1IN You, O LORD, I take refuge;
let me never be put to shame.
2 Rescue me and deliver me in Your righteousness;
incline Your ear to me and save me.
3 Be my rock of refuge,
where I may always go.
Give the command to save me,
for You are my rock and my fortress.
4 Deliver me, O my God, from the hand of the wicked,
from the grasp of unjust and cruel men.
5 For You are my hope, O LORD God;
my confidence since my youth.
6 I have leaned upon You from birth;
You took me from my mother’s womb.
I will always praise You.
7 I have become like a portent to many,
but You are my strong refuge.
8 My mouth is filled with Your praise,
and with Your honour all day long.
9 Do not cast me off when I am old;
do not forsake me when my strength fails.
10 For my enemies speak against me;
those who wait to take my life conspire together.
11 They say, “God has forsaken him;
pursue and seize him,
for there is no one to deliver him.”
12 O God, be not far from me;
O my God, make haste to help me!
13 May my adversaries be disgraced and confounded;
let those who seek my harm
be covered with disgrace and dishonour.
14 But I will hope continually;
I will praise You yet more and more.
15 My mouth will tell of Your righteousness,
and of Your salvation all day long,
though I do not know the end of its measure.
16 I will go in the strength of the LORD God;
I will proclaim Your righteousness, Yours alone.
17 O God, You have taught me from my youth;
to this day I declare Your wondrous deeds.
18 Even when I am old and gray,
O God, do not forsake me,
until I have proclaimed Your power
to all generations;
Your strength to all who are to come.
19 Your righteousness, O God, reaches to the heavens,
You have done great things.
O God, who is like You?
20 Though You have shown me many troubles and misfortunes,
yet You will restore my life again;
from the depths of the earth
You will bring up again.
21 You will increase my honour,
and comfort me once again.
22 Therefore, I will praise You with the harp
for Your faithfulness, O Holy One of Israel.
I will sing praises to You with the lyre,
O Holy One of Israel.
23 My lips will shout for joy
when I sing praise to You,
for You have redeemed me.
24 My tongue will talk of Your righteousness
all the day long;
for those who sought to harm me
have been put to shame and confusion.