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

^elet me never be put to shame!

2  ^fIn your righteousness deliver me and rescue me;

incline your ear to me, and save me!

3  Be to me a ^grock of refuge,

to which I may continually come;

you have given the command to save me,

for you are my rock and my fortress.

4  Rescue me, O my God, from the hand of the wicked,

from the grasp of the unjust and cruel man.

5  For you, O Lord, are my hope,

my trust, O Lord, from my youth.

6  Upon you I have leaned from before my birth;

^hyou are he who took me from my mother’s womb.

My praise is ⁱcontinually of you.

7  I have been as a portent to many,

but you are my strong refuge.

8  My mouth is filled with your praise,

and with your glory all the day.

9  ^jDo not cast me off in the time of old age;

^kforsake me not when my strength is spent.

10  For my enemies speak concerning me;

those who ^lwatch for my life ^mconsult together

11  and ⁿsay, “God has forsaken him;

pursue and seize him,

for there is none to deliver him.”

12  O God, ^obe not far from me;

O my God, ^pmake haste to help me!

13  May my accusers be put to shame and consumed;

with scorn and disgrace may they be ^qcovered

who seek my hurt.

14  But I will hope continually

and will praise you yet more and more.

15  My mouth will tell of your righteous acts,

of your deeds of salvation all the day,

for ^rtheir number is past my knowledge.

16  With the mighty deeds of the Lord God I will come;

I will remind them of your righteousness, yours alone.

17  O God, from my youth you have taught me,

and I still proclaim your wondrous deeds.

18  So ^seven to old age and gray hairs,

O God, do not forsake me,

until I proclaim your might to another generation,

your power to all those to come.

19  ^tYour righteousness, O God,

^ureaches the high heavens.

You who have done great things,

O God, ^vwho is like you?

20  ^wYou who have made me see many troubles and calamities

will ^xrevive me again;

from the depths of the earth

you will bring me up again.

21  You will increase my greatness

and comfort me again.

22  ^yI will also praise you with the harp

for your faithfulness, O my God;

I will sing praises to you with the lyre,

O Holy One of Israel.

23  My lips will shout for joy,

when I sing praises to you;

my soul also, which you have redeemed.

24  And my tongue will talk of your righteous help all the day long,

for they have been put to shame and disappointed

who sought to do me hurt.