“But if they blow with one trumpet, then the leaders, the heads of the thousands of Israel, must come to you.

You must not return an escaped slave to his master when he has run away to you.

You must stand outside and the person to whom you are making the loan will bring out to you what he is offering as security.

What more can David say to you? You have given your servant special recognition, O Lord God!

The king said, “Bring to me whoever speaks to you, and he won’t bother you again!”

What more can David say to you? You have honored your servant; you have given your servant special recognition.

Pay attention to my cry for help, my king and my God, for I am praying to you!

Hear my plea for mercy when I cry out to you for help, when I lift my hands toward your holy temple!

You are my source of strength! I will sing praises to you! For God is my refuge, the God who loves me.

From the most remote place on earth I call out to you in my despair. Lead me up to an inaccessible rocky summit!

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.

All of them respond to you, saying: ‘You too have become weak like us! You have become just like us!

You will be reestablished when I vindicate you. You will not experience oppression; indeed, you will not be afraid. You will not be terrified, for nothing frightening will come near you.

They will attack you but they will not be able to overcome you, for I will be with you to rescue you,” says the Lord.

“We will not listen to what you claim the Lord has spoken to us!

“Listen! I am opposed to you, you proud city,” says the Lord God who rules over all. “Indeed, your day of reckoning has come, the time when I will punish you.