1 Listen, O Lord , to my prayer; attend to my plea. In your faithfulness give me answer, and in your righteousness.
2 With your servant O enter you not into judgment, for in your sight can no one alive be justified.
3 For the enemy persecutes me, crushing my life to the ground, making me live in the darkness, as those who have long been dead.
4 My spirit is faint within me, my heart is bewildered within me.
5 I remember the days of old, and brood over all you have done, musing on all that your hands have wrought.
6 I spread out my hands to you: I thirst for you, like parched earth. Selah
7 Answer me soon, Lord , because my spirit is spent. Hide not your face from me, else become I like those who go down to the pit.
8 Let me learn of your love in the morning, for my trust is in you. Teach me the way I should go: for my heart longs for you.
9 Save me, O Lord , from my foes: for to you I have fled for refuge.
10 Teach me to do your will, for you yourself are my God. Guide me by your good spirit, O Lord , on a way that is smooth.
11 Be true to your name Lord , spare me, bring me out of distress in your faithfulness.
12 In your kindness extinguish my enemies, and all those who vex me destroy; for I am your servant.