1A PSALM OF DAVID. O YHWH, hear my prayer, "" Give ear to my supplications, "" Answer me in Your faithfulness—in Your righteousness.

2And do not enter into judgment with Your servant, "" For no one living is justified before You.

3For an enemy has pursued my soul, "" He has bruised my life to the earth, "" He has caused me to dwell in dark places, "" As the dead of old.

4And my spirit has become feeble in me, "" My heart has become desolate within me.

5I have remembered days of old, "" I have meditated on all Your acts, "" I muse on the work of Your hand.

6I have spread forth my hands to You, "" My soul [is] as a weary land for You. Selah.

7Hurry, answer me, O YHWH, "" My spirit has been consumed, "" Do not hide Your face from me, "" Or I have been compared with those going down [to] the pit.

8Cause me to hear Your kindness in the morning, "" For I have trusted in You, "" Cause me to know the way that I go, "" For I have lifted up my soul to You.

9Deliver me from my enemies, O YHWH, "" Near You I am covered.

10Teach me to do Your good pleasure, "" For You [are] my God—Your Spirit [is] good, "" Lead me into a land of uprightness.

11You quicken me for Your Name’s sake, O YHWH, "" In Your righteousness, You bring out my soul from distress,

12And in Your kindness cut off my enemies, "" And have destroyed all the adversaries of my soul, "" For I [am] Your servant!