1 I have a safe place in you, O Lord. Let me never be ashamed.

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

2 B ecause You are right and good, take me out of trouble. Turn Your ear to me and save me.

Deliver me in thy righteousness and cause me to escape; incline thine ear unto me and save me.

3 B e a rock to me where I live, where I may always come and where I will be safe. For You are my rock and my safe place.

Be 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 O my God, take me from the hand of the sinful, from the hand of the wrong-doer and the man without pity.

Deliver me, O my God, out of the hand of the wicked, out of the hand of the perverse and violent man.

5 F or You are my hope, O Lord God. You are my trust since I was young.

For thou art my hope, O Lord GOD; thou art my security from my youth.

6 Y ou have kept me safe from birth. It was You Who watched over me from the day I was born. My praise is always of You.

By 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 have become a wonder and surprise to many. For You are my strong safe place.

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

8 M y mouth is filled with Your praise and with Your honor all day long.

Let my mouth be filled with thy praise and with thy glory all the day.

9 D o not let me fall by the way when I am old. Do not leave me alone when my strength is gone.

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

10 F or those who hate me talk against me. Those who want to kill make plans together.

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

11 T hey say, “God has turned away from him. Run and catch him, for there is no one to take him out of trouble.”

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

12 O God, do not be far from me! O my God, hurry to help me!

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

13 L et those who are against me be ashamed and destroyed. Let those who want to hurt me be without honor and covered with shame.

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

14 B ut as for me, I will always have hope and I will praise You more and more.

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

15 M y mouth will tell about how right and good You are and about Your saving acts all day long. For there are more than I can know.

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

16 I will come in the strength of the Lord God. I will tell about how right and good You are, and You alone.

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

17 O God, You have taught me from when I was young. And I still tell about Your great works.

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

18 E ven when I am old and my hair is turning white, O God, do not leave me alone. Let me tell about Your strength to all the people living now, and about Your power to all who are to come.

Now 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 O God, You are right and good, as the heavens are high. You have done great things, O God. Who is like You?

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

20 Y ou have shown me many troubles of all kinds. But You will make me strong again. And You will bring me up again from deep in the earth.

Thou 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 A dd to my greatness, and turn to comfort me.

Thou shalt increase my greatness and comfort me on every side.

22 O my God, I will praise You with a harp. I will praise Your truth. I will sing praises to You with different kinds of harps, O Holy One of Israel.

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 will call out for joy when I sing praises to You. You have set my soul free.

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

24 M y tongue will tell about how right and good You are all day long. For those who want to hurt me are ashamed and troubled.

In 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.