1 Lord, I seek refuge in you;

let me never be disgraced.  *

Save me by your righteousness.

2 Listen closely to me; rescue me quickly.

Be a rock of refuge for me,

a mountain fortress to save me.  *

3 For you are my rock and my fortress;  *

you lead and guide me

for your name’s sake.  *

4 You will free me from the net

that is secretly set for me,

for you are my refuge.  *

5 Into your hand I entrust my spirit;  *

you have redeemed me,  *Lord, God of truth.  *

6 I  * hate those who are devoted to worthless idols,

but I trust in the  Lord.  *

7 I will rejoice and be glad in your faithful love

because you have seen my affliction.

You know the troubles of my soul  *

8 and have not handed me over to the enemy.  *

You have set my feet in a spacious place.  *

9 Be gracious to me, Lord,

because I am in distress;  *

my eyes are worn out from frustration —

my whole being  * as well.  *

10 Indeed, my life is consumed with grief

and my years with groaning;  *

my strength has failed

because of my iniquity,  *

and my bones waste away.  *

11 I am ridiculed by all my adversaries

and even by my neighbors.

I am dreaded by my acquaintances;

those who see me in the street run from me.  *

12 I am forgotten: gone from memory

like a dead person — like broken pottery.  *

13 I have heard the gossip of many;

terror is on every side.  *

When they conspired against me,

they plotted to take my life.  *

14 But I trust in you, Lord;

I say, "You are my God."  *

15 The course of my life is in your power;  *

rescue me from the power of my enemies

and from my persecutors.  *

16 Make your face shine on your servant;  *

save me by your faithful love.  *

17 Lord, do not let me be disgraced when I call on you.  *

Let the wicked be disgraced;

let them be quiet  *,* in Sheol.  *

18 Let lying lips  *

that arrogantly speak against the righteous

in proud contempt be silenced.  *

19 How great is your goodness,

which you have stored up for those who fear you.

In the presence of everyone  * you have acted

for those who take refuge in you.  *

20 You hide them in the protection of your presence;  *

you conceal them in a shelter

from human schemes,

from quarrelsome tongues.  *

21 Blessed be the Lord,

for he has wondrously shown his faithful love to me

in a city under siege.  *

22 In my alarm I said,

"I am cut off from your sight."  *

But you heard the sound of my pleading

when I cried to you for help.  *

23 Love the Lord, all his faithful ones.  *

The Lord protects the loyal,

but fully repays the arrogant.  *

24 Be strong, and let your heart be courageous,  *

all you who put your hope in the  Lord.  *