⁵ Yes, my soul, find rest in God;^(A)
    my hope comes from him.
⁶ Truly he is my rock and my salvation;
    he is my fortress, I will not be shaken.
⁷ My salvation and my honor depend on God^[a];
    he is my mighty rock, my refuge.^(B)
8 Trust in him at all times, you people;^(C)
    pour out your hearts to him,^(D)
    for God is our refuge.

⁹ Surely the lowborn^(E) are but a breath,^(F)
    the highborn are but a lie.
If weighed on a balance,^(G) they are nothing;
    together they are only a breath.
¹⁰ Do not trust in extortion^(H)
    or put vain hope in stolen goods;^(I)
though your riches increase,
    do not set your heart on them.^(J)

¹¹ One thing God has spoken,
    two things I have heard:
“Power belongs to you, God,^(K)
12     and with you, Lord, is unfailing love”;^(L)
and, “You reward everyone
    according to what they have done.”^(M)

¹⁴ Cursed be the day I was born!^(A)
    May the day my mother bore me not be blessed!
¹⁵ Cursed be the man who brought my father the news,
    who made him very glad, saying,
    “A child is born to you—a son!”
¹⁶ May that man be like the towns^(B)
    the Lord overthrew without pity.
May he hear wailing^(C) in the morning,
    a battle cry at noon.
¹⁷ For he did not kill me in the womb,^(D)
    with my mother as my grave,
    her womb enlarged forever.
¹⁸ Why did I ever come out of the womb^(E)
    to see trouble^(F) and sorrow
    and to end my days in shame?^(G)