As a father has compassion on his children, so the Lord has compassion on his faithful followers.

The Lord is merciful and fair; our God is compassionate.

You will rise up and have compassion on Zion. For it is time to have mercy on her, for the appointed time has come.

For the music director; by the Lord’s servant David, who sang to the Lord the words of this song when the Lord rescued him from the power of all his enemies, including Saul. He said: “I love you, Lord, my source of strength!