Protect me, for I am loyal! O my God, deliver your servant, who trusts in you!

My eyes grow weak because of oppression. I call out to you, O Lord, all day long; I spread out my hands in prayer to you.

Surely I am looking to you, O sovereign Lord. In you I take shelter. Do not expose me to danger!

I cry out to you, O Lord; I say, “You are my shelter, my security in the land of the living.”

Everything looks to you in anticipation, and you provide them with food on a regular basis.

By David. To you, O Lord, I cry out! My protector, do not ignore me! If you do not respond to me, I will join those who are descending into the grave.

I jumped to conclusions and said, “I am cut off from your presence!” But you heard my plea for mercy when I cried out to you for help.

For this reason every one of your faithful followers should pray to you while there is a window of opportunity. Certainly when the surging water rises, it will not reach them.

Do not be like an unintelligent horse or mule, which will not obey you unless they are controlled by a bridle and bit.

O Lord, my God, you have accomplished many things; you have done amazing things and carried out your purposes for us. No one can thwart you! I want to declare them and talk about them, but they are too numerous to recount!

For the music director; a well-written song by the Korahites. As a deer longs for streams of water, so I long for you, O God!

The prayer of an oppressed man, as he grows faint and pours out his lament before the Lord. O Lord, hear my prayer! Pay attention to my cry for help!

May I hear about your loyal love in the morning, for I trust in you. Show me the way I should go, because I long for you.