^2 (C)Let Israel now say,
“His mercy endures forever.”
³ Let the house of Aaron now say,
“His mercy endures forever.”
⁴ Let those who fear the Lord now say,
“His mercy endures forever.”

^5 (D)I called on the Lord in distress;
The Lord answered me and ^(E)set me in a broad place.
^6 (F)The Lord is on my side;
I will not fear.
What can man do to me?
^7 (G)The Lord is for me among those who help me;
Therefore ^(H)I shall see my desire on those who hate me.
^8 (I)It is better to trust in the Lord
Than to put confidence in man.
^9 (J)It is better to trust in the Lord
Than to put confidence in princes.

¹⁰ All nations surrounded me,
But in the name of the Lord I will destroy them.
¹¹ They ^(K)surrounded me,
Yes, they surrounded me;
But in the name of the Lord I will destroy them.
¹² They surrounded me ^(L)like bees;
They were quenched ^(M)like a fire of thorns;
For in the name of the Lord I will ^[a]destroy them.
¹³ You pushed me violently, that I might fall,
But the Lord helped me.
^14 (N)The Lord is my strength and song,
And He has become my salvation.

¹⁵ The voice of rejoicing and salvation
Is in the tents of the righteous;
The right hand of the Lord does valiantly.
^16 (O)The right hand of the Lord is exalted;
The right hand of the Lord does valiantly.
^17 (P)I shall not die, but live,
And ^(Q)declare the works of the Lord.
¹⁸ The Lord has ^(R)chastened^[b] me severely,
But He has not given me over to death.

^19 (S)Open to me the gates of righteousness;
I will go through them,
And I will praise the Lord.
^20 (T)This is the gate of the Lord,
^(U)Through which the righteous shall enter.

²¹ I will praise You,
For You have ^(V)answered me,
And have become my salvation.

^22 (W)The stone which the builders rejected
Has become the chief cornerstone.
^23 [c]This was the Lord’s doing;
It is marvelous in our eyes.
²⁴ This is the day the Lord has made;
We will rejoice and be glad in it.

²⁵ Save now, I pray, O Lord;
O Lord, I pray, send now prosperity.
^26 (X)Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!
We have blessed you from the house of the Lord.
²⁷ God is the Lord,
And He has given us ^(Y)light;
Bind the sacrifice with cords to the horns of the altar.
²⁸ You are my God, and I will praise You;
^(Z)You are my God, I will exalt You.

²⁹ Oh, give thanks to the Lord, for He is good!
For His mercy endures forever.

⁴ I said, “Lord, be merciful to me;
^(B)Heal my soul, for I have sinned against You.”
⁵ My enemies speak evil of me:
“When will he die, and his name perish?”
⁶ And if he comes to see me, he speaks ^[c]lies;
His heart gathers iniquity to itself;
When he goes out, he tells it.

⁷ All who hate me whisper together against me;
Against me they ^[d]devise my hurt.
⁸ “An^[e] evil disease,” they say, “clings to him.
And now that he lies down, he will rise up no more.”
^9 (C)Even my own familiar friend in whom I trusted,
^(D)Who ate my bread,
Has ^[f]lifted up his heel against me.

¹⁰ But You, O Lord, be merciful to me, and raise me up,
That I may repay them.
¹¹ By this I know that You are well pleased with me,
Because my enemy does not triumph over me.
¹² As for me, You uphold me in my integrity,
And ^(E)set me before Your face forever.

^13 (F)Blessed be the Lord God of Israel
From everlasting to everlasting!
Amen and Amen.

⁴ Those who ^(E)hate me without a cause
Are more than the hairs of my head;
They are mighty who would destroy me,
Being my enemies wrongfully;
Though I have stolen nothing,
I still must restore it.

⁵ O God, You know my foolishness;
And my sins are not hidden from You.
⁶ Let not those who ^[c]wait for You, O Lord God of hosts, be ashamed because of me;
Let not those who seek You be ^[d]confounded because of me, O God of Israel.
⁷ Because for Your sake I have borne reproach;
Shame has covered my face.
^8 (F)I have become a stranger to my brothers,
And an alien to my mother’s children;
^9 (G)Because zeal for Your house has eaten me up,
^(H)And the reproaches of those who reproach You have fallen on me.
¹⁰ When I wept and chastened my soul with fasting,
That became my reproach.
¹¹ I also ^[e]made sackcloth my garment;
I became a byword to them.
¹² Those who ^[f]sit in the gate speak against me,
And I am the song of the ^(I)drunkards.

¹³ But as for me, my prayer is to You,
O Lord, in the acceptable time;
O God, in the multitude of Your mercy,
Hear me in the truth of Your salvation.
¹⁴ Deliver me out of the mire,
And let me not sink;
Let me be delivered from those who hate me,
And out of the deep waters.
¹⁵ Let not the floodwater overflow me,
Nor let the deep swallow me up;
And let not the pit shut its mouth on me.

¹⁶ Hear me, O Lord, for Your lovingkindness is good;
Turn to me according to the multitude of Your tender mercies.
¹⁷ And do not hide Your face from Your servant,
For I am in trouble;
Hear me speedily.
¹⁸ Draw near to my soul, and redeem it;
Deliver me because of my enemies.

¹⁹ You know ^(J)my reproach, my shame, and my dishonor;
My adversaries are all before You.
²⁰ Reproach has broken my heart,
And I am full of ^[g]heaviness;
^(K)I looked for someone to take pity, but there was none;
And for ^(L)comforters, but I found none.
²¹ They also gave me gall for my food,
^(M)And for my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.

^22 (N)Let their table become a snare before them,
And their well-being a trap.
^23 (O)Let their eyes be darkened, so that they do not see;
And make their loins shake continually.
^24 (P)Pour out Your indignation upon them,
And let Your wrathful anger take hold of them.
^25 (Q)Let their dwelling place be desolate;
Let no one live in their tents.
²⁶ For they persecute the ones ^(R)You have struck,
And talk of the grief of those You have wounded.
^27 (S)Add iniquity to their iniquity,
^(T)And let them not come into Your righteousness.
²⁸ Let them ^(U)be blotted out of the book of the living,
^(V)And not be written with the righteous.

²⁹ But I am poor and sorrowful;
Let Your salvation, O God, set me up on high.
^30 (W)I will praise the name of God with a song,
And will magnify Him with thanksgiving.
^31 (X)This also shall please the Lord better than an ox or bull,
Which has horns and hooves.
^32 (Y)The humble shall see this and be glad;
And you who seek God, ^(Z)your hearts shall live.
³³ For the Lord hears the poor,
And does not despise ^(AA)His prisoners.

^34 (AB)Let heaven and earth praise Him,
The seas ^(AC)and everything that moves in them.
^35 (AD)For God will save Zion
And build the cities of Judah,
That they may dwell there and possess it.
³⁶ Also, ^(AE)the ^[h]descendants of His servants shall inherit it,
And those who love His name shall dwell in it.