Spare me shame and humiliation, for I observe your rules.

I remember your name during the night, O Lord, and I will keep your law.

Direct my steps by your word! Do not let any sin dominate me!

You squeeze me in from behind and in front; you place your hand on me.

You rescue me from a hostile army; you make me a leader of nations; people over whom I had no authority are now my subjects.

A psalm – a song used at the dedication of the temple; by David. I will praise you, O Lord, for you lifted me up, and did not allow my enemies to gloat over me.

Remember your people whom you acquired in ancient times, whom you rescued so they could be your very own nation, as well as Mount Zion, where you dwell!

O God, arrogant men attack me; a gang of ruthless men, who do not respect you, seek my life.

I say to the Lord, “You are the Lord, my only source of well-being.”

I cannot eat, I weep day and night; all day long they say to me, “Where is your God?”

Everyone rejects God; they are all morally corrupt. None of them does what is right, not even one!

All those who behave wickedly do not understand – those who devour my people as if they were eating bread, and do not call out to God.

You cause my friends and neighbors to keep their distance; those who know me leave me alone in the darkness.

For they say cruel and deceptive things to me; they lie to me.

The ropes of the wicked tighten around me, but I do not forget your law.

ע (Ayin) I do what is fair and right. Do not abandon me to my oppressors!

We escaped with our lives, like a bird from a hunter’s snare. The snare broke, and we escaped.

For innumerable dangers surround me. My sins overtake me so I am unable to see; they outnumber the hairs of my head so my strength fails me.

I am not afraid of the multitude of people who attack me from all directions.

When I look up at the heavens, which your fingers made, and see the moon and the stars, which you set in place,