For the choir director; on stringed instruments. A Psalm of David.
Answer me when I call, O God of my righteousness!
You have relieved me in my distress;
Be gracious to me and hear my prayer.

In my distress I called upon the Lord,
And cried to my God for help;
He heard my voice out of His temple,
And my cry for help before Him came into His ears.

Be gracious to me, O Lord, for I am in distress;
My eye is wasted away from grief, my soul and my body also.

Let those be ashamed and humiliated altogether who rejoice at my distress;
Let those be clothed with shame and dishonor who magnify themselves over me.

But as for me, I shall sing of Your strength;
Yes, I shall joyfully sing of Your lovingkindness in the morning,
For You have been my stronghold
And a refuge in the day of my distress.

Which my lips uttered
And my mouth spoke when I was in distress.

And do not hide Your face from Your servant,
For I am in distress; answer me quickly.

Do not hide Your face from me in the day of my distress;
Incline Your ear to me;
In the day when I call answer me quickly.

Nevertheless He looked upon their distress
When He heard their cry;

The cords of death encompassed me
And the terrors of Sheol came upon me;
I found distress and sorrow.

From my distress I called upon the Lord;
The Lord answered me and set me in a large place.