In you, O Lord, I have taken shelter! Never let me be humiliated!

For the music director, Jeduthun; a psalm of Asaph. I will cry out to God and call for help! I will cry out to God and he will pay attention to me.

The Lord says, “Because he is devoted to me, I will deliver him; I will protect him because he is loyal to me.

Rise up, Lord! Confront him! Knock him down! Use your sword to rescue me from the wicked man!

But I have integrity! Rescue me and have mercy on me!

O Lord, you pulled me up from Sheol; you rescued me from among those descending into the grave.

O Lord, in your good favor you made me secure. Then you rejected me and I was terrified.

I did not harm them, but they hid a net to catch me and dug a pit to trap me.

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!

May those who wait to ambush me be repaid for their evil! As a demonstration of your faithfulness, destroy them!

O Lord, teach me how you want me to live! Then I will obey your commands. Make me wholeheartedly committed to you!

I yearn for the Lord, more than watchmen do for the morning, yes, more than watchmen do for the morning.

I will give you thanks because your deeds are awesome and amazing. You knew me thoroughly;

For the music director; by David. In the Lord I have taken shelter. How can you say to me, “Flee to a mountain like a bird!

I have not failed to tell about your justice; I spoke about your reliability and deliverance; I have not neglected to tell the great assembly about your loyal love and faithfulness.

By day the Lord decrees his loyal love, and by night he gives me a song, a prayer to the living God.

Their insults are painful and make me lose heart; I look for sympathy, but receive none, for comforters, but find none.

A well-written song by Ethan the Ezrachite. I will sing continually about the Lord’s faithful deeds; to future generations I will proclaim your faithfulness.

Many say about me, “God will not deliver him.” (Selah)

A prayer of David. Protect me, O God, for I have taken shelter in you.