Thou hast seen it, for thou thyself beholdest trouble and vexation, to requite by thy hand. The wretched committeth himself unto thee; thou hast been the helper of the fatherless.

Hide not thy face from me; put not thy servant away in anger: thou hast been my help; cast me not off, neither forsake me, O God of my salvation.

I behaved myself as though he had been a friend, a brother to me; I bowed down in sadness, as one that mourneth for a mother.

I have been young, and now am old, and I have not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his seed seeking bread:

My tears have been my bread day and night, while they say unto me all the day, Where is thy God?

But as for me, I will sing of thy strength; yea, I will sing aloud of thy loving-kindness in the morning; for thou hast been to me a high fortress, and a refuge in the day of my trouble.

{To the chief Musician. On Shushan. Testimony. Michtam of David; to teach: when he strove with the Syrians of Mesopotamia, and the Syrians of Zobah, and Joab returned, and smote the Edomites in the valley of salt, twelve thousand.} O God, thou hast cast us off, thou hast scattered us, thou hast been displeased: restore us again.

For thou hast been a refuge for me, a strong tower from before the enemy.

For thou hast been my help, and in the shadow of thy wings will I sing for joy.

On thee have I been stayed from the womb; from the bowels of my mother thou didst draw me forth: my praise shall be continually of thee.

I have been as a wonder unto many; but thou art my strong refuge.

For all the day have I been plagued, and chastened every morning.

The haters of Jehovah would have come cringing unto him; but their time would have been for ever.

{To the chief Musician. Of the sons of Korah. A Psalm.} Thou hast been favourable, Jehovah, unto thy land; thou hast turned the captivity of Jacob:

But thou hast rejected and cast off; thou hast been very wroth with thine anointed:

{A Prayer of Moses, the man of God.} Lord, thou hast been our dwelling-place in all generations.

If Jehovah had not been my help, my soul had almost dwelt in silence.

Jehovah hath been mindful of us: he will bless, he will bless the house of Israel; he will bless the house of Aaron;

Thy statutes have been my songs in the house of my pilgrimage.

It is good for me that I have been afflicted, that I might learn thy statutes.

Unless thy law had been my delight, I should then have perished in mine affliction.

{A Song of degrees. Of David.} If it had not been Jehovah who was for us oh let Israel say --

If it had not been Jehovah who was for us, when men rose up against us,

For the enemy persecuteth my soul: he hath crushed my life down to the earth; he hath made me to dwell in dark places, as those that have been long dead.