⁴ Rescue me, O my God, from the hand of the wicked,
    from the grasp of the unjust and cruel.^(D)
5 For you, O Lord, are my hope,
    my trust, O Lord, from my youth.^(E)
6 From my birth I have leaned upon you,
    my protector since my mother’s womb.^[b]
My praise is continually of you.^(F)

⁷ I have been like a portent to many,
    but you are my strong refuge.^(G)
8 My mouth is filled with your praise
    and with your glory all day long.^(H)
9 Do not cast me off in the time of old age;
    do not forsake me when my strength is spent.^(I)
10 For my enemies speak concerning me,
    and those who watch for my life consult together.^(J)
11 They say, “Pursue and seize that person
    whom God has forsaken,
    for there is no one to deliver.”^(K)

¹² O God, do not be far from me;
    O my God, make haste to help me!^(L)
13 Let my accusers be put to shame and consumed;
    let those who seek to hurt me
    be covered with scorn and disgrace.^(M)
14 But I will hope continually
    and will praise you yet more and more.
¹⁵ My mouth will tell of your righteous acts,
    of your deeds of salvation all day long,
    though their number is past my knowledge.^(N)
16 I will come praising the mighty deeds of the Lord God;
    I will praise your righteousness, yours alone.^(O)

¹⁷ O God, from my youth you have taught me,
    and I still proclaim your wondrous deeds.^(P)
18 So even to old age and gray hairs,
    O God, do not forsake me,
until I proclaim your might
    to all the generations to come.^[c]
Your power^{(Q) 19} and your righteousness, O God,
    reach the high heavens.

You who have done great things,
    O God, who is like you?^(R)
20 You who have made me see many troubles and calamities
    will revive me again;
from the depths of the earth
    you will bring me up again.^(S)
21 You will increase my honor
    and comfort me once again.

²² I will also praise you with the harp
    for your faithfulness, O my God;
I will sing praises to you with the lyre,
    O Holy One of Israel.^(T)
23 My lips will shout for joy
    when I sing praises to you;
    my soul also, which you have rescued.^(U)
24 All day long my tongue will talk of your righteous help,
for those who tried to do me harm
    have been put to shame and disgraced.^(V)