1 I n You, O Lord, I have taken refuge; Let me never be ashamed; In Your righteousness deliver me.

¶ In thee, O LORD, have I waited; let me never be ashamed; deliver me in thy righteousness.

2 I ncline Your ear to me, rescue me quickly; Be to me a rock of strength, A stronghold to save me.

Incline thine ear unto me; deliver me speedily; be thou my strong rock, for a house of defence to save me.

3 F or You are my rock and my fortress; For Your name’s sake You will lead me and guide me.

For thou art my rock and my fortress; therefore for thy name’s sake thou shalt lead me and guide me.

4 Y ou will pull me out of the net which they have secretly laid for me, For You are my strength.

Thou shalt pull me out of the net that they have laid in secret for me; for thou art my strength.

5 I nto Your hand I commit my spirit; You have ransomed me, O Lord, God of truth.

Into thy hand shall I commit my spirit; thou shalt ransom me, O LORD God of truth.

6 I hate those who regard vain idols, But I trust in the Lord.

I have hated those that regard lying vanities; but I wait in the LORD.

7 I will rejoice and be glad in Your lovingkindness, Because You have seen my affliction; You have known the troubles of my soul,

I will be glad and rejoice in thy mercy, for thou hast considered my trouble; thou hast known my soul in adversities

8 A nd You have not given me over into the hand of the enemy; You have set my feet in a large place.

and hast not shut me up into the hand of the enemy; thou hast set my feet in a wide place.

9 B e gracious to me, O Lord, for I am in distress; My eye is wasted away from grief, my soul and my body also.

¶ Have mercy upon me, O LORD, for I am in trouble: my eye is consumed with grief, yea, my soul and my belly.

10 F or my life is spent with sorrow And my years with sighing; My strength has failed because of my iniquity, And my body has wasted away.

For my life is spent with grief and my years with sighing: my strength fails because of my iniquity, and my bones are consumed.

11 B ecause of all my adversaries, I have become a reproach, Especially to my neighbors, And an object of dread to my acquaintances; Those who see me in the street flee from me.

I was a reproach among all my enemies, but especially among my neighbours, and a fear to my acquaintances: those that see me without flee from me.

12 I am forgotten as a dead man, out of mind; I am like a broken vessel.

I am forgotten as a dead man out of mind: I have become like a lost vessel.

13 F or I have heard the slander of many, Terror is on every side; While they took counsel together against me, They schemed to take away my life.

For I have heard the slander of many; fear was on every side; while they took counsel together against me, they devised to take away my life.

14 B ut as for me, I trust in You, O Lord, I say, “ You are my God.”

But I trusted in thee, O LORD; I said, Thou art my God.

15 M y times are in Your hand; Deliver me from the hand of my enemies and from those who persecute me.

My times are in thy hand: deliver me from the hand of my enemies and from those that persecute me.

16 M ake Your face to shine upon Your servant; Save me in Your lovingkindness.

Make thy face to shine upon thy slave; save me for thy mercies’ sake.

17 L et me not be put to shame, O Lord, for I call upon You; Let the wicked be put to shame, let them be silent in Sheol.

Let me not be ashamed, O LORD, for I have called upon thee; let the wicked be ashamed, and let them be cut off for Sheol.

18 L et the lying lips be mute, Which speak arrogantly against the righteous With pride and contempt.

Let the lying lips be put to silence; which speak grievous things proudly and contemptuously against the righteous.

19 H ow great is Your goodness, Which You have stored up for those who fear You, Which You have wrought for those who take refuge in You, Before the sons of men!

¶ Oh how great is thy goodness, which thou hast laid up for those that fear thee; which thou hast wrought for those that wait in thee before the sons of men!

20 Y ou hide them in the secret place of Your presence from the conspiracies of man; You keep them secretly in a shelter from the strife of tongues.

Thou shalt keep them in the secret place of thy face from the pride of man; thou shalt keep them in the tabernacle protected from the strife of tongues.

21 B lessed be the Lord, For He has made marvelous His lovingkindness to me in a besieged city.

Blessed be the LORD, for he has shown me his marvellous mercy in a strong city.

22 A s for me, I said in my alarm, “I am cut off from before Your eyes”; Nevertheless You heard the voice of my supplications When I cried to You.

For I said in my haste, I am cut off from before thine eyes; nevertheless thou hast heard the voice of my supplications when I cried unto thee.

23 O love the Lord, all you His godly ones! The Lord preserves the faithful And fully recompenses the proud doer.

O love the LORD, all ye his merciful ones, for the LORD preserves the faithful and plentifully rewards the proud doer.

24 B e strong and let your heart take courage, All you who hope in the Lord.

Be of good courage and strengthen your hearts, all ye that wait in the LORD.