1 (Mizmor of Dovid)

Hear my tefillah, Hashem, give ear to my techinot (supplications);

in Thy emunah answer me, and in Thy tzedakah.

2 And enter not into mishpat with Thy eved;

for in Thy sight shall no man living be yitzadak (justified).

3 For the oyev (enemy) hath persecuted my nefesh;

he hath struck down my life to the ground;

he hath made me to dwell in places of choshech (darkness),

like metei olam (those long dead).

4 Therefore is my ruach become faint within me;

my lev within me is desolate.

5 I remember yamim mikedem (days of old),

I meditate on all Thy works;

I muse on the ma’aseh (work) of Thy hands.

6 I stretch forth my hands unto Thee;

my nefesh thirsteth after Thee, like an eretz ayefah (a parched, thirsty land).

Selah

7 Hear me speedily, Hashem; my ruach faileth;

hide not Thy face from me,

lest I be like those that go down into the bor (pit).

8 Cause me to hear Thy chesed in the boker;

for in Thee do I trust;

cause me to know the Derech wherein I should walk;

for I lift up my nefesh unto Thee.

9 Save me, Hashem, from mine oyevim (enemies);

I flee unto Thee to hide me.

10 Teach me to do Retzonecha (Thy will);

for Thou art Elohai;

may Thy Ruach Tov lead me on level ground.

11 Revive me, Hashem, l’ma’an (for the sake of) Thy Shem (Name);

in Thy tzedakah bring my nefesh out of tzoros.

12 And in Thy chesed silence mine enemies,

and destroy all them that oppress my nefesh;

for I am Thy eved.