1 By U, o HERE, skuil ek: laat my nie vir altyd beskaamd staan nie!

2 Red my deur u geregtigheid en bevry my; neig u oor tot my en verlos my!

3 Wees vir my 'n rots om in te woon, om gedurig in te gaan; U wat bevel gegee het om my te verlos, want U is my rots en my bergvesting.

4 My God, red my uit die hand van die goddelose, uit die mag van hom wat onreg doen, en van die geweldenaar.

5 Want U is my verwagting, Here HERE, my vertroue van my jeug af.

6 Op U het ek gesteun van die geboorte af, van die moederskoot af is U my bevryder; oor U is my lof altyddeur.

7 Ek was vir baie soos 'n wonder; maar U is my magtige toevlug.

8 My mond is vol van u lof, die hele dag van u roem.

9 Verwerp my nie in die tyd van die ouderdom nie, verlaat my nie as my krag gedaan is nie.

10 Want my vyande praat van my, en die wat op my lewe loer, hou saam raad

11 en sê: God het hom verlaat; agtervolg en gryp hom, want daar is geen redder nie!

12 o God, wees nie ver van my af nie; my God, maak tog gou om my te help!

13 Laat hulle wat my as vyand behandel, beskaamd staan, verteer word; laat hulle wat my ongeluk soek, hulleself toedraai in smaad en skande.

14 Maar ,k sal altyddeur hoop en al u lof vermeerder.

15 My mond sal u geregtigheid vertel, die hele dag u heil; want ek ken nie die maat daarvan nie.

16 Ek sal kom met die magtige dade van die Here HERE; ek sal u geregtigheid vermeld, die van U alleen.

17 o God, U het my geleer van my jeug af, en tot nou toe verkondig ek u wonders.

18 En ook tot die ouderdom en die grysheid toe -- o God, verlaat my nie, totdat ek aan die volgende geslag u arm verkondig, aan almal wat sal kom, u mag.

19 Ook is u geregtigheid, o God, tot in die hoogte; U wat groot dinge gedoen het, o God, wie is soos U?

20 U wat my baie en bange node laat sien het, sal my weer lewend maak en my weer ophaal uit die watervloede van die aarde.

21 Vermeerder my grootheid, en wend U om en troos my.

22 So wil ek U dan ook loof met die instrument van die harp, u trou, my God! Ek wil psalmsing tot u eer op die siter, o Heilige van Israel!

23 My lippe sal jubel as ek psalmsing tot u eer, en my siel, wat U verlos het.

24 Ook sal my tong u geregtigheid die hele dag prys, want hulle het beskaamd gestaan, want hulle wat my ongeluk soek, het rooi van skaamte geword.

1 In thee, O Jehovah, do I take refuge:

Let me never be put to shame.

2 Deliver me in thy righteousness, and rescue me:

Bow down thine ear unto me, and save me.

3 Be thou to me a rock of habitation, whereunto I may continually resort:

Thou hast given commandment to save me;

For thou art my rock and my fortress.

4 Rescue me, O my God, out of the hand of the wicked,

Out of the hand of the unrighteous and cruel man.

5 For thou art my hope, O Lord Jehovah:

Thou art my trust from my youth.

6 By thee have I been holden up from the womb;

Thou art he that took me out of my mother’s bowels:

My praise shall be continually of thee.

7 I am as a wonder unto many;

But thou art my strong refuge.

8 My mouth shall be filled with thy praise,

And with thy honor all the day.

9 Cast me not off in the time of old age;

Forsake me not when my strength faileth.

10 For mine enemies speak concerning me;

And they that watch for my soul take counsel together,

11 Saying, God hath forsaken him:

Pursue and take him; for there is none to deliver.

12 O God, be not far from me;

O my God, make haste to help me.

13 Let them be put to shame and consumed that are adversaries to my soul;

Let them be covered with reproach and dishonor that seek my hurt.

14 But I will hope continually,

And will praise thee yet more and more.

15 My mouth shall tell of thy righteousness,

And of thy salvation all the day;

For I know not the numbers thereof.

16 I will come with the mighty acts of the Lord Jehovah:

I will make mention of thy righteousness, even of thine only.

17 O God, thou hast taught me from my youth;

And hitherto have I declared thy wondrous works.

18 Yea, even when I am old and grayheaded, O God, forsake me not,

Until I have declared thy strength unto the next generation,

Thy might to every one that is to come.

19 Thy righteousness also, O God, is very high;

Thou who hast done great things, O God, who is like unto thee?

20 Thou, who hast showed us many and sore troubles,

Wilt quicken us again,

And wilt bring us up again from the depths of the earth.

21 Increase thou my greatness,

And turn again and comfort me.

22 I will also praise thee with the psaltery,

Even thy truth, O my God:

Unto thee will I sing praises with the harp,

O thou Holy One of Israel.

23 My lips shall shout for joy when I sing praises unto thee;

And my soul, which thou hast redeemed.

24 My tongue also shall talk of thy righteousness all the day long;

For they are put to shame, for they are confounded, that seek my hurt.