Prayer for Protection against Oppressors.

A Prayer of David.

Hear a just cause, Lord, give Your attention to my cry; Listen to my prayer, which is not from deceitful lips.

Prayer for Victory over Enemies.

For the music director. A Psalm of David.

May the Lord answer you on a day of trouble! May the name of the God of Jacob protect you!

Prayer for Protection, Guidance, and Pardon.

A Psalm of David.

To You, Lord, I lift up my soul.

Protestation of Integrity and Prayer for Protection.

A Psalm of David.

Vindicate me, Lord, for I have walked in my integrity, And I have trusted in the Lord without wavering.

A Prayer for Help, and Praise for Its Answer.

A Psalm of David.

To You, Lord, I call; My rock, do not be deaf to me, For if You are silent to me, I will become like those who go down to the pit.

Prayer for Rescue from Enemies.

A Psalm of David.

Contend, Lord, with those who contend with me; Fight against those who fight against me.

But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth; I humbled my soul with fasting, But my prayer kept returning to me.

Prayer of a Suffering Penitent.

A Psalm of David, for a memorial.

Lord, do not rebuke me in Your wrath, And do not punish me in Your burning anger.

“Hear my prayer, Lord, and listen to my cry for help; Do not be silent to my tears; For I am a stranger with You, One who lives abroad, like all my fathers.

The Lord will send His goodness in the daytime; And His song will be with me in the night, A prayer to the God of my life.

Prayer for Help.

Vindicate me, God, and plead my case against an ungodly nation; Save me from the deceitful and unjust person!

A Contrite Sinner’s Prayer for Pardon.

For the music director. A Psalm of David, when Nathan the prophet came to him, after he had gone in to Bathsheba.

Be gracious to me, God, according to Your faithfulness; According to the greatness of Your compassion, wipe out my wrongdoings.

Prayer for Defense against Enemies.

For the music director; on stringed instruments. A Maskil of David, when the Ziphites came and said to Saul, “Is David not keeping himself hidden among us?”

Save me, God, by Your name, And vindicate me by Your power.

Hear my prayer, God; Listen to the words of my mouth.

Prayer for the Destruction of the Treacherous.

For the music director; on stringed instruments. A Maskil of David.

Listen to my prayer, God; And do not hide Yourself from my pleading.

Prayer for Rescue from Persecutors.

For the music director; set to Al-tashheth. A Mikhtam of David, when he fled from Saul in the cave.

Be gracious to me, God, be gracious to me, For my soul takes refuge in You; And in the shadow of Your wings I will take refuge Until destruction passes by.

Prayer for the Punishment of the Wicked.

For the music director; set to Al-tashheth. A Mikhtam of David.

Do you indeed speak righteousness, you gods? Do you judge fairly, you sons of mankind?

Prayer for Rescue from Enemies.

For the music director; set to Al-tashheth. A Mikhtam of David, when Saul sent men and they watched the house in order to kill him.

Rescue me from my enemies, my God; Set me securely on high away from those who rise up against me.

Grieving over Defeat in Battle, and Prayer for Help.

For the music director; according to Shushan Eduth. A Mikhtam of David, to teach; when he fought with Aram-naharaim and Aram-zobah, and Joab returned, and killed twelve thousand of Edom in the Valley of Salt.

God, You have rejected us. You have broken us; You have been angry; restore us!

Confidence in God’s Protection.

For the music director; on a stringed instrument. A Psalm of David.

Hear my cry, God; Give Your attention to my prayer.

Prayer for Rescue from Secret Enemies.

For the music director. A Psalm of David.

Hear my voice, God, in my complaint; Protect my life from dread of the enemy.

You who hear prayer, To You all mankind comes.

Praise for God’s Mighty Deeds and for His Answer to Prayer.

For the music director. A Song. A Psalm.

Shout joyfully to God, all the earth;

But God has heard; He has given attention to the sound of my prayer.

Blessed be God, Who has not turned away my prayer Nor His favor from me.