<p class="poetry">I am oppressed and needy!<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">O God, hurry to me!<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">You are my helper and my deliverer!p> <p class="poetry">O <sc>Lordsc>,<n id="3" /> do not delay!p>

<p class="poetry">Even when I am old and gray,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">O God, do not abandon me,p> <p class="poetry">until I tell the next generation about your strength,p> <p class="poetry">and those coming after me about your power.<n id="2" />p>

<t /><p class="psasuper">For the music director; according to the <i>al-tashchethi> style;<n id="2" /> a psalm of Asaph; a song.p> <p class="poetry">We give thanks to you, O God! We give thanks!p> <p class="poetry">You reveal your presence;<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">people tell about your amazing deeds.p>

<t /><p class="psasuper">A psalm of Asaph.p> <p class="poetry">O God, foreigners<n id="2" /> have invaded your chosen land;<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">they have polluted your holy templep> <p class="poetry">and turned Jerusalem<n id="4" /> into a heap of ruins.p>

<p class="poetry">For the <sc>Lordsc> God is our sovereign protector.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">The <sc>Lordsc> bestows favor<n id="2" /> and honor;p> <p class="poetry">he withholds no good thing from those who have integrity.<n id="3" />p>

<t /><p class="psasuper">For the music director; a psalm of David, written when Nathan the prophet confronted him after David&#8217;s affair with Bathsheba.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">Have mercy on me, O God, because of<n id="3" /> your loyal love!p> <p class="poetry">Because of<n id="4" /> your great compassion, wipe away my rebellious acts!<n id="5" />p>

<t /><p class="psasuper">For the music director; according to the <i>yonath-elem-rechovimi> style;<n id="2" /> a prayer<n id="3" /> of David, written when the Philistines captured him in Gath.<n id="4" />p> <p class="poetry">Have mercy on me, O God, for men are attacking me!<n id="5" />p> <p class="poetry">All day long hostile enemies<n id="6" /> are tormenting me.<n id="7" />p>

<t /><p class="psasuper">For the music director; according to the <i>al-tashchethi> style;<n id="2" /> a prayer<n id="3" /> of David, written when he fled from Saul into the cave.<n id="4" />p> <p class="poetry">Have mercy on me, O God! Have mercy on me!p> <p class="poetry">For in you I have taken shelter.<n id="5" />p> <p class="poetry">In the shadow of your wings<n id="6" /> I take shelterp> <p class="poetry">until trouble passes.p>

<t /><p class="psasuper">A psalm of David, written when he was in the Judean wilderness.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">O God, you are my God! I long for you!<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">My soul thirsts<n id="4" /> for you,p> <p class="poetry">my flesh yearns for you,p> <p class="poetry">in a dry and parched<n id="5" /> land where there is no water.p>

<t /><p class="psasuper">For the music director; according to the <i>shushan-eduthi> style;<n id="2" /> a prayer<n id="3" /> of David written to instruct others.<n id="4" /> It was written when he fought against Aram Naharaim and Aram-Zobah. That was when Joab turned back and struck down<n id="5" /> 12,000 Edomites<n id="6" /> in the Valley of Salt.<n id="7" />p> <p class="poetry">O God, you have rejected us.<n id="8" />p> <p class="poetry">You suddenly turned on us in your anger.<n id="9" />p> <p class="poetry">Please restore us!<n id="10" />p>