1 ¶ In thee, O LORD, have I waited; let me not be forever put to shame.

2 D eliver me in thy righteousness and cause me to escape; incline thine ear unto me and save me.

3 B e thou my strong habitation unto which I may continually resort; thou hast given a commandment that I should be saved because thou art my rock and my fortress.

4 D eliver me, O my God, out of the hand of the wicked, out of the hand of the perverse and violent man.

5 F or thou art my hope, O Lord GOD; thou art my security from my youth.

6 B y thee have I been sustained from the womb; thou art he that took me out of my mother’s bowels; my praise has been continually of thee.

7 I am as a wonder unto many, but thou art my strong refuge.

8 L et my mouth be filled with thy praise and with thy glory all the day.

9 D o not cast me off in the time of old age; do not forsake me when my strength fails.

10 F or my enemies speak against me, and those that lay in wait for my soul take counsel together,

11 s aying, God has forsaken him; persecute and take him for there is no one to deliver him.

12 O God, be not far from me; O my God, make haste for my help.

13 L et them be confounded and consumed that are adversaries to my soul; let them be covered with reproach and dishonour that seek my hurt.

14 ¶ But I will continually wait and will add upon all thy praise.

15 M y mouth shall show forth thy righteousness and thy salvation all the day, for I know not the numbers thereof.

16 I will go in the strength of the Lord GOD; I will make mention of thy righteousness, even of thine only.

17 O God, thou hast taught me from my youth and until now; I shall manifest thy wondrous works.

18 N ow also when I am old and grayheaded, O God, forsake me not until I have showed the strength of thy arm unto the next generation and thy power to every one that is to come,

19 a nd thy righteousness, O God, unto excellence because thou hast done great things; O God, who is like unto thee!

20 T hou who hast caused me to see great and sore troubles, shalt return and quicken me and shalt bring me up again from the depths of the earth.

21 T hou shalt increase my greatness and comfort me on every side.

22 I will also praise thee with an instrument of the psaltery, O my God; unto thee will I sing thy truth with the harp, O thou Holy One of Israel.

23 M y lips shall greatly rejoice when I sing praises unto thee and my soul, which thou hast ransomed.

24 I n the same manner my tongue shall talk of thy righteousness every day, for they are confounded, for they are brought unto shame, that seek my hurt.