The Lord is my rock,
my fortress, and my deliverer,
my God, my mountain where I seek refuge,
my shield and the horn of my salvation,
my stronghold.

He is my faithful love and my fortress,
my stronghold and my deliverer.
He is my shield, and I take refuge in Him;
He subdues my people under me.

The Lord is my strength and my shield;
my heart trusts in Him, and I am helped.
Therefore my heart rejoices,
and I praise Him with my song.

Indeed, my life is consumed with grief
and my years with groaning;
my strength has failed
because of my sinfulness,
and my bones waste away.

Gilead is Mine, Manasseh is Mine,
and Ephraim is My helmet;
Judah is My scepter.

I am weary from my groaning;
with my tears I dampen my pillow
and drench my bed every night.

I called to the Lord in my distress,
and I cried to my God for help.
From His temple He heard my voice,
and my cry to Him reached His ears.

May the words of my mouth
and the meditation of my heart
be acceptable to You,
Lord, my rock and my Redeemer.

For the choir director: according to “The Deer of the Dawn.” A Davidic psalm.My God, my God, why have You forsaken me?
Why are You so far from my deliverance
and from my words of groaning?

Then I acknowledged my sin to You
and did not conceal my iniquity.
I said,
“I will confess my transgressions to the Lord,”
and You took away the guilt of my sin.Selah

Wake up and rise to my defense,
to my cause, my God and my Lord!

For the choir director, for Jeduthun. A Davidic psalm.I said, “I will guard my ways
so that I may not sin with my tongue;
I will guard my mouth with a muzzle
as long as the wicked are in my presence.”

“Hear my prayer, Lord,
and listen to my cry for help;
do not be silent at my tears.
For I am a foreigner residing with You,
a temporary resident like all my fathers.

Gilead is Mine, Manasseh is Mine,
and Ephraim is My helmet;
Judah is My scepter.

I am weary from my crying;
my throat is parched.
My eyes fail, looking for my God.

My flesh and my heart may fail,
but God is the strength of my heart,
my portion forever.

He will call to Me, ‘You are my Father,
my God, the rock of my salvation.’

I will say to the Lord, “My refuge and my fortress,
my God, in whom I trust.”

My eyes look down on my enemies;
my ears hear evildoers when they attack me.

But the Lord is my refuge;
my God is the rock of my protection.

Because of the sound of my groaning,
my flesh sticks to my bones.

The Lord is my strength and my song;
He has become my salvation.

You are my shelter and my shield;
I put my hope in Your word.

May my tongue stick to the roof of my mouth
if I do not remember you,
if I do not exalt Jerusalem as my greatest joy!

You observe my travels and my rest;
You are aware of all my ways.

Davidic.May the Lord, my rock, be praised,
who trains my hands for battle
and my fingers for warfare.