1 A Prayer of David. Bow down thine ear, O Jehovah, and answer me ; For I am poor and needy.
2 Preserve my soul ; for I am godly : O thou my God, save thy servant that trusteth in thee.
3 Be merciful unto me, O Lord ; For unto thee do I cry all the day long.
4 Rejoice the soul of thy servant ; For unto thee, O Lord, do I lift up my soul.
5 For thou, Lord, art good, and ready to forgive, And abundant in lovingkindness unto all them that call upon thee.
6 Give ear, O Jehovah, unto my prayer ; And hearken unto the voice of my supplications.
7 In the day of my trouble I will call upon thee ; For thou wilt answer me.
8 There is none like unto thee among the gods, O Lord ; Neither are there any works like unto thy works.
9 All nations whom thou hast made shall come and worship before thee, O Lord ; And they shall glorify thy name.
10 For thou art great, and doest wondrous things : Thou art God alone.
11 Teach me thy way, O Jehovah ; I will walk in thy truth : Unite my heart to fear thy name.
12 I will praise thee, O Lord my God, with my whole heart ; And I will glorify thy name for evermore.
13 For great is thy lovingkindness toward me ; And thou hast delivered my soul from the lowest Sheol.
14 O God, the proud are risen up against me, And a company of violent men have sought after my soul, And have not set thee before them.
15 But thou, O Lord, art a God merciful and gracious, Slow to anger, and abundant in lovingkindness and truth.
16 Oh turn unto me, and have mercy upon me ; Give thy strength unto thy servant, And save the son of thy handmaid.
17 Show me a token for good, That they who hate me may see it, and be put to shame, Because thou, Jehovah, hast helped me, and comforted me.