1To the chief music-maker. A Psalm. Of David. In you, O Lord, have I put my hope; let me never be shamed; keep me safe in your righteousness.
2Let your ear be turned to me; take me quickly out of danger; be my strong Rock, my place of strength where I may be safe.
3For you are my Rock and my strong tower; go in front of me and be my guide, because of your name.
4Take me out of the net which they have put ready for me secretly; for you are my strength.
5Into your hands I give my spirit; you are my saviour, O Lord God for ever true.
6I am full of hate for those who go after false gods; but my hope is in the Lord.
7I will be glad and have delight in your mercy; because you have seen my trouble; you have had pity on my soul in its sorrows;
8And you have not given me into the hand of my hater; you have put my feet in a wide place.
9Have mercy on me, O Lord, for I am in trouble; my eyes are wasted with grief, I am wasted in soul and body.
10My life goes on in sorrow, and my years in weeping; my strength is almost gone because of my sin, and my bones are wasted away.
11Because of all those who are against me, I have become a word of shame to my neighbours; a cause of shaking the head and a fear to my friends: those who saw me in the street went in flight from me.