1 ([Psalm of David]) Hear my prayer, O Jehovah, Give ear to my supplications! Answer me in your faithfulness. Answer me in your righteousness!
2 Do not enter into judgment with your servant, for in your sight no man living is righteous.
3 For the enemy has persecuted me. He has crushed my life to the ground. He has made me dwell in dark places, like those who have long been dead.
4 Therefore my spirit is overwhelmed within me. My heart is devastated within me.
5 I remember the days of old. I meditate (think deeply) (intensely study) on all your activities. I muse on the work of your hands.
6 I stretch out my hands to you for I long for you, like a parched land.
7 Answer me quickly, O Jehovah for my spirit fails. Do not hide your face from me or I will become like those who go down to the pit.
8 Let me hear your loving kindness in the morning. For I trust in you! Teach me the way in which I should walk for to you I am lifted up.
9 Deliver me, O Jehovah, from my enemies. I take refuge in you.
10 Teach me to do your will, for you are my God. Let your good Spirit lead me on level ground.