I was given over to You at birth;
You have been my God from my mother’s womb.

Do not hide Your face from me;
do not turn Your servant away in anger.
You have been my helper;
do not leave me or abandon me,
God of my salvation.

There the evildoers fall;
they have been thrown down and cannot rise.

I have been young and now I am old,
yet I have not seen the righteous abandoned
or his children begging for bread.

“Lethal poison has been poured into him,
and he won’t rise again from where he lies!”

My tears have been my food day and night,
while all day long people say to me,
“Where is your God?”

But I will sing of Your strength
and will joyfully proclaim
Your faithful love in the morning.
For You have been a stronghold for me,
a refuge in my day of trouble.

For the choir director: according to “The Lily of Testimony.” A Davidic Miktam for teaching. When he fought with Aram-naharaim and Aram-zobah, and Joab returned and struck Edom in the Valley of Salt, killing 12,000.God, You have rejected us;
You have broken out against us;
You have been angry. Restore us!

for You have been a refuge for me,
a strong tower in the face of the enemy.

If I had been aware of malice in my heart,
the Lord would not have listened.

The brave-hearted have been plundered;
they have slipped into their final sleep.
None of the warriors was able to lift a hand.

From my youth,
I have been afflicted and near death.
I suffer Your horrors; I am desperate.

BOOK IV
(Psalms 90–106)A prayer of Moses, the man of God. Lord, You have been our refuge
in every generation.

You have lifted up my horn
like that of a wild ox;
I have been anointed with oil.

Your throne has been established
from the beginning;
You are from eternity.

If the Lord had not been my helper,
I would soon rest in the silence of death.

Return to your rest, my soul,
for the Lord has been good to you.

If Your instruction had not been my delight,
I would have died in my affliction.

A Davidic song of ascents.If the Lord had not been on our side—
let Israel say—

If the Lord had not been on our side
when men attacked us,

I will praise You
because I have been remarkably and wonderfully made.
Your works are wonderful,
and I know this very well.

As when one plows and breaks up the soil,
turning up rocks,
so our bones have been scattered
at the mouth of Sheol.