1
In thee, O LORD, have I waited; let me never be ashamed; deliver me in thy righteousness.
2
Incline thine ear unto me; deliver me speedily; be thou my strong rock, for a house of defence to save me.
3
For thou
art my rock and my fortress; therefore for thy name’s sake thou shalt lead me and guide me.
4
Thou shalt pull me out of the net that they have laid in secret for me; for thou
art my strength.
5
Into thy hand shall I commit my spirit; thou shalt ransom me, O LORD God of truth.
6
I have hated those that regard lying vanities; but I wait in the LORD.
7
I will be glad and rejoice in thy mercy, for thou hast considered my trouble; thou hast known my soul in adversities
8
and hast not shut me up into the hand of the enemy; thou hast set my feet in a wide place.
9
Have mercy upon me, O LORD, for I am in trouble: my eye is consumed with grief,
yea, my soul and my belly.
10
For my life is spent with grief and my years with sighing: my strength fails because of my iniquity, and my bones are consumed.
11
I was a reproach among all my enemies, but especially among my neighbours, and a fear to my acquaintances: those that see me without flee from me.