1. - O Lord, attend to my prayer: hearken to my supplication in thy truth; hear me in thy righteousness.
2. And enter not into judgement with thy servant, for in thy sight shall no man living be justified.
3. For the enemy has persecuted my soul; he has brought my life down to the ground; he has made me to dwell in a dark place, as those that have been long dead.
4. Therefore my spirit was grieved in me; my heart was troubled within me.
5. I remembered the days of old; and I meditated on all thy doings: yea, I meditated on the works of thine hands.
6. I spread forth my hands to thee; my soul thirsts for thee, as a dry land. Pause.
7. Hear me speedily, O Lord; my spirit has failed; turn not away thy face from me, else I shall be like to them that go down to the pit.
8. Cause me to hear thy mercy in the morning; for I have hoped in thee; make known to me, O Lord, the way wherein I should walk; for I have lifted up my soul to thee.
9. Deliver me from mine enemies, O Lord; for I have fled to thee for refuge.
10. Teach me to do thy will; for thou art my God; thy good Spirit shall guide me in the [Alex. and Heb. «land of uprightness’] straight way.
11. Thou shalt quicken me, O Lord, for thy name’s sake; in thy righteousness thou shalt bring my soul out of affliction.
12. And in thy mercy thou wilt destroy mine enemies, and wilt destroy all those that afflict my soul; for I am thy servant.