⁴Rescue me, O my God, from the hand of the wicked,
from the grasp of the unjust and cruel man.
⁵For you, O Yahweh, are my hope,
my trust, O Yahweh, from my youth.
⁶Upon you I have leaned from my birth;
you are he who took me from my mother's womb.
My praise is continually of you.

⁷I have been as a portent to many;
but you are my strong refuge.
⁸My mouth is filled with your praise,
and with your glory all the day.
⁹Do not cast me off in the time of old age;
forsake me not when my strength is spent.
¹⁰For my enemies speak concerning me,
those who watch for my life consult together,
¹¹and say, "God has forsaken him;
pursue and seize him,
for there is none to deliver him."

¹²O God, be not far from me;
O my God, make haste to help me!
¹³May my accusers be put to shame and consumed;
with scorn and disgrace may they be covered who seek my hurt.
¹⁴But I will hope continually,
and will praise you yet more and more.
¹⁵My mouth will tell of your righteous acts,
of your deeds of salvation all the day,
for their number is past my knowledge.
¹⁶With the mighty deeds of Yahweh GOD I will come,
I will praise your righteousness, yours alone.

¹⁷O God, from my youth you have taught me,
and I still proclaim your wondrous deeds.
¹⁸So even to old age and gray hairs, O God, do not forsake me, till I proclaim your might to all the generations to come. Your power ¹⁹and your righteousness, O God,
reach the high heavens.

You who have done great things,
O God, who is like you? ²⁰You who have made me see many sore troubles wilt revive me again;
from the depths of the earth you will bring me up again.
²¹You will increase my honour,
and comfort me again.

²²I will also praise you with the harp for your faithfulness, O my God;
I will sing praises to you with the lyre, O Holy One of Israel.
²³My lips will shout for joy, when I sing praises to you;
my soul also, which you have rescued.
²⁴And my tongue will talk of your righteous help all the day long,
for they have been put to shame and disgraced who sought to do me hurt.