Let their chains be broken, and their cords taken from off us.

Let there be fear in your hearts, and do no sin; have bitter feelings on your bed, but make no sound. (Selah.)

There are numbers who say, Who will do us any good? the light of his face has gone from us.

Let the voice of my cry come to you, my King and my God; for to you will I make my prayer.

Send them to destruction, O Lord; let their evil designs be the cause of their fall; let them be forced out by all their sins; because they have gone against your authority.

But let all those who put their faith in you be glad with cries of joy at all times, and let all the lovers of your name be glad in you.

The Lord has given ear to my request; the Lord has let my prayer come before him.

Let all those who are against me be shamed and deeply troubled; let them be turned back and suddenly put to shame.

Let my hater go after my soul and take it; let my life be crushed to the earth, and my honour into the dust. (Selah.)

The Lord will be judge of the peoples; give a decision for me, O Lord, because of my righteousness, and let my virtue have its reward.

O let the evil of the evil-doer come to an end, but give strength to the upright: for men's minds and hearts are tested by the God of righteousness.

Have mercy on me, O Lord, and see how I am troubled by my haters; let me be lifted up from the doors of death;

Up! O Lord; let not man overcome you: let the nations be judged before you.

The evil-doer in his pride is cruel to the poor; let him be taken by the tricks of his invention.

Up! O Lord; let your hand be lifted: give thought to the poor.

Let the arm of the sinner and the evil-doer be broken; go on searching for his sin till there is no more.

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;

For you will not let my soul be prisoned in the underworld; you will not let your loved one see the place of death.

Let my cause come to your ears, O Lord, give attention to my cry; give ear to my prayer which goes not out from false lips.

Before his shining light his dark clouds went past, raining ice and fire.

You, O Lord, will be my light; by you, my God, the dark will be made bright for me.

The Lord is living; praise be to my Rock, and let the God of my salvation be honoured.

The orders of the Lord are right, making glad the heart: the rule of the Lord is holy, giving light to the eyes.

Keep your servant back from sins of pride; let them not have rule over me: then will I be upright and free from great sin.

Let the words of my mouth and the thoughts of my heart be pleasing in your eyes, O Lord, my strength and my salvation.

Come to our help, Lord: let the king give ear to our cry.

For you have made him a blessing for ever: you have given him joy in the light of your face.

He put his faith in the Lord; let the Lord be his saviour now: let the Lord be his saviour, because he had delight in him.

Be my saviour from the lion's mouth; let me go free from the horns of the cruel oxen.

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

Let no servant of yours be put to shame; may those be shamed who are false without cause.

Do not keep in mind my sins when I was young, or my wrongdoing: let your memory of me be full of mercy, O Lord, because of your righteousness.

Because of your name, O Lord, let me have forgiveness for my sin, which is very great.

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

Put me in the scales, O Lord, so that I may be tested; let the fire make clean my thoughts and my heart.

Let not my soul be numbered among sinners, or my life among men of blood;

The Lord is my light and my salvation; who is then a cause of fear to me? the Lord is the strength of my life; who is a danger to me?

O Lord, let the voice of my cry come to your ears: have mercy on me, and give me an answer.

Let not your face be covered from me; do not put away your servant in wrath; you have been my help: do not give me up or take your support from me, O God of my salvation.

Let your hope be in the Lord: take heart and be strong; yes, let your hope be in the Lord.

Give them the right reward of their acts, and of their evil doings: give them punishment for the works of their hands, let them have their full reward.

Be a saviour to your people, and send a blessing on your heritage: be their guide, and let them be lifted up for ever.

In you, O Lord, have I put my hope; let me never be shamed; keep me safe in your righteousness.

Let your ear be turned to me; take me quickly out of danger; be my strong Rock, my place of strength where I may be safe.

Let your servant see the light of your face; in your mercy be my saviour.

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.

Let the false lips be shut, which say evil against the upright, looking down on him in their pride.

Put away fear and let your heart be strong, all you whose hope is in the Lord.

For this cause let every saint make his prayer to you at a time when you are near: then the overflowing of the great waters will not overtake him.

Make a new song to him; playing expertly with a loud noise.

Let the earth be full of the fear of the Lord; let all the people of the world be in holy fear of him.

