For my sins overwhelm me; like a heavy load, they are too much for me to bear.

Yet I wait for you, O Lord! You will respond, O Lord, my God!

I have prayed for deliverance, because otherwise they will gloat over me; when my foot slips they will arrogantly taunt me.

As for me, I said: “O Lord, have mercy on me! Heal me, for I have sinned against you!

For you are the God who shelters me. Why do you reject me? Why must I walk around mourning because my enemies oppress me?

would not God discover it, for he knows one’s thoughts?

Yet because of you we are killed all day long; we are treated like sheep at the slaughtering block.

Then the king will be attracted by your beauty. After all, he is your master! Submit to him!

He says, “Stop your striving and recognize that I am God! I will be exalted over the nations! I will be exalted over the earth!”

For the sovereign Lord is awe-inspiring; he is the great king who rules the whole earth!

For God, our God, is our defender forever! He guides us!

Surely one sees that even wise people die; fools and spiritually insensitive people all pass away and leave their wealth to others.

But God will rescue my life from the power of Sheol; certainly he will pull me to safety. (Selah)

For he will take nothing with him when he dies; his wealth will not follow him down into the grave.

Even if I were hungry, I would not tell you, for the world and all it contains belong to me.

Certainly you do not want a sacrifice, or else I would offer it; you do not desire a burnt sacrifice.

With a freewill offering I will sacrifice to you! I will give thanks to your name, O Lord, for it is good!

because of what the enemy says, and because of how the wicked pressure me, for they hurl trouble down upon me and angrily attack me.

Confuse them, O Lord! Frustrate their plans! For I see violence and conflict in the city.

Indeed, it is not an enemy who insults me, or else I could bear it; it is not one who hates me who arrogantly taunts me, or else I could hide from him.