1 A prayer to David himself. Incline thine ear, o Lord, & hear me: because I am needy and poor.
1 A prayer for David himself. Incline thy ear, O Lord, and hear me: for I am needy and poor.
2 Keep my soul, because I am holy: save thy servant my God, that hopeth in thee.
2 Preserve my soul, for I am holy: save thy servant, O my God, that trusteth in thee.
3 Have mercy on me, o Lord, because I have cried to thee all the day:
3 Have mercy on me, O Lord, for I have cried to thee all the day.
4 make joyful the soul of thy servant, because to thee, o Lord, have I lifted up my soul.
4 Give joy to the soul of thy servant, for to thee, O Lord, I have lifted up my soul.
5 Because thou, o Lord, art sweet, and mild: and of much mercy to all that invocate thee.
5 ¹For thou, O Lord, art sweet and mild: and plenteous in mercy to all that call upon thee.
6 Receive, o Lord, my prayer with thine ears: and attend to the voice of my petition.
6 Give ear, O Lord, to my prayer: and attend to the voice of my petition.
7 In the day of my tribulation I have called to thee: because thou hast heard me.
7 I have called upon thee in the day of my trouble: because thou hast heard me.
8 There is not the like to thee amongst gods, o Lord: and there is not according to thy works.
8 There is none among the gods like unto thee, O Lord: and there is none according to thy works.
9 All nations whatsoever thou hast made, shall come, and shall adore before thee, o Lord: and they shall glorify thy name.
9 All the nations thou hast made shall come and adore before thee, O Lord: and they shall glorify thy name.
10 Because thou art great and doing marvelous things: thou only art God.
10 For thou art great and dost wonderful things: thou art God alone.
11 Conduct me, o Lord, in thy way, and I will walk in thy truth: let my heart rejoice that it may fear thy name.
11 Conduct me, O Lord, in thy way, and I will walk in thy truth: let my heart rejoice that it may fear thy name.
12 I will confess to thee, o Lord my God, with all my heart, and will glorify thy name for ever.
12 I will praise thee, O Lord my God, with my whole heart, and I will glorify thy name forever:
13 Because thy mercy is great upon me: & thou hast delivered my soul out of the lower hell.
13 For thy mercy is great towards me: and thou hast delivered my soul out of the lower hell.
14 O God the wicked are risen up upon me, and the synagogue of the mighty have sought my soul: and they have not set thee in their sight.
14 O God, the wicked are risen up against me, and the assembly of the mighty have sought my soul: and they have not set thee before their eyes.
15 And thou, o Lord, the God of compassion and merciful, patient, and of much mercy, and true.
15 And thou, O Lord, art a God of compassion, and merciful, patient, and of much mercy, and true.
16 Have respect to me and have mercy on me, give thine empire to thy servant: and save the son of thy handmaid.
16 O look upon me, and have mercy on me: give thy command to thy servant, and save the son of thy handmaid.
17 Make with me a sign unto God, that they may see which hate me, and may be confounded: because thou o Lord hast holpen me.
17 Show me a token for good: that they who hate me may see, and be confounded, because thou, O Lord, hast helped me and hast comforted me.