1    Incline your ear, O Lord, and answer me,  ♦

for I am poor and in misery.

2    Preserve my soul, for I am faithful;  ♦

save your servant, for I put my trust in you.

3    Be merciful to me, O Lord, for you are my God;  ♦

I call upon you all the day long.

4    Gladden the soul of your servant,  ♦

for to you, O Lord, I lift up my soul.

5    For you, Lord, are good and forgiving,  ♦

abounding in steadfast love to all who call upon you.

6    Give ear, O Lord, to my prayer  ♦

and listen to the voice of my supplication.

7    In the day of my distress I will call upon you,  ♦

for you will answer me.

8    Among the gods there is none like you, O Lord,  ♦

nor any works like yours.

9    All nations you have made shall come and worship you, O Lord,  ♦

and shall glorify your name.

10  For you are great and do wonderful things;  ♦

you alone are God.

11  Teach me your way, O Lord, and I will walk in your truth;  ♦

knit my heart to you, that I may fear your name.

12  I will thank you, O Lord my God, with all my heart,  ♦

and glorify your name for evermore;

13  For great is your steadfast love towards me,  ♦

for you have delivered my soul from the depths of the grave.

14  O God, the proud rise up against me

    and a ruthless horde seek after my life;  ♦

they have not set you before their eyes.

15  But you, Lord, are gracious and full of compassion,  ♦

slow to anger and full of kindness and truth.

16  Turn to me and have mercy upon me;  ♦

give your strength to your servant

    and save the child of your handmaid.

17  Show me a token of your favour,

    that those who hate me may see it and be ashamed;  ♦

because you, O Lord, have helped and comforted me.

 

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