A Prayer by David.

• ¹Hear, Yahweh, and answer me,
• for I am poor and needy.

• ²Preserve my soul, for I am godly.
• You, my God, save your servant who trusts in you.

• ³Be merciful to me, Lord,
• for I call to you all day long.

• ⁴Bring joy to the soul of your servant,
• for to you, Lord, do I lift up my soul.

• ⁵For you, Lord, are good, and ready to forgive;
• abundant in loving kindness to all those who call on you.

• ⁶Hear, Yahweh, my prayer.
• Listen to the voice of my petitions.

• ⁷In the day of my trouble I will call on you,
• for you will answer me.

• ⁸There is no one like you among the gods, Lord,
• nor any deeds like your deeds.

• ⁹All nations you have made will come and worship before you, Lord.
• They shall glorify your name.

• ¹⁰For you are great, and do wondrous things.
• You are God alone.

• ¹¹Teach me your way, Yahweh.
• I will walk in your truth.
• Make my heart undivided to fear your name.

• ¹²I will praise you, Lord my God, with my whole heart.
• I will glorify your name forevermore.

• ¹³For your loving kindness is great toward me.
• You have delivered my soul from the lowest Sheol *Sheol is the place of the dead..

• ¹⁴God, the proud have risen up against me.
• A company of violent men have sought after my soul,
• and they don’t hold regard for you before them.

• ¹⁵But you, Lord, are a merciful and gracious God,
• slow to anger, and abundant in loving kindness and truth.

• ¹⁶Turn to me, and have mercy on me!
• Give your strength to your servant.
• Save the son of your handmaid.

• ¹⁷Show me a sign of your goodness,
• that those who hate me may see it, and be shamed,
• because you, Yahweh, have helped me, and comforted me.