1Bend down your ear, O LORD, and hear me. I am poor and needy.
2Keep my soul safe, for I am holy. O my God, save your servant who trusts in you.
3Be merciful to me, O Lord, for I cry out to you every day.
4Make your servant's soul glad, for to you, O Lord, I lift up my soul.
5For you, Lord, are good, and ready to forgive. You are full of mercy to all who call on you.
6Listen, O LORD, to my prayer, and pay attention to the voice of my pleading.
7In the day of my trouble I will call on you, for you will answer me.
8Among the gods there is none like you, O Lord, and there are no works like your works.
9All the nations you have made will come and worship before you, O Lord, and they will glorify your name.
10For you are great, and you do wonderful things. You alone are God.
11Teach me your way, O LORD, and I will walk in your truth. Make my heart one, so that I fear your name.
12I will praise you, O Lord my God, with all my heart. I will glorify your name for ever.
13For great is your mercy toward me. You have rescued my soul from the lowest hell.
14O God, the proud have risen up against me. A crowd of violent men has hunted for my soul, and they have not set you before them.
15But you, O Lord, are a God full of compassion, and gracious, slow to anger, and full of mercy and truth.
16Turn to me, and have mercy on me. Give your strength to your servant, and save the son of your servant girl.
17Show me a sign of your goodness, so that those who hate me may see it and be ashamed. For you, LORD, have helped me and comforted me.