Jehovah is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer;\par\tab My God, my rock, in whom I will take refuge;\par\tab My shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower.
{\b {\i A Psalm} of David.}\par\par\tab Unto thee, O Jehovah, will I call:\par\tab My rock, be not thou deaf unto me;\par\tab Lest, if thou be silent unto me,\par\tab I become like them that go down into the pit.
Then I returned and saw all the oppressions that are done under the sun: and, behold, the tears of such as were oppressed, and they had no comforter; and on the side of their oppressors there was power; but they had no comforter.
Because of the voice of the enemy,\par\tab Because of the oppression of the wicked;\par\tab For they cast iniquity upon me,\par\tab And in anger they persecute me.
{\b For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David.}\par\par\tab How long, O Jehovah? wilt thou forget me for ever?\par\tab How long wilt thou hide thy face from me?