You are my hiding place and my shield. I find hope in your word.

צ (Tsade) You are just, O Lord, and your judgments are fair.

You are near, O Lord, and all your commands are reliable.

Ascend, O Lord, to your resting place, you and the ark of your strength!

You have taken notice, for you always see one who inflicts pain and suffering. The unfortunate victim entrusts his cause to you; you deliver the fatherless.

But you, Lord, are a shield that protects me; you are my glory and the one who restores me.

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

Lord, you give me stability and prosperity; you make my future secure.

I have been dependent on you since birth; from the time I came out of my mother’s womb you have been my God.

But you, O Lord, do not remain far away! You are my source of strength! Hurry and help me!

But I trust in you, O Lord! I declare, “You are my God!”

I am silent and cannot open my mouth because of what you have done.

As for you, O Lord, have mercy on me and raise me up, so I can pay them back!”

You are my king, O God! Decree Jacob’s deliverance!

But you, O Lord, laugh in disgust at them; you taunt all the nations.

Our record of sins overwhelms me, but you forgive our acts of rebellion.

For you give me confidence, O Lord; O Lord, I have trusted in you since I was young.

You crushed the heads of Leviathan; you fed him to the people who live along the coast.

You are the God who does amazing things; you have revealed your strength among the nations.

I thought, ‘You are gods; all of you are sons of the Most High.’