²³ You who ^(AQ)fear the Lord, praise him!
    All you offspring of Jacob, ^(AR)glorify him,
    and stand in awe of him, all you offspring of Israel!
²⁴ For he has not despised or abhorred
    the affliction of ^(AS)the afflicted,
and he has not ^(AT)hidden his face from him,
    but has heard, when he ^(AU)cried to him.

²⁵ From you comes my praise in the great ^(AV)congregation;
    my ^(AW)vows I will ^(AX)perform before those who fear him.
^26 (AY)The afflicted^[d] shall ^(AZ)eat and be satisfied;
    those who seek him shall praise the Lord!
    May your hearts ^(BA)live forever!

²⁷ All ^(BB)the ends of the earth shall remember
    and turn to the Lord,
and all ^(BC)the families of the nations
    shall worship before you.
²⁸ For ^(BD)kingship belongs to the Lord,
    and he rules over the nations.

²⁹ All ^(BE)the prosperous of the earth eat and worship;
    before him shall ^(BF)bow all who go down to the dust,
    even the one who could not ^(BG)keep himself alive.
³⁰ Posterity shall serve him;
    it shall be told of the Lord to the coming ^(BH)generation;
³¹ they shall ^(BI)come and proclaim his righteousness to a people yet ^(BJ)unborn,
    that he has done it.

⁴ I do not ^(I)sit with men of ^(J)falsehood,
    nor do I consort with hypocrites.
⁵ I ^(K)hate the assembly of evildoers,
    and I will not sit with the wicked.

⁶ I ^(L)wash my hands in innocence
    and go around your altar, O Lord,
⁷ proclaiming thanksgiving aloud,
    and telling all your ^(M)wondrous deeds.

⁸ O Lord, I ^(N)love the habitation of your house
    and the place where your glory dwells.
^9 (O)Do not sweep my soul away with sinners,
    nor my life with bloodthirsty men,
¹⁰ in whose hands are evil devices,
    and whose right hands are full of ^(P)bribes.

¹¹ But as for me, I shall walk in my integrity;
    redeem me, and be gracious to me.
¹² My foot stands on ^(Q)level ground;
    in ^(R)the great assembly I will bless the Lord.

^5 (L)Why are you cast down, O my soul,
    and why are you ^(M)in turmoil within me?
^(N)Hope in God; for I shall again praise him,
    my salvation^{[c] 6} and my God.

My soul is cast down within me;
    therefore I ^(O)remember you
^(P)from the land of Jordan and of ^(Q)Hermon,
    from Mount Mizar.
⁷ Deep calls to deep
    at the roar of your waterfalls;
^(R)all your breakers and your ^(S)waves
    have gone over me.
⁸ By day the Lord ^(T)commands his steadfast love,
    and at ^(U)night his song is with me,
    a prayer to the God of my life.
⁹ I say to God, ^(V)my rock:
    “Why have you forgotten me?
^(W)Why do I go mourning
    because of the oppression of the enemy?”
¹⁰ As with a deadly wound in my bones,
    my adversaries taunt me,
^(X)while they say to me all the day long,
    “Where is your God?”

^11 (Y)Why are you cast down, O my soul,
    and why are you in turmoil within me?
Hope in God; for I shall again praise him,
    my salvation and my God.

^3 (AF)Send out your light and your truth;
    let them lead me;
let them bring me to your ^(AG)holy hill
    and to your ^(AH)dwelling!
⁴ Then I will go to the altar of God,
    to God my exceeding joy,
and I will praise you with the lyre,
    O God, my God.

^5 (AI)Why are you cast down, O my soul,
    and why are you in turmoil within me?
^(AJ)Hope in God; for I shall again praise him,
    my salvation and my God.

^4 (AT)You are my King, O God;
    ^(AU)ordain salvation for Jacob!
⁵ Through you we ^(AV)push down our foes;
    through your name we ^(AW)tread down those who rise up against us.
⁶ For not in ^(AX)my bow do I trust,
    nor can my sword save me.
⁷ But you have saved us from our foes
    and have ^(AY)put to shame those who hate us.
^8 (AZ)In God we have boasted continually,
    and we will give thanks to your name forever. Selah

⁹ But you have ^(BA)rejected us and disgraced us
    and ^(BB)have not gone out with our armies.
¹⁰ You have made us ^(BC)turn back from the foe,
    and those who hate us have gotten spoil.
¹¹ You have made us like ^(BD)sheep for slaughter
    and have ^(BE)scattered us among the nations.
^12 (BF)You have sold your people for a trifle,
    demanding no high price for them.
¹³ You have made us ^(BG)the taunt of our neighbors,
    the derision and ^(BH)scorn of those around us.
¹⁴ You have made us ^(BI)a byword among the nations,
    ^(BJ)a laughingstock^[e] among the peoples.
¹⁵ All day long my disgrace is before me,
    and ^(BK)shame has covered my face
¹⁶ at the sound of the taunter and reviler,
    at the sight of ^(BL)the enemy and the avenger.

