1  ⁱIn you, O Lord, do I take refuge;

let me never be put to shame!

2  In your righteousness deliver me and rescue me;

incline your ear to me, and save me!

3  Be to me a rock of ^jrefuge,

to which I may continually come;

you have ^kgiven the command to save me,

for you are my ^lrock and my fortress.

4  ^mRescue me, O my God, from the hand of the wicked,

from the grasp of the unjust and cruel man.

5  For you, O Lord, are my ⁿhope,

my trust, O Lord, from my youth.

6  Upon you I have leaned ^ofrom before my birth;

you are he who ^ptook me from my mother’s womb.

My praise is continually of you.

7  I have been as ^qa portent to many,

but you are my strong refuge.

8  My ^rmouth is filled with your praise,

and with your glory all the day.

9  ^sDo not cast me off in the time of old age;

forsake me not when my strength is spent.

10  For my enemies speak concerning me;

those who ^twatch for my life ^uconsult together

11  and say, “God has forsaken him;

pursue and seize him,

for there is none to deliver him.”

12  O God, be not ^vfar from me;

O my God, ^wmake haste to help me!

13  May my accusers be ^xput to shame and consumed;

^ywith scorn and disgrace may they be covered

who ^zseek my hurt.

14  But I will ^ahope continually

and will ^bpraise you yet more and more.

15  My ^cmouth will tell of your righteous acts,

of your deeds of salvation all the day,

for ^dtheir number is past my knowledge.

16  With the mighty deeds of the Lord God I will come;

I will remind them of your righteousness, yours alone.

17  O God, from my youth you have taught me,

and I still proclaim your wondrous deeds.

18  So even to ^eold age and gray hairs,

O God, ^fdo not forsake me,

until I proclaim your might to another generation,

your power to all those to come.

19  Your ^grighteousness, O God,

reaches the high heavens.

You who have done ^hgreat things,

O God, ⁱwho is like you?

20  You who have ^jmade me see many troubles and calamities

will ^krevive me again;

from the depths of the earth

you will bring me up again.

21  You will increase my greatness

and comfort me again.

22  I will also praise you with ^lthe harp

for your faithfulness, O my God;

I will sing praises to you with the lyre,

O ^mHoly One of Israel.

23  My lips will shout for joy,

when I sing praises to you;

my soul also, which you have ⁿredeemed.

24  And my ^otongue will talk of your righteous help all the day long,

for they have been ^pput to shame and disappointed

who sought to do me hurt.

1  How ^rlovely is your ^sdwelling place,

O Lord of hosts!

2  My soul ^tlongs, yes, ^ufaints

for the courts of the Lord;

my heart and flesh sing for joy

to ^vthe living God.

3  Even the sparrow finds a home,

and the swallow a nest for herself,

where she may lay her young,

at your altars, O Lord of hosts,

^wmy King and my God.

4  ^xBlessed are those who dwell in your house,

ever ^ysinging your praise! Selah

5  Blessed are those whose strength is in you,

^zin whose heart are the highways to Zion.²

6  As they go through the Valley of Baca

they make it a place of springs;

^athe early rain also covers it with ^bpools.

7  They go ^cfrom strength to strength;

each one ^dappears before God in Zion.

8  O ^eLord God of hosts, hear my prayer;

give ear, O God of Jacob! Selah

9  ^fBehold our ^gshield, O God;

look on the face of your anointed!

10  For a day ^hin your courts is better

than a thousand elsewhere.

I would rather be ⁱa doorkeeper in the house of my God

than dwell in the tents of wickedness.

11  For the Lord God is ^ja sun and ^gshield;

the Lord bestows favor and honor.

^kNo good thing does he withhold

from those who ^lwalk uprightly.

12  O Lord of hosts,

^mblessed is the one who trusts in you!

1  Lord, you were ^ofavorable to your land;

you ^prestored the fortunes of Jacob.

2  You ^qforgave the iniquity of your people;

you ^qcovered all their sin. Selah

3  You withdrew all your wrath;

you ^rturned from your hot anger.

4  ^sRestore us again, O God of our salvation,

and put away your indignation toward us!

5  ^tWill you be angry with us forever?

Will you prolong your anger to all generations?

6  Will you not ^urevive us again,

that your people may ^vrejoice in you?

7  Show us your steadfast love, O Lord,

and grant us your salvation.

8  ^wLet me hear what God the Lord will speak,

for he will ^xspeak peace to his people, to his ^ysaints;

but let them not ^zturn back to ^afolly.

9  Surely his ^bsalvation is near to those who fear him,

that ^cglory may dwell in our land.

10  ^dSteadfast love and faithfulness meet;

^erighteousness and peace kiss each other.

11  Faithfulness springs up from the ground,

and righteousness looks down from the sky.

12  Yes, ^fthe Lord will give what is good,

and our land ^gwill yield its increase.

13  ^hRighteousness will go before him

and make his footsteps a way.

1  On ^mthe holy mount ⁿstands the city he founded;

2  the Lord ^oloves the gates of Zion

more than all the dwelling places of Jacob.

3  ^pGlorious things of you are spoken,

O ^qcity of God. Selah

4  Among those who ^rknow me I mention ^sRahab and Babylon;

behold, Philistia and Tyre, with ^tCush¹—

“This one was born there,” they say.

5  And of Zion it shall be said,

“This one and that one were born in her”;

for the Most High himself will ^uestablish her.

6  The Lord records as he ^vregisters the peoples,

“This one was born there.” Selah

7  ^wSingers and ^xdancers alike say,

“All my ^ysprings are in you.”