¹A Psalm of David.

To you, O Lord,

I direct my sentiments.

²O God of mine, in you I have trusted.

May I not be ashamed;

May my enemies not gloat over me.

³May none of those who put their hope in you be ashamed either;

Let those who act treacherously without cause be ashamed.

⁴O Lord, make your ways known to me;

Teach me your paths.

⁵Guide my steps in your truth,

And teach me,

For you are the God of my salvation.

I put my hope in you all day long.

⁶Remember your compassion and kindness, O Lord,

For they have existed since ancient time.

⁷Do not remember the sins of my youth

Nor my transgressions.

In accordance with your kindness,

Do remember me

For the sake of your goodness, O Lord.

⁸The Lord is good and upright,

On account of which he instructs sinners on the way.

⁹He guides the steps of the meek in justice,

And he teaches the meek his way.

¹⁰All the ways of the Lord are kindness and truth

To those who keep his covenant and his testimonies.

¹¹For your name's sake, O Lord,

Forgive my iniquity,

For it is great.

¹²Who is this man who fears the Lord?

He will instruct him in the way he is to choose.

¹³His very self will abide in well-being,

And his seed will inherit the earth.

¹⁴The Lord's private plan is for those who fear him,

And his covenant is to instruct them.

¹⁵My eyes are continually to the Lord,

For he will extricate my feet from the net.

¹⁶Turn to me and have mercy on me,

For I am solitary and afflicted.

¹⁷They have increased the anguish of my heart.

Deliver me out of my distress.

¹⁸See my affliction and my suffering,

And forgive all my sins.

¹⁹See how my enemies have increased,

And how they have hated me with a violent hatred.

²⁰Guard my life and deliver me;

Do not let me be ashamed,

For I have put my trust in you.

²¹Let integrity and uprightness preserve me,

For I have put my hope in you.

²²Deliver Israel, O God,

From all his adversities.