^17 (BM)All this has come upon us,
    though we have not forgotten you,
    and we have not been false to your covenant.
¹⁸ Our heart has not turned back,
    nor have our ^(BN)steps ^(BO)departed from your way;
¹⁹ yet you have ^(BP)broken us in the place of ^(BQ)jackals
    and covered us with ^(BR)the shadow of death.
²⁰ If we had forgotten the name of our God
    or ^(BS)spread out our hands to ^(BT)a foreign god,
^21 (BU)would not God discover this?
    ^(BV)For he knows the secrets of the heart.
²² Yet ^(BW)for your sake we are killed all the day long;
    we are regarded as sheep to be slaughtered.

^23 (BX)Awake! Why are you sleeping, O Lord?
    Rouse yourself! ^(BY)Do not reject us forever!
²⁴ Why ^(BZ)do you hide your face?
    Why do you forget our affliction and oppression?
²⁵ For our ^(CA)soul is bowed down to the dust;
    our belly clings to the ground.
²⁶ Rise up; ^(CB)come to our help!
    ^(CC)Redeem us for the sake of your steadfast love!

⁴ Your foes have ^(K)roared in the midst of your meeting place;
    ^(L)they set up their ^(M)own signs for ^(N)signs.
⁵ They were like those who swing ^(O)axes
    in a forest of trees.^[b]
6 And all its ^(P)carved wood
    they broke down with hatchets and hammers.
⁷ They ^(Q)set your sanctuary on fire;
    they ^(R)profaned ^(S)the dwelling place of your name,
    bringing it down to the ground.
⁸ They ^(T)said to themselves, “We will utterly subdue them”;
    they burned all the meeting places of God in the land.

⁹ We do not see our ^(U)signs;
    ^(V)there is no longer any prophet,
    and there is none among us who knows how long.
¹⁰ How long, O God, ^(W)is the foe to scoff?
    Is the enemy to revile your name forever?
¹¹ Why ^(X)do you hold back your hand, your right hand?
    Take it from the fold of your garment^[c] and destroy them!

¹² Yet ^(Y)God my King is from of old,
    working salvation in the midst of the earth.
¹³ You ^(Z)divided the sea by your might;
    you ^(AA)broke the heads of ^(AB)the sea monsters^[d] on the waters.
¹⁴ You crushed the heads of ^(AC)Leviathan;
    you gave him as food for the creatures of the wilderness.
¹⁵ You ^(AD)split open springs and brooks;
    you ^(AE)dried up ever-flowing streams.
¹⁶ Yours is the day, yours also the night;
    you have established ^(AF)the heavenly lights and the sun.
¹⁷ You have ^(AG)fixed all the boundaries of the earth;
    you have made ^(AH)summer and winter.

^18 (AI)Remember this, O Lord, how the enemy scoffs,
    and ^(AJ)a foolish people reviles your name.
¹⁹ Do not deliver the soul of your ^(AK)dove to the wild beasts;
    ^(AL)do not forget the life of your poor forever.

²⁰ Have regard for ^(AM)the covenant,
    for ^(AN)the dark places of the land are full of the habitations of violence.
²¹ Let not ^(AO)the downtrodden ^(AP)turn back in shame;
    let ^(AQ)the poor and needy praise your name.

²² Arise, O God, ^(AR)defend your cause;
    ^(AS)remember how the foolish scoff at you all the day!
²³ Do not forget the clamor of your foes,
    ^(AT)the uproar of those who rise against you, which goes up continually!

⁴ You hold my eyelids open;
    I am so ^(I)troubled that I cannot speak.
⁵ I consider ^(J)the days of old,
    the years long ago.
⁶ I said,^[a] “Let me remember my ^(K)song in the night;
    let me ^(L)meditate in my heart.”
    Then my spirit made a diligent search:
⁷ “Will the Lord ^(M)spurn forever,
    and never again ^(N)be favorable?
⁸ Has his steadfast love forever ceased?
    Are his ^(O)promises at an end for all time?
^9 (P)Has God forgotten to be gracious?
    ^(Q)Has he in anger shut up his compassion?” Selah

¹⁰ Then I said, “I will appeal to this,
    to the years of the ^(R)right hand of the Most High.”^[b]

¹¹ I will remember the deeds of the Lord;
    yes, I will ^(S)remember your wonders of old.
¹² I will ponder all your ^(T)work,
    and meditate on your ^(U)mighty deeds.
¹³ Your way, O God, is ^(V)holy.
    ^(W)What god is great like our God?
¹⁴ You are the God who ^(X)works wonders;
    you have ^(Y)made known your might among the peoples.
¹⁵ You ^(Z)with your arm redeemed your people,
    the children of Jacob and Joseph. Selah

¹⁶ When ^(AA)the waters saw you, O God,
    when the waters saw you, they were afraid;
    indeed, the deep trembled.
¹⁷ The clouds poured out water;
    the skies ^(AB)gave forth thunder;
    your ^(AC)arrows flashed on every side.
^18 (AD)The crash of your thunder was in the whirlwind;
    ^(AE)your lightnings lighted up the world;
    the earth ^(AF)trembled and shook.
¹⁹ Your ^(AG)way was through the sea,
    your path through the great waters;
    yet your footprints ^(AH)were unseen.^[c]
20 You ^(AI)led your people like a flock
    by the hand of Moses and Aaron.