Even if my father and mother abandoned me, ¹  the Lord would take me in. ² 

He is a father to the fatherless and an advocate for widows. ¹  God rules from his holy palace. ² 

He will call out to me, ‘You are my father, ¹  my God, and the protector who delivers me.’ ² 

As a father has compassion on his children, ¹  so the Lord has compassion on his faithful followers. ² 

The king says, ¹  “I will announce the Lord’s decree. He said to me: ²  ‘You are my son! ³  This very day I have become your father!

Listen, O princess! ¹  Observe and pay attention! ²  Forget your homeland ³  and your family! ⁴ 

May his children ¹  be fatherless, and his wife a widow!

They kill the widow and the one residing outside his native land, and they murder the fatherless. ¹ 

You defend ¹  the fatherless and oppressed, ²  so that mere mortals may no longer terrorize them. ³ 

Your ¹  sons will carry ²  on the dynasty of your ancestors; ³  you will make them princes throughout the land.

May his ancestors’ ¹  sins be remembered by the Lord! May his mother’s sin not be forgotten! ² 

The Lord protects those residing outside their native land; he lifts up the fatherless and the widow, ¹  but he opposes the wicked. ² 

You have taken notice, ¹  for ²  you always see ³  one who inflicts pain and suffering. ⁴  The unfortunate victim entrusts his cause to you; ⁵  you deliver ⁶  the fatherless. ⁷ 

May his fame endure! ¹  May his dynasty last as long as the sun remains in the sky! ²  May they use his name when they formulate their blessings! ³  May all nations consider him to be favored by God! ⁴