1 Hear, Yahweh, and answer me,

for I am poor and needy.

2 Preserve my soul, for I am godly.

You, my God, save your servant who trusts in you.

3 Be merciful to me, Lord,

for I call to you all day long.

4 Bring joy to the soul of your servant,

for to you, Lord, do I lift up my soul.

5 For you, Lord, are good, and ready to forgive,

abundant in loving kindness to all those who call on you.

6 Hear, Yahweh, my prayer.

Listen to the voice of my petitions.

7 In the day of my trouble I will call on you,

for you will answer me.

8 There is no one like you among the gods, Lord,

nor any deeds like your deeds.

9 All nations you have made will come and worship before you, Lord.

They shall glorify your name.

10 For you are great, and do wondrous things.

You are God alone.

11 Teach me your way, Yahweh.

I will walk in your truth.

Make my heart undivided to fear your name.

12 I will praise you, Lord my God, with my whole heart.

I will glorify your name forever more.

13 For your loving kindness is great toward me.

You have delivered my soul from the lowest Sheol.

14 God, the proud have risen up against me.

A company of violent men have sought after my soul,

and they don’t hold regard for you before them.

15 But you, Lord, are a merciful and gracious God,

slow to anger, and abundant in loving kindness and truth.

16 Turn to me, and have mercy on me!

Give your strength to your servant.

Save the son of your servant.

17 Show me a sign of your goodness,

that those who hate me may see it, and be shamed,

because you, Yahweh, have helped me, and comforted me.

1 A Prayer of David. Bow down thine ear, O LORD, hear me, for I [am] poor and needy.

2 Preserve my soul; for I [am] merciful, O thou my God, save thy servant that trusts in thee.

3 Be merciful unto me, O Lord, for I cry unto thee daily.

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 plenteous in mercy unto all those that call upon thee.

6 Give ear, O LORD, unto my prayer and attend to the voice of my supplications.

7 In the day of my trouble I will call upon thee, for thou wilt answer me.

8 Among the gods [there is] none like unto thee, O Lord, neither is there any other who does thy works.

9 All the Gentiles whom thou hast made shall come and humble themselves before thee, O Lord; and shall glorify thy name.

10 For thou [art] great and doest wondrous things; thou alone [art] God.

11 Teach me thy way, O LORD; I will walk in thy truth; firm up my heart that I might fear thy name.

12 I will praise thee, O Lord my God, with all my heart, and I will glorify thy name for evermore.

13 For great [is] thy mercy upon me, and thou hast delivered my soul from the lowest [part of] Sheol.

14 O God, the proud are risen against me, and the assemblies of violent [men] have sought after my soul and have not set thee before them.

15 But thou, O Lord, [art] a merciful and gracious God, longsuffering and plenteous in mercy and truth.

16 O look into me and have mercy upon me; give thy strength unto thy servant and keep the son of thine handmaid.

17 Show me a token for good that those who hate me may see [it] and be ashamed because thou, O LORD, hast helped me and comforted me.: