7  ^hHear, O Lord, when I cry aloud;

be gracious to me and ⁱanswer me!

8  You have said, ^j“Seek¹ my face.”

My heart says to you,

“Your face, Lord, do I seek.”²

9  ^kHide not your face from me.

Turn not your servant away in anger,

O you who have been my help.

Cast me not off; ^lforsake me not,

O God of my salvation!

10  For my father and my mother have forsaken me,

but the Lord will take me in.

11  ^mTeach me your way, O Lord,

and ⁿlead me on a level path

because of my enemies.

12  ^oGive me not up to the will of my adversaries;

for ^pfalse witnesses have risen against me,

and they breathe out violence.