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

In Thee, O Jehovah, I have trusted, Let me not be ashamed to the age.

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

In Thy righteousness Thou dost deliver me, And dost cause me to escape, Incline unto me Thine ear, 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.

Be to me for a rock -- a habitation, To go in continually, Thou hast given command to save me, For my rock and my bulwark Thou.

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

O my God, cause me to escape From the hand of the wicked, From the hand of the perverse and violent.

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

For Thou my hope, O Lord Jehovah, My trust 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.

By Thee I have been supported from the womb, From my mother's bowels Thou dost cut me out, In Thee my praise continually.

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

As a wonder I have been to many, And Thou my strong refuge.

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

Filled is my mouth Thy praise, All the day Thy beauty.

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

Cast me not off at the time of old age, According to the consumption of my power forsake me not.

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

For mine enemies have spoken against me, And those watching my soul have taken counsel together,

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

Saying, `God hath forsaken him, Pursue and catch him, for there is no deliverer.'

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

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

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.

They are ashamed, they are consumed, Who are opposing my soul, They are covered reproach and blushing, Who are seeking my evil,

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

And I continually do wait with hope, And have added unto 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.

My mouth recounteth Thy righteousness, All the day Thy salvation, For I have not known the numbers.

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

I come in the might of the Lord Jehovah, I mention Thy righteousness -- Thine only.

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

God, Thou hast taught me from my youth, And hitherto I declare Thy wonders.

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,

And also unto old age and grey hairs, O God, forsake me not, Till I declare Thy strength to a generation, To every one that cometh Thy might.

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

And Thy righteousness, O God, unto the heights, Because Thou hast done great things, O God, who like 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.

Because Thou hast showed me many and sad distresses, Thou turnest back -- Thou revivest me, And from the depths of the earth, Thou turnest back -- Thou bringest me up.

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

Thou dost increase my greatness, And Thou surroundest -- Thou comfortest me,

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.

I also thank Thee with a vessel of psaltery, Thy truth, O my God, I sing to Thee with a harp, O Holy One of Israel,

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

My lips cry aloud when I sing praise to Thee, And my soul that Thou hast redeemed,

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.

My tongue also all the day uttereth Thy righteousness, Because ashamed -- because confounded, Have been those seeking my evil!