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| [1]A Prayer of David. Bow down thy ear, O LORD, hear me: for I am poor and needy. |
[1]A Prayer of David. Incline, O Jehovah, Thine ear, Answer me, for I [am] poor and needy. |
| [2]Preserve my soul; for I am holy: O thou my God, save thy servant that trusteth in thee. |
[2]Keep my soul, for I [am] pious, Save Thy servant -- who is trusting to Thee, O Thou, my God. |
| [3]Be merciful to me, O Lord: for I cry to thee daily. |
[3]Favour me, O Lord, for to Thee I call all the day. |
| [4]Rejoice the soul of thy servant: for to thee, O Lord, do I lift up my soul. |
[4]Rejoice the soul of Thy servant, For unto Thee, O Lord, my soul I lift up. |
| [5]For thou, Lord, art good, and ready to forgive; and abundant in mercy to all them that call upon thee. |
[5]For Thou, Lord, [art] good and forgiving. And abundant in kindness to all calling Thee. |
| [6]Give ear, O LORD, to my prayer; and attend to the voice of my supplications. |
[6]Hear, O Jehovah, my prayer, And attend to the voice of my supplications. |
| [7]In the day of my trouble I will call upon thee: for thou wilt answer me. |
[7]In a day of my distress I call Thee, For Thou dost answer me. |
| [8]Among the gods there is none like thee, O Lord; neither are there any works like thy works. |
[8]There is none like Thee among the gods, O Lord, And like Thy works there are none. |
| [9]All nations whom thou hast made shall come and worship before thee, O Lord; and shall glorify thy name. |
[9]All nations that Thou hast made Come and bow themselves before Thee, O Lord, And give honour to Thy name. |
| [10]For thou art great, and doest wondrous things: thou art God alone. |
[10]For great [art] Thou, and doing wonders, Thou [art] God Thyself alone. |
| [11]Teach me thy way, O LORD; I will walk in thy truth: unite my heart to fear thy name. |
[11]Show me, O Jehovah, Thy way, I walk in Thy truth, My heart doth rejoice to fear Thy name. |
| [12]I will praise thee, O Lord my God, with all my heart: and I will glorify thy name for evermore. |
[12]I confess Thee, O Lord my God, with all my heart, And I honour Thy name to the age. |
| [13]For great is thy mercy towards me: and thou hast delivered my soul from the lowest hell. |
[13]For Thy kindness [is] great toward me, And Thou hast delivered my soul from the lowest Sheol. |
| [14]O God, the proud have risen against me, and the assemblies of violent men have sought after my soul; and have not set thee before them. |
[14]O God, the proud have risen up against me, And a company of the terrible sought my soul, And have not placed Thee before them, |
| [15]But thou, O Lord, art a God full of compassion, and gracious; long-suffering, and abundant in mercy and truth. |
[15]And Thou, O Lord, [art] God, merciful and gracious, Slow to anger, and abundant in kindness and truth. |
| [16]O turn to me, and have mercy upon me; give thy strength to thy servant, and save the son of thy handmaid. |
[16]Look unto me, and favour me, Give Thy strength to Thy servant, And give salvation to a son of Thine handmaid. |
| [17]Show me a token for good; that they who hate me may see it, and be ashamed: because thou, LORD, hast helped me, and comforted me. |
[17]Do with me a sign for good, And those hating me see and are ashamed, For Thou, O Jehovah, hast helped me, Yea, Thou hast comforted me! |