| [an error occurred while processing this directive] | New Living Translation |
| 1[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 1O LORD, I have come to you for protection; don’t let me be disgraced. Save me, for you do what is right. |
| 2[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 2Turn your ear to listen to me; rescue me quickly. Be my rock of protection, a fortress where I will be safe. |
| 3[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 3You are my rock and my fortress. For the honor of your name, lead me out of this danger. |
| 4[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 4Pull me from the trap my enemies set for me, for I find protection in you alone. |
| 5[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 5I entrust my spirit into your hand. Rescue me, LORD, for you are a faithful God. |
| 6[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 6I hate those who worship worthless idols. I trust in the LORD. |
| 7[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 7I will be glad and rejoice in your unfailing love, for you have seen my troubles, and you care about the anguish of my soul. |
| 8[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 8You have not handed me over to my enemies but have set me in a safe place. |
| 9[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 9Have mercy on me, LORD, for I am in distress. Tears blur my eyes. My body and soul are withering away. |
| 10[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 10I am dying from grief; my years are shortened by sadness. Sin has drained my strength; I am wasting away from within. |
| 11[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 11I am scorned by all my enemies and despised by my neighbors— even my friends are afraid to come near me. When they see me on the street, they run the other way. |
| 12[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 12I am ignored as if I were dead, as if I were a broken pot. |
| 13[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 13I have heard the many rumors about me, and I am surrounded by terror. My enemies conspire against me, plotting to take my life. |
| 14[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 14But I am trusting you, O LORD, saying, “You are my God!” |
| 15[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 15My future is in your hands. Rescue me from those who hunt me down relentlessly. |
| 16[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 16Let your favor shine on your servant. In your unfailing love, rescue me. |
| 17[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 17Don’t let me be disgraced, O LORD, for I call out to you for help. Let the wicked be disgraced; let them lie silent in the grave. |
| 18[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 18Silence their lying lips— those proud and arrogant lips that accuse the godly. |
| 19[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 19How great is the goodness you have stored up for those who fear you. You lavish it on those who come to you for protection, blessing them before the watching world. |
| 20[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 20You hide them in the shelter of your presence, safe from those who conspire against them. You shelter them in your presence, far from accusing tongues. |
| 21[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 21Praise the LORD, for he has shown me the wonders of his unfailing love. He kept me safe when my city was under attack. |
| 22[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 22In panic I cried out, “I am cut off from the LORD!” But you heard my cry for mercy and answered my call for help. |
| 23[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 23Love the LORD, all you godly ones! For the LORD protects those who are loyal to him, but he harshly punishes the arrogant. |
| 24[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 24So be strong and courageous, all you who put your hope in the LORD! |
| [an error occurred while processing this directive] | Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. All rights reserved. |
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