⁴ Even when I walk through the darkest valley,
    I fear no danger because you are with me.
Your rod and your staff—
    they protect me.

⁵ You set a table for me
    right in front of my enemies.
You bathe my head in oil;
    my cup is so full it spills over!
⁶ Yes, goodness and faithful love
    will pursue me all the days of my life,
    and I will live^[b] in the Lord’s house
    as long as I live.

⁶ Now my head is higher than the enemies surrounding me,
    and I will offer sacrifices in God’s tent—
        sacrifices with shouts of joy!
    I will sing and praise the Lord.

⁷ Lord, listen to my voice when I cry out—
    have mercy on me and answer me!
⁸ Come, my heart says, seek God’s face.^[a]
    Lord, I do seek your face!
⁹ Please don’t hide it from me!
    Don’t push your servant aside angrily—
        you have been my help!
    God who saves me,
        don’t neglect me!
        Don’t leave me all alone!
¹⁰ Even if my father and mother left me all alone,
    the Lord would take me in.
¹¹ Lord, teach me your way;
    because of my opponents, lead me on a good path.
¹² Don’t give me over to the desires of my enemies,
    because false witnesses and violent accusers
    have taken their stand against me.
¹³ But I have sure faith
    that I will experience the Lord’s goodness
    in the land of the living!

¹⁴ Hope in the Lord!
    Be strong! Let your heart take courage!
        Hope in the Lord!

¹⁷ In just a little while won’t Lebanon become farmland once again,
    and the farmland be considered a forest?
¹⁸ On that day: The deaf will hear the words of a scroll and, freed from dimness and darkness, the eyes of the blind will see.
¹⁹ The poor will again find joy in the Lord,
    and the neediest of people will rejoice in the holy one of Israel.
²⁰ The tyrant will be no more,
    the mocker will perish,
    and all who plot evil will be eliminated:
²¹     all who incriminate others wrongly,
    who entrap the judge in the gate,
    and pointlessly postpone justice for the innocent.

²² Therefore, proclaims the Lord,
    the God of^[a] the house of Jacob,
    who redeemed Abraham:
Jacob won’t be ashamed now,
    and his face won’t grow pale now.
²³ When he sees his children among them,
    the work of my hands,
    proclaiming my name holy,
    they will make holy the holy one of Jacob,
    and stand in awe of Israel’s God.
²⁴ Those who wander in spirit will have understanding,
    and those who grumble will gain insight.