⁰A psalm to David.

¹Yahweh, hear my prayer; give ear to my pleas; in your steadiness answer me, in your righteousness.

²And do not go into justice with your slave, for no living person is righteous before you.

³For an enemy has pursued my being; he has crushed my life to the land; he has made me dwell in dark places, like those dead forever.

⁴And my breath faints over me; in my midst my heart is appalled.

⁵I remember the days of old; I muse on all your deeds; I ponder the work of your hands.

⁶I spread out my hands to you; my being is like an exhausted land to you. Selah.

⁷Hurry, answer me, Yahweh; my breath is spent. Do not hide your face from me, or I will become like those who go down to the pit.

⁸Make me hear in the morning your loyal love, for in you I trust; make known to me the way that I will go, for to you I lift up my being.

⁹Deliver me from my enemies, Yahweh; with you I have taken cover.

¹⁰Teach me to do your will, for you are my God. May your good breath lead me in a land of level ground.

¹¹For the sake of your name, Yahweh, you will keep me alive; in your righteousness you will bring my being out of distress.

¹²And in your loyal love you will put an end to my enemies, and you will make perish all who hem in my being, for I am your slave.