¹ [Of David] ADORATION I offer, Yahweh,

² to you, my God. BUT in my trust in you do not put me to shame, let not my enemies gloat over me.

³ CALLING to you, none shall ever be put to shame, but shame is theirs who groundlessly break faith.

⁴ DIRECT me in your ways, Yahweh, and teach me your paths.

⁵ ENCOURAGE me to walk in your truth and teach me since you are the God who saves me. FOR my hope is in you all day long -- such is your generosity, Yahweh.

⁶ GOODNESS and faithful love have been yours for ever, Yahweh, do not forget them.

⁷ HOLD not my youthful sins against me, but remember me as your faithful love dictates.

⁸ INTEGRITY and generosity are marks of Yahweh for he brings sinners back to the path.

⁹ JUDICIOUSLY he guides the humble, instructing the poor in his way.

¹⁰ KINDNESS unfailing and constancy mark all Yahweh's paths, for those who keep his covenant and his decrees.

¹¹ LET my sin, great though it is, be forgiven, Yahweh, for the sake of your name.

¹² MEN who respect Yahweh, what of them? He teaches them the way they must choose.

¹³ NEIGHBOURS to happiness will they live, and their children inherit the land.

¹⁴ ONLY those who fear Yahweh have his secret and his covenant, for their understanding.

¹⁵ PERMANENTLY my eyes are on Yahweh, for he will free my feet from the snare.

¹⁶ QUICK, turn to me, pity me, alone and wretched as I am!

¹⁷ RELIEVE the distress of my heart, bring me out of my constraint.

¹⁸ SPARE a glance for my misery and pain, take all my sins away.

¹⁹ TAKE note how countless are my enemies, how violent their hatred for me.

²⁰ UNLESS you guard me and rescue me I shall be put to shame, for you are my refuge.

²¹ VIRTUE and integrity be my protection, for my hope, Yahweh, is in you.

²² Ransom Israel, O God, from all its troubles.