¹⁹ But you, Lord, do not be far from me.^(A)
    You are my strength;^(B) come quickly^(C) to help me.^(D)
20 Deliver me from the sword,^(E)
    my precious life^(F) from the power of the dogs.^(G)
21 Rescue me from the mouth of the lions;^(H)
    save me from the horns of the wild oxen.^(I)

²² I will declare your name to my people;
    in the assembly^(J) I will praise you.^(K)
23 You who fear the Lord, praise him!^(L)
    All you descendants of Jacob, honor him!^(M)
    Revere him,^(N) all you descendants of Israel!
²⁴ For he has not despised^(O) or scorned
    the suffering of the afflicted one;^(P)
he has not hidden his face^(Q) from him
    but has listened to his cry for help.^(R)

²⁵ From you comes the theme of my praise in the great assembly;^(S)
    before those who fear you^[a] I will fulfill my vows.^(T)
26 The poor will eat^(U) and be satisfied;
    those who seek the Lord will praise him—^(V)
    may your hearts live forever!

²⁷ All the ends of the earth^(W)
    will remember and turn to the Lord,
and all the families of the nations
    will bow down before him,^(X)
28 for dominion belongs to the Lord^(Y)
    and he rules over the nations.

²⁹ All the rich^(Z) of the earth will feast and worship;^(AA)
    all who go down to the dust^(AB) will kneel before him—
    those who cannot keep themselves alive.^(AC)
30 Posterity^(AD) will serve him;
    future generations^(AE) will be told about the Lord.
³¹ They will proclaim his righteousness,^(AF)
    declaring to a people yet unborn:^(AG)
    He has done it!^(AH)

¹⁵ Drink water from your own cistern,
    running water from your own well.
¹⁶ Should your springs overflow in the streets,
    your streams of water in the public squares?
¹⁷ Let them be yours alone,
    never to be shared with strangers.
¹⁸ May your fountain^(A) be blessed,
    and may you rejoice in the wife of your youth.^(B)
19 A loving doe, a graceful deer^(C)—
    may her breasts satisfy you always,
    may you ever be intoxicated with her love.
²⁰ Why, my son, be intoxicated with another man’s wife?
    Why embrace the bosom of a wayward woman?

²¹ For your ways are in full view^(D) of the Lord,
    and he examines^(E) all your paths.^(F)