³ O Lord my God, if I have done this,
If there is ^(D)injustice in my hands,
⁴ If I have ^(E)rewarded evil to ^[e]my friend,
Or have ^(F)plundered ^[f]him who without cause was my adversary,
⁵ Let the enemy pursue ^[g]my soul and overtake ^[h]it;
And let him trample my life down to the ground
And lay my glory in the dust. ^[i]Selah.

^6 (G)Arise, O Lord, in Your anger;
^(H)Lift up Yourself against ^(I)the rage of my adversaries,
And ^(J)arouse Yourself ^[j]for me; You have appointed judgment.
⁷ Let the assembly of the ^(K)peoples encompass You,
And over ^[k]them return on high.
⁸ The Lord ^(L)judges the peoples;
^[l](M)Vindicate me, O Lord, according to my righteousness and my integrity that is in me.
⁹ O let ^(N)the evil of the wicked come to an end, but ^(O)establish the righteous;
For the righteous God ^(P)tries the hearts and ^[m]minds.
¹⁰ My ^(Q)shield is ^[n]with God,
Who ^(R)saves the upright in heart.
¹¹ God is a ^(S)righteous judge,
And a God who has ^(T)indignation every day.

¹² If ^[o]a man ^(U)does not repent, He will ^(V)sharpen His sword;
He has ^(W)bent His bow and ^[p]made it ready.
¹³ He has also prepared ^[q]for Himself deadly weapons;
He makes His ^(X)arrows fiery shafts.
¹⁴ Behold, he travails with wickedness,
And he ^(Y)conceives mischief and brings forth falsehood.
¹⁵ He has dug a pit and hollowed it out,
And has ^(Z)fallen into the hole which he made.
¹⁶ His ^(AA)mischief will return upon his own head,
And his ^(AB)violence will descend upon ^[r]his own pate.

¹⁷ I will give thanks to the Lord ^(AC)according to His righteousness
And will ^(AD)sing praise to the name of the Lord Most High.

^4 (I)One thing I have asked from the Lord, that I shall seek:
That I may ^(J)dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life,
To behold ^(K)the ^[c]beauty of the Lord
And to ^[d](L)meditate in His temple.
⁵ For in the ^(M)day of trouble He will ^(N)conceal me in His ^[e]tabernacle;
In the secret place of His tent He will ^(O)hide me;
He will ^(P)lift me up on a rock.
⁶ And now ^(Q)my head will be lifted up above my enemies around me,
And I will offer in His tent ^(R)sacrifices ^[f]with shouts of joy;
I will ^(S)sing, yes, I will sing praises to the Lord.

^7 (T)Hear, O Lord, when I cry with my voice,
And be gracious to me and ^(U)answer me.
⁸ When You said, “^(V)Seek My face,” my heart said to You,
“Your face, O Lord, ^(W)I shall seek.”
^9 (X)Do not hide Your face from me,
Do not turn Your servant away in ^(Y)anger;
You have been ^(Z)my help;
^(AA)Do not abandon me nor ^(AB)forsake me,
O God of my salvation!
^10 [g]For my father and ^(AC)my mother have forsaken me,
But ^(AD)the Lord will take me up.

^11 (AE)Teach me Your way, O Lord,
And lead me in a ^(AF)level path
Because of ^[h]my foes.
¹² Do not deliver me over to the ^[i](AG)desire of my adversaries,
For ^(AH)false witnesses have risen against me,
And such as ^(AI)breathe out violence.
^13 [j]I would have despaired unless I had believed that I would see the ^(AJ)goodness of the Lord
In the ^(AK)land of the living.
^14 (AL)Wait for the Lord;
Be ^(AM)strong and let your heart take courage;
Yes, wait for the Lord.

⁶ I hate those who ^(M)regard ^[d]vain idols,
But I ^(N)trust in the Lord.
⁷ I will ^(O)rejoice and be glad in Your lovingkindness,
Because You have ^(P)seen my affliction;
You have known the troubles of my soul,
⁸ And You have not ^(Q)given me over into the hand of the enemy;
You have set my feet in a large place.

⁹ Be gracious to me, O Lord, for ^(R)I am in distress;
My ^(S)eye is wasted away from grief, ^(T)my soul and my body also.
¹⁰ For my life is spent with ^(U)sorrow
And my years with sighing;
My ^(V)strength has failed because of my iniquity,
And ^(W)my ^[e]body has wasted away.
¹¹ Because of all my adversaries, I have become a ^(X)reproach,
Especially to my ^(Y)neighbors,
And an object of dread to my acquaintances;
Those who see me in the street flee from me.
¹² I am ^(Z)forgotten as a dead man, out of mind;
I am like a broken vessel.
¹³ For I have heard the ^[f](AA)slander of many,
^(AB)Terror is on every side;
While they ^(AC)took counsel together against me,
They ^(AD)schemed to take away my life.

