1  ^vHow long, O Lord? Will you forget me forever?

How long will you ^whide your face from me?

2  How long must I take counsel in my soul

and have sorrow in my heart all the day?

How long shall my enemy be exalted over me?

3  Consider and answer me, O Lord my God;

^xlight up my eyes, lest I sleep the sleep of death,

4  lest my enemy say, “I have prevailed over him,”

lest my foes rejoice because I am shaken.

5  But I have ^ytrusted in your steadfast love;

my heart shall rejoice in your salvation.

6  I will sing to the Lord,

because he has dealt bountifully with me.

1  Preserve me, O God, for in you I take refuge.

2  ^mI say to the Lord, “You are my Lord;

I have no good apart from you.”

3  As for the saints in the land, they are the excellent ones,

in whom is all my delight.²

4  The sorrows of those who run after³ another god shall multiply;

their ⁿdrink offerings of blood I will not pour out

or take their names on my lips.

5  The Lord is ^omy chosen portion and my cup;

you hold my lot.

6  The lines have fallen for me in pleasant places;

indeed, I have a beautiful inheritance.

7  I bless the Lord who gives me ^pcounsel;

in the night also my heart instructs me.⁴

8  ^qI have set the Lord always before me;

because he is ^rat my right hand, I shall not be shaken.

9  Therefore my heart is ^sglad, and my whole being⁵ rejoices;

my flesh also dwells secure.

10  ^tFor you will not abandon my soul to Sheol,

or ^ulet your holy one see corruption.⁶

11  You make known to me the path of life;

in your presence there is fullness of joy;

at your right hand are pleasures forevermore.