Bow down thine ear to me; deliver me speedily: be thou my strong rock, for an house of defence

to save me. For thou art my rock and my fortress; therefore

for thy name's sake lead me, and guide me. Pull me out of the net that they have laid

privily for me: for thou art my strength. Into thine hand I commit my spirit: thou hast

redeemed me, O Lord God of truth. I have hated them that regard lying vanities:

but I trust in the Lord. I will be glad and rejoice in thy mercy: for

thou hast considered my trouble; thou hast known my soul in adversities;

And hast not shut me up into the hand of the enemy: thou hast set my feet in a large room.

Have mercy upon me, O Lord, for I am in trouble: mine eye is consumed with grief, yea, my soul

and my belly. For my life is spent with grief, and my years

with sighing: my strength faileth because of mine iniquity, and my bones are consumed.

I was a reproach among all mine enemies, but especially among my neighbours, and a fear

to mine acquaintance: they that did see me without fled from me.

I am forgotten as a dead man out of mind: I am like a broken vessel.

For I have heard the slander of many: fear was on every side: while they took counsel

together against me, they devised to take away my life.

But I trusted in thee, O Lord: I said, Thou art my God.

My times are in thy hand: deliver me from the hand of mine enemies, and from them that

persecute me. Make thy face to shine upon thy servant: save

me for thy mercies' sake. Let me not be ashamed, O Lord; for I have

called upon thee: let the wicked be ashamed, and let them be silent in the grave.

Let the lying lips be put to silence; which speak grievous things proudly and contemptuously

against the righteous. Oh how great is thy goodness, which thou hast

laid up for them that fear thee; which thou hast wrought for them that trust in thee before

the sons of men! Thou shalt hide them in the secret of thy

presence from the pride of man: thou shalt keep them secretly in a pavilion from the

strife of tongues. Blessed be the Lord: for he hath shewed me

his marvellous kindness in a strong city. For I said in my haste, I am cut off from

before thine eyes: nevertheless thou heardest the voice of my supplications when I cried

unto thee. O love the Lord, all ye his saints: for the

Lord preserveth the faithful, and plentifully rewardeth the proud doer.

Be of good courage, and he shall strengthen your heart, all ye that hope in the Lord.