| International Standard Version | Holman Christian Standard Bible |
| 1LORD, hear my prayer; pay attention to my request, because you are faithful; answer me in your righteousness. | 1A Davidic psalm. LORD, hear my prayer. In Your faithfulness listen to my plea, and in Your righteousness answer me. |
| 2Do not enter into judgment with your servant, for no living person is righteous in your sight. | 2Do not bring Your servant into judgment, for no one alive is righteous in Your sight. |
| 3For those who oppose me are pursuing my life, crushing me to the ground, making me sit in darkness like those who died long ago. | 3For the enemy has pursued me, crushing me to the ground, making me live in darkness like those long dead. |
| 4As a result, my spirit is desolate within me, and my mind within me is appalled. | 4My spirit is weak within me; my heart is overcome with dismay. |
| 5I remember the former times, meditating on everything you have done. I think about the work of your hands. | 5I remember the days of old; I meditate on all You have done; I reflect on the work of Your hands. |
| 6I stretch out my hands toward you, longing for you like a parched land. Interlude | 6I spread out my hands to You; I am like parched land before You. Selah |
| 7Answer me quickly, LORD; my spirit is failing. Do not hide your face from me; otherwise, I will become like those who descend to the Pit, | 7Answer me quickly, LORD; my spirit fails. Don't hide Your face from me, or I will be like those going down to the Pit. |
| 8In the morning let me hear of your gracious love, for in you I trust. Cause me to know the way I should take, because I have set my hope on you. | 8Let me experience Your faithful love in the morning, for I trust in You. Reveal to me the way I should go because I long for You. |
| 9Deliver me from my enemies, LORD. I have taken refuge in you. | 9Rescue me from my enemies, LORD; I come to You for protection. |
| 10Teach me to do your will, for you are my God. Let your good Spirit lead me on level ground. | 10Teach me to do Your will, for You are my God. May Your gracious Spirit lead me on level ground. |
| 11For the sake of your name, LORD, preserve my life. Because you are righteous, bring me out of trouble. | 11Because of Your name, Yahweh, let me live. In Your righteousness deliver me from trouble, |
| 12Because of your gracious love, you will cut off my enemies. You will destroy all who oppose me, for I am your servant. | 12and in Your faithful love destroy my enemies. Wipe out all those who attack me, for I am Your servant. |
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