I have lived too long
with those who hate peace.

May he live long!
May gold from Sheba be given to him.
May prayer be offered for him continually,
and may he be blessed all day long.

I long and yearn
for the courts of the Lord;
my heart and flesh cry out for the living God.

Because He has turned His ear to me,
I will call out to Him as long as I live.

For the enemy has pursued me,
crushing me to the ground,
making me live in darkness
like those long dead.

I will praise the Lord all my life;
I will sing to my God as long as I live.

Only goodness and faithful love will pursue me
all the days of my life,
and I will dwell in the house of the Lord
as long as I live.

So I will praise You as long as I live;
at Your name, I will lift up my hands.

Lord, how long will the wicked—
how long will the wicked gloat?

How long, exalted men, will my honor be insulted?
How long will you love what is worthless
and pursue a lie?Selah

For the choir director. A Davidic psalm.Lord, how long will You forget me?
Forever?
How long will You hide Your face from me?

How long will I store up anxious concerns within me,
agony in my mind every day?
How long will my enemy dominate me?

Then Israel went to Egypt;
Jacob lived as a foreigner in the land of Ham.

What misery that I have stayed in Meshech,
that I have lived among the tents of Kedar!

Davidic.Vindicate me, Lord,
because I have lived with integrity
and have trusted in the Lord without wavering.