1  ^rIn you, O Lord, do I take refuge;

let me never be put to shame;

^sin your righteousness deliver me!

2  Incline your ear to me;

rescue me speedily!

Be a ^trock of refuge for me,

a strong fortress to save me!

3  For you are my rock and my fortress;

and ^ufor your name’s sake you lead me and guide me;

4  ^vyou take me out of the net they have hidden for me,

for you are my refuge.

5  ^wInto your hand I commit my spirit;

you have redeemed me, O Lord, faithful God.

6  ^xI hate¹ those who pay regard to worthless idols,

but I trust in the Lord.

7  I will rejoice and be ^yglad in your steadfast love,

because you have seen my affliction;

you have known the distress of my soul,

8  and you have not delivered me into the hand of the enemy;

you have set my feet in a ^zbroad place.

9  Be gracious to me, O Lord, for ^aI am in distress;

^bmy eye is wasted from grief;

my soul and my body also.

10  For my life is spent with sorrow,

and my years with ^csighing;

my strength fails because of my iniquity,

and ^dmy bones waste away.

11  Because of all my adversaries I have become a reproach,

especially to my neighbors,

and an object of dread to my ^eacquaintances;

those who see me in the street flee from me.

12  ^fI have been forgotten like one who is dead;

I have become ^glike a broken vessel.

13  For ^hI hear the whispering of many—

terror on every side!—

as they scheme together against me,

as they plot to take my life.

14  But I trust in you, O Lord;

ⁱI say, “You are my God.”

15  My times are in your hand;

rescue me ^jfrom the hand of my enemies and ^kfrom my persecutors!

16  ^lMake your face shine on your servant;

save me in your steadfast love!

17  O Lord, let me not be put to shame,

for I call upon you;

let the wicked be put to shame;

let them go silently to Sheol.

18  Let the lying lips be mute,

which speak insolently against the righteous

in pride and contempt.

19  Oh, how abundant is your goodness,

which you have stored up for those who fear you

and worked for those who take refuge in you,

in the sight of the children of mankind!

20  In the ^mcover of your presence you hide them

from the plots of men;

you store them in your ⁿshelter

from the strife of tongues.

21  Blessed be the Lord,

for he has ^owondrously shown his steadfast love to me

when I was in a besieged city.

22  ^pI had said in my alarm,²

^q“I am cut off from your sight.”

But you heard the voice of my pleas for mercy

when I cried to you for help.

23  Love the Lord, all you his saints!

The Lord preserves the faithful

but abundantly repays the one who acts in pride.

24  Be strong, and let your heart take courage,

all you who ^rwait for the Lord!