So that he may not come rushing on my soul like a lion, wounding it, while there is no one to be my saviour.

Let my voice come before you, and give me an answer, O Lord my God; let your light be shining on me, so that the sleep of death may not overtake me;

And he who is against me may not say, I have overcome him; and those who are troubling me may not be glad when I am moved.

O my God, I have put my faith in you, let me not be shamed; let not my haters be glorying over me.

O keep my soul, and take me out of danger: let me not be shamed, for I have put my faith in you.

My cry goes up to you, O Lord, my Rock; do not keep back your answer from me, so that I may not become like those who go down into the underworld.

Let me not be shamed, O Lord, for I have made my prayer to you; let the sinners be shamed, and let their mouths be shut in the underworld.

Put an end to them in your wrath, put an end to them, so that they may not be seen again; let them see that God is ruling in Jacob and to the ends of the earth. (Selah.)

Take me from the grip of the sticky earth, so that I may not go down into it; let me be lifted up from the deep waters.

Let me not be covered by the flowing waters; let not the deep waters go over my head, and let me not be shut up in the underworld.

Let their eyes be blind so that they may not see; let their bodies for ever be shaking.

Now when I am old and grey-headed, O God, give me not up; till I have made clear your strength to this generation, and your power to all those to come.

In their hands they will keep you up, so that your foot may not be crushed against a stone.

The Lord is King; he is clothed with glory; the Lord is clothed with strength; power is the cord of his robe; the world is fixed, so that it may not be moved.

Say among the nations, The Lord is King; yes, the world is ordered so that it may not be moved; he will be an upright judge of the peoples.

He has made the earth strong on its bases, so that it may not be moved for ever and ever;

I will keep your rules: O give me not up completely.

I have made search for you with all my heart: O let me not go wandering far from your teaching.

Let all my heart be given to your orders, so that I may not be put to shame.

Let me not be moved, and I will be safe, and ever take delight in your rules.

Take your servant's interests into your keeping; let me not be crushed by the men of pride.

Those whose hope is in the Lord are like the mountain of Zion, which may not be moved, but keeps its place for ever.

Such knowledge is a wonder greater than my powers; it is so high that I may not come near it.

Let burning flames come down on them: let them be put into the fire, and into deep waters, so that they may not get up again.

He has put them in their places for ever; he has given them their limits which may not be broken.