¹⁴ But as for me, I trust in You, O Lord,
I say, “^(AE)You are my God.”
¹⁵ My ^(AF)times are in Your hand;
^(AG)Deliver me from the hand of my enemies and from those who persecute me.
¹⁶ Make Your ^(AH)face to shine upon Your servant;
^(AI)Save me in Your lovingkindness.
¹⁷ Let me not be ^(AJ)put to shame, O Lord, for I call upon You;
Let the ^(AK)wicked be put to shame, let them ^(AL)be silent in ^[g]Sheol.
¹⁸ Let the ^(AM)lying lips be mute,
Which ^(AN)speak arrogantly against the righteous
With pride and contempt.

¹⁹ How great is Your ^(AO)goodness,
Which You have stored up for those who fear You,
Which You have wrought for those who ^(AP)take refuge in You,
^(AQ)Before the sons of men!
²⁰ You hide them in the ^(AR)secret place of Your presence from the ^(AS)conspiracies of man;
You keep them secretly in a ^[h]shelter from the ^(AT)strife of tongues.
^21 (AU)Blessed be the Lord,
For He has made ^(AV)marvelous His lovingkindness to me in a besieged ^(AW)city.
²² As for me, ^(AX)I said in my alarm,
“I am ^(AY)cut off from before Your eyes”;
Nevertheless You ^(AZ)heard the voice of my supplications
When I cried to You.

²³ O love the Lord, all you ^(BA)His godly ones!
The Lord ^(BB)preserves the faithful
And fully ^(BC)recompenses the proud doer.
^24 (BD)Be strong and let your heart take courage,
All you who ^[i]hope in the Lord.

⁴ I ^(G)sought the Lord, and He answered me,
And ^(H)delivered me from all my fears.
⁵ They ^(I)looked to Him and were radiant,
And their faces will ^(J)never be ashamed.
⁶ This ^[c]poor man cried, and ^(K)the Lord heard him
And saved him out of all his troubles.
⁷ The ^(L)angel of the Lord encamps around those who fear Him,
And rescues them.

⁸ O ^(M)taste and see that the Lord is good;
How ^(N)blessed is the man who takes refuge in Him!
⁹ O fear the Lord, you ^(O)His saints;
For to those who fear Him there is ^(P)no want.
¹⁰ The young lions do lack and suffer hunger;
But they who seek the Lord shall ^(Q)not be in want of any good thing.
^11 (R)Come, you children, listen to me;
^(S)I will teach you ^(T)the fear of the Lord.
^12 (U)Who is the man who desires life
And loves length of days that he may ^(V)see good?
¹³ Keep ^(W)your tongue from evil
And your lips from speaking ^(X)deceit.
^14 (Y)Depart from evil and do good;
Seek peace and ^(Z)pursue it.

¹⁵ The ^(AA)eyes of the Lord are toward the righteous
And His ears are open to their cry.
¹⁶ The ^(AB)face of the Lord is against evildoers,
To ^(AC)cut off the memory of them from the earth.
¹⁷ The righteous ^(AD)cry, and the Lord hears
And delivers them out of all their troubles.
¹⁸ The Lord ^(AE)is near to the ^(AF)brokenhearted
And saves those who are ^[d](AG)crushed in spirit.

^19 (AH)Many are the ^(AI)afflictions of the righteous,
But the Lord ^(AJ)delivers him out of them all.
²⁰ He keeps all his bones,
^(AK)Not one of them is broken.
^21 (AL)Evil shall slay the wicked,
And those who hate the righteous will be ^[e]condemned.
²² The Lord ^(AM)redeems the soul of His servants,
And none of those who ^(AN)take refuge in Him will be ^[f]condemned.

^5 [d]But God will break you down forever;
He will snatch you up and ^(I)tear you away from your tent,
And ^(J)uproot you from the ^(K)land of the living. Selah.
⁶ The righteous will ^(L)see and fear,
And will ^(M)laugh at him, saying,
⁷ “Behold, the man who would not make God his refuge,
But ^(N)trusted in the abundance of his riches
And ^(O)was strong in ^[e]his evil desire.”

⁸ But as for me, I am like a ^(P)green olive tree in the house of God;
I ^(Q)trust in the lovingkindness of God forever and ever.
⁹ I will ^(R)give You thanks forever, because You have done it,
And I will wait on Your name, ^(S)for it is good, in the presence of Your godly ones.