My destiny is in your hands; rescue me from my enemies, from the hands of my pursuers.
For their sake he remembered his covenant and relented in his abundant mercy,
Arise, Lord! Save me, my God! For you strike the cheekbone of all my foes; you break the teeth of the wicked.
Complacent, I once said, “I shall never be shaken.”
Offer fitting sacrifices and trust in the Lord.
For the leader. A psalm of David,
My soul too is shuddering greatly— and you, Lord, how long…?
For the leader; with stringed instruments. A psalm; a song.
Then we will not withdraw from you; revive us, and we will call on your name.
upon Ephraim, Benjamin, and Manasseh. Stir up your power, and come to save us.
You have left us to be fought over by our neighbors; our enemies deride us.
But to the Lord, our God, belong compassion and forgiveness, though we rebelled against him
For he says to Moses: “I will show mercy to whom I will, I will take pity on whom I will.”
This was to make known the riches of his glory to the vessels of mercy, which he has prepared previously for glory,