Turn toward me and have mercy on me, for I am alone and oppressed!

Make me understand your ways, O Lord! Teach me your paths!

By David. O Lord, I come before you in prayer.

The Lord's loyal followers receive his guidance, and he reveals his covenantal demands to them.

The Lord shows his faithful followers the way they should live.

Guide me into your truth and teach me. For you are the God who delivers me; on you I rely all day long.

May he show the humble what is right! May he teach the humble his way!

The Lord is both kind and fair; that is why he teaches sinners the right way to live.

The Lord always proves faithful and reliable to those who follow the demands of his covenant.

Certainly none who rely on you will be humiliated. Those who deal in treachery will be thwarted and humiliated.

I continually look to the Lord for help, for he will free my feet from the enemy's net.

For the sake of your reputation, O Lord, forgive my sin, because it is great.

My God, I trust in you. Please do not let me be humiliated; do not let my enemies triumphantly rejoice over me!

Remember your compassionate and faithful deeds, O Lord, for you have always acted in this manner.

May integrity and godliness protect me, for I rely on you!

Do not hold against me the sins of my youth or my rebellious acts! Because you are faithful to me, extend to me your favor, O Lord!

Deliver me from my distress; rescue me from my suffering!

Watch my enemies, for they outnumber me; they hate me and want to harm me.

They experience his favor; their descendants inherit the land.

Protect me and deliver me! Please do not let me be humiliated, for I have taken shelter in you!

See my pain and suffering! Forgive all my sins!

O God, rescue Israel from all their distress!