Make your servant glad, for to you, O Lord, I pray!

The Lord said, “I have made a covenant with my chosen one; I have made a promise on oath to David, my servant:

I have discovered David, my servant. With my holy oil I have anointed him as king.

You have repudiated your covenant with your servant; you have thrown his crown to the ground.

Turn back toward us, O Lord! How long must this suffering last? Have pity on your servants!

May your servants see your work! May their sons see your majesty!

The children of your servants will settle down here, and their descendants will live securely in your presence.”

He sent his servant Moses, and Aaron, whom he had chosen.

Yes, he remembered the sacred promise he made to Abraham his servant.

They curse, but you will bless. When they attack, they will be humiliated, but your servant will rejoice.

Though rulers plot and slander me, your servant meditates on your statutes.

How long must your servant endure this? When will you judge those who pursue me?

For the sake of David, your servant, do not reject your chosen king!

He performed awesome deeds and acts of judgment in your midst, O Egypt, against Pharaoh and all his servants.

For the Lord vindicates his people, and has compassion on his servants.

The Lord rescues his servants; all who take shelter in him escape punishment.

May those who desire my vindication shout for joy and rejoice! May they continually say, “May the Lord be praised, for he wants his servant to be secure.”

Do not ignore your servant, for I am in trouble! Answer me right away!

They have given the corpses of your servants to the birds of the sky; the flesh of your loyal followers to the beasts of the earth.

Why should the nations say, “Where is their God?” Before our very eyes may the shed blood of your servants be avenged among the nations!