Answerme when I call,O Godof my righteousness!You have relievedme in my distress;Be graciousto me and hearmy prayer.
"Then indeed,He enticedyou from the mouthof distress,Insteadof it, a broadplacewith noconstraint;And that whichwas seton your tablewas fullof fatness.
For the LORDis righteous,He lovesrighteousness;The uprightwill beholdHis face.
OLORD,surelyI am Your servant,I am Your servant,the sonof Your handmaid,You have loosedmy bonds.
The LORDpreservesthe simple;I was broughtlow,and He savedme.
Turnto me and be graciousto me, After Your mannerwith those who loveYour name.
And do not enterinto judgmentwith Your servant,For in Your sightnomanlivingis righteous.
I have calledupon You, for You will answerme, O God;InclineYour earto me, hearmy speech.
My God,my God,whyhave You forsakenme? Farfrom my deliveranceare the wordsof my groaning.
He shall receivea blessingfrom the LORDAnd righteousnessfrom the Godof his salvation.
Turnto me and be graciousto me, For I am lonelyand afflicted.
And You have not givenme overinto the handof the enemy;You have setmy feetin a largeplace.
As for me, You upholdme in my integrity,And You setme in Your presenceforever.
As the deerpantsfor the waterbrooks,Somy soulpantsfor You, O God.
My heartoverflowswith a goodtheme;I addressmy versesto the King;My tongueis the penof a readywriter.
Be graciousto me, O God,for manhas trampledupon me; Fightingalldaylong he oppressesme.
Be graciousto me, O God,be graciousto me, For my soultakesrefugein You; And in the shadowof Your wingsI will takerefugeUntildestructionpassesby.
O LORD,do not rebukeme in Your anger,Norchastenme in Your wrath.
Godbe graciousto us and blessus, [And] cause His faceto shineupon us-- Selah.
Godis knownin Judah;His nameis greatin Israel.
"They will sayof Me, 'Onlyin the LORDare righteousnessand strength.'Men will cometo Him, And allwho were angryat Him will be putto shame.
"In His daysJudahwill be saved,And Israelwill dwellsecurely;And thisis His nameby whichHe will be called,The LORDour righteousness.'
The LordGODis my strength,And He has mademy feetlike hinds'[feet], And makes me walkon my highplaces.For the choirdirector,on my stringedinstruments.
But by His doing you are in ChristJesus,whobecameto us wisdomfrom God,and righteousnessand sanctification,and redemption,
whodeliveredus from so greata [peril of] death,and will deliver[us], He on whomwe have set our hope.And He will yetdeliverus,
For we do not wantyou to be unaware,brethren,of our afflictionwhich came[to us] in Asia,that we were burdenedexcessively,beyondour strength,sothat we despairedevenof life;
And Davidsaid,"The LORDwhodeliveredme from the pawof the lionand from the pawof the bear,He will deliverme from the handof thisPhilistine."And Saulsaidto David,"Go,and may the LORDbe with you."
