1 'n Gebed van Dawid. HERE, neig u oor, verhoor my, want ek is ellendig en behoeftig.
2 Bewaar my siel, want 'n gunsgenoot is ek; U, my God, verlos u kneg wat op U vertrou.
3 Wees my genadig, o Here, want ek roep U aan die hele dag deur.
4 Verbly die siel van u kneg, want tot U, o Here, hef ek my siel op.
5 Want U, o Here, is goed en vergewensgesind en groot van goedertierenheid vir almal wat U aanroep.
6 HERE, luister na my gebed en let op die stem van my smekinge.
7 In die dag van my benoudheid roep ek U aan, want U verhoor my.
8 Daar is niemand soos U onder die gode, Here, en daar is niks soos u werke nie.
9 Al die nasies wat U gemaak het, sal kom en hulle voor u aangesig neerbuig, Here, en hulle sal u Naam eer;
10 want U is groot en doen wonders, U alleen is God.
11 Leer my, HERE, u weg: ek sal in u waarheid wandel; verenig my hart tot die vrees van u Naam.
12 Here, my God, ek wil U loof met my hele hart en u Naam vir ewig eer;
13 want u goedertierenheid is groot oor my, en U het my siel uit die doderyk diep daaronder gered.
14 o God, vermeteles het teen my opgestaan, en 'n bende tiranne soek my lewe; en hulle stel U nie voor hul oë nie.
15 Maar U, Here, is 'n barmhartige en genadige God, lankmoedig en groot van goedertierenheid en trou.
16 Wend U tot my en wees my genadig; gee u sterkte aan u kneg en verlos die seun van u diensmaagd.
17 Doen aan my 'n teken ten goede, sodat my haters dit sien en beskaamd kan staan, omdat U, o HERE, my gehelp en getroos het.
1 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.