¹⁴ May these words of my mouth and this meditation of my heart
    be pleasing^(A) in your sight,
    Lord, my Rock^(B) and my Redeemer.^(C)

³⁴ May my meditation be pleasing to him,
    as I rejoice^(A) in the Lord.

¹⁵ Open my lips, Lord,^(A)
    and my mouth will declare your praise.

² The Lord is my rock,^(C) my fortress^(D) and my deliverer;^(E)
    my God is my rock, in whom I take refuge,^(F)
    my shield^[b](G) and the horn^[c] of my salvation,^(H) my stronghold.

¹⁸ If I had cherished sin in my heart,
    the Lord would not have listened;^(A)
19 but God has surely listened
    and has heard^(B) my prayer.
²⁰ Praise be to God,
    who has not rejected^(C) my prayer
    or withheld his love from me!

⁸ The Lord detests the sacrifice^(A) of the wicked,^(B)
    but the prayer of the upright pleases him.^(C)