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.

I desperately want to be in the courts of the Lord’s temple. My heart and my entire being shout for joy to the living God.

A well-written song by David, when he was in the cave; a prayer. To the Lord I cry out; to the Lord I plead for mercy.

Offer the prescribed sacrifices and trust in the Lord!

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

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

Protect me and deliver me! Please do not let me be humiliated, for I have taken shelter in you!

From the place where he lives he looks carefully at all the earth’s inhabitants.

He is the one who forms every human heart, and takes note of all their actions.

Look, the Lord takes notice of his loyal followers, those who wait for him to demonstrate his faithfulness

Those who look to him for help are happy; their faces are not ashamed.

Do not be angry and frustrated! Do not fret! That only leads to trouble!

Deliver me from all my sins of rebellion! Do not make me the object of fools’ insults!

He summons the heavens above, as well as the earth, so that he might judge his people.

As for me, I will call out to God, and the Lord will deliver me.

Come near me and redeem me! Because of my enemies, rescue me!

May their camp become desolate, their tents uninhabited!

May their names be deleted from the scroll of the living! Do not let their names be listed with the godly!

O God, do not remain far away from me! My God, hurry and help me!

They say, “How does God know what we do? Is the sovereign one aware of what goes on?”