Let your mercy be on us, O Lord, as we are waiting for you.

O give praise to the Lord with me; let us be witnesses together of his great name.

Let your eyes be turned to him and you will have light, and your faces will not be shamed.

Let them be overcome and put to shame who make attempts to take my soul; let those who would do me damage be turned back and made foolish.

Let them be like dust from the grain before the wind; let the angel of the Lord send them in flight.

Let their way be dark and full of danger; let them be troubled by the angel of the Lord.

Let destruction come on them without their knowledge; let them be taken themselves in their secret nets, falling into the same destruction.

Like men of deceit they put me to shame; the voice of their wrath was loud against me.

Do not let my haters be glad over me falsely; let not those who are against me without cause make sport of me.

Be my judge, O Lord my God, in your righteousness; do not let them be glad over me.

Let them not say in their hearts, So we will have it: let them not say, We have put an end to him.

Let all those who take pleasure in my troubles be shamed and come to nothing: let those who are lifted up against me be covered with shame and have no honour.

Let those who are on my side give cries of joy; let them ever say, The Lord be praised, for he has pleasure in the peace of his servant.

For with you is the fountain of life: in your light we will see light.

O let there be no end to your loving mercy to those who have knowledge of you, or of your righteousness to the upright in heart.

Let not the foot of pride come against me, or the hand of the evil-doers put me out of my place.

And he will make your righteousness be seen like the light, and your cause like the shining of the sun.

O Lord, be not bitter with me in your wrath; let not your hand be on me in the heat of your passion.

Make me free from all my sins; do not let me be shamed by the man of evil behaviour.

No longer let your hand be hard on me; I am wasted by the blows of your hand.

Let my prayer come to your ears, O Lord, and give attention to my cry, make an answer to my weeping: for my time here is short before you, and in a little time I will be gone, like all my fathers.

Let your wrath be turned away from me, so that I may be comforted, before I go away from here, and become nothing.

Take not away your gentle mercies from me, O Lord; let your mercy and your faith keep me safe for ever.

Let those who go after my soul for its destruction have shame and trouble together; let them be turned back and made foolish who take pleasure in my trouble.

Let those who say to me, Aha, aha! be surprised because of their shame.

Let all those who are looking for you be glad and have joy in you; let the lovers of your salvation ever say, May the Lord be great.

Though I am poor and in need, the Lord has me in mind; you are my help and my saviour; let there be no waiting, O my God.

The Lord will keep him safe, and give him life; the Lord will let him be a blessing on the earth, and will not give him into the hand of his haters.

They say, He has an evil disease, which will not let him go: and now that he is down he will not get up again.

Let my soul be overflowing with grief when these things come back to my mind, how I went in company to the house of God, with the voice of joy and praise, with the song of those who were keeping the feast.

I will say to God my Rock, Why have you let me go from your memory? why do I go in sorrow because of the attacks of my haters?

O send out your light and your true word; let them be my guide: let them take me to your holy hill, and to your tents.

For they did not make the land theirs by their swords, and it was not their arms which kept them safe; but your right hand, and your arm, and the light of your face, because you had pleasure in them.

You let your people go for nothing; your wealth is not increased by their price.

Though you have let us be crushed in the place of jackals, though we are covered with darkest shade.

O daughter, give thought and attention, and let your ear be open; no longer keep in mind your people, and your father's house;

Give attention to this, all you peoples; let your ears be open, all you who are living in the world.

He will go to the generation of his fathers; he will not see the light again.

Let all my wrongdoing be washed away, and make me clean from evil.

Make me free from sin with hyssop: let me be washed whiter than snow.

Let your face be turned from my wrongdoing, and take away all my sins.

Give me back the joy of your salvation; let a free spirit be my support.

O Lord, let my lips be open, so that my mouth may make clear your praise.

Let your name be my salvation, O God; let my cause be judged by your strength.

Let my prayer come before you, O God; give ear to the words of my mouth.

Let the evil works of my haters come back on them again; let them be cut off by your good faith.

Give hearing to my prayer, O God; and let not your ear be shut against my request.

Give thought to me, and let my prayer be answered: I have been made low in sorrow;

I am troubled because of the voice of the cruel ones, because of the loud cry of the evil-doers; for they put a weight of evil on me, and they are cruel in their hate for me.