1 In you, O LORD, I have sought refuge; let me never be ashamed; in your righteousness set me free.
2 Turn your ear to me; quickly rescue me; be for me a rock of shelter, a house of fortresses to save me.
3 For you are my crag and my fortress; for the sake of your name you will lead me and guide me.
4 You will bring me out of the net they have hidden for me, for you are my stronghold.
5 Into your hand I entrust my spirit; you have ransomed me, O LORD, God of truth.
6 I hate those who cling to empty vanities, but as for me, I trust in the LORD.
7 I will rejoice and be glad in your steadfast love, for you have seen my misery; you have known the anguish of my soul,
8 and you have not shut me up in the hand of the enemy; you have made my feet stand in a wide place.
9 Show me grace, O LORD, for I am in trouble; my eye is worn out with vexation, my soul and my belly as well.
10 For my life is consumed in grief and my years in groaning; my strength stumbles because of my iniquity, and my bones are worn away.
11 Because of all my adversaries I have become a disgrace, above all to my neighbors, and a terror to those who know me; those who see me outside run away from me.
12 I am forgotten like a dead man, out of the heart; I have become like a ruined vessel.
13 For I have heard the slander of many, terror all around, as they conspire together against me; they scheme to take my life.
14 But as for me, I have trusted in you, O LORD; I have said, "You are my God."
15 My times are in your hand; rescue me from the hand of my enemies and from my pursuers.
16 Let your face shine upon your servant; save me in your steadfast love.
17 O LORD, let me not be ashamed, for I have called on you; let the wicked be ashamed; let them be silenced in Sheol.
18 Let lying lips be struck dumb, which speak arrogantly against the righteous with pride and scorn.
19 How great is your goodness, which you have treasured up for those who fear you, which you have done for those who seek refuge in you before the children of men!
20 You hide them in the secret place of your presence from the plots of man; you conceal them in a shelter from the quarreling of tongues.
21 Blessed be the LORD, for he has made his steadfast love wonderful to me in a fortified city.
22 As for me, I said in my haste, "I am cut off from your sight." Yet you heard the sound of my supplications when I cried out to you.
23 Love the LORD, all his godly ones! The LORD guards the faithful and repays in full the one who acts proudly.
24 Be strong and let your heart be bold, all you who wait for the LORD.