5AND I [AM] POOR AND NEEDY O GOD MAKE HASTE! TO ME [ARE] HELP MY AND DELIVERER MY YOU O YAHWEH MAY NOT YOU DELAY 5But I am poor and needy; hurry to me, O God. You are my help and my deliverer; O LORD, do not delay.
1IN YOU O YAHWEH I HAVE TAKEN REFUGE MAY NOT I BE ASHAMED FOR EVER Be My Rock of Refuge 1In You, O LORD, I have taken refuge; let me never be put to shame.
2IN RIGHTEOUSNESS YOUR YOU WILL RESCUE ME AND YOU WILL DELIVER ME INCLINE TO ME EAR YOUR AND SAVE ME 2In Your justice, rescue and deliver me; incline Your ear and save me.
3BECOME OF ME <INTO> A ROCK A DWELLING PLACE TO GO CONTINUALLY YOU HAVE GIVEN COMMAND TO SAVE ME FOR [ARE] ROCK MY AND STRONGHOLD MY YOU 3Be my rock of refuge, where I can always go. Give the command to save me, for You are my rock and my fortress.
4O GOD MY DELIVER ME FROM [THE] HAND OF [THE] WICKED FROM [THE] HAND OF [THE] WRONGDOER AND [THE] RUTHLESS 4Deliver me, O my God, from the hand of the wicked, from the grasp of the unjust and ruthless.
5FOR YOU [ARE] HOPE MY O LORD YAHWEH CONFIDENCE MY SINCE YOUTH<S> MY 5For You are my hope, O Lord GOD, my confidence from my youth.
6ON YOU I HAVE SUPPORTED MYSELF FROM [THE] WOMB FROM [THE] INWARD PARTS OF MOTHER MY YOU [WERE [THE] ONE WHO] CUT OFF ME [IS] IN YOU PRAISE MY CONTINUALLY 6I have leaned on You since birth; You pulled me from my mother’s womb. My praise is always for You.
7LIKE A PORTENT I HAVE BECOME FOR MANY [PEOPLE] AND YOU [ARE] REFUGE OF MY STRENGTH 7I have become a portent to many, but You are my strong refuge.
8IT IS FILLED MOUTH MY PRAISE YOUR ALL THE DAY SPLENDOR YOUR 8My mouth is filled with Your praise and with Your splendor all day long.
9MAY NOT YOU CAST AWAY ME TO A TIME OF OLD AGE WHEN FAILS STRENGTH MY MAY NOT YOU FORSAKE ME 9Do not discard me in my old age; do not forsake me when my strength fails.
10FOR THEY HAVE SPOKEN ENEMIES MY OF ME AND [THOSE WHO] WATCH OF LIFE MY THEY HAVE CONSULTED TOGETHER 10For my enemies speak against me, and those who lie in wait for my life conspire,
11<TO> SAYING GOD HE HAS FORSAKEN HIM PURSUE AND SEIZE HIM FOR THERE NOT [IS] A DELIVERER 11saying, “God has forsaken him; pursue him and seize him, for there is no one to rescue him.”
12O GOD MAY NOT YOU BE FAR FROM ME O GOD MY TO HELP MY MAKE HASTE! 12Be not far from me, O God. Hurry, O my God, to help me.
13MAY THEY BE ASHAMED MAY THEY COME TO AN END [THE] ACCUSERS OF SELF MY MAY THEY COVER THEMSELVES REPROACH AND IGNOMINY [THOSE WHO] SEEK <OF> HARM MY 13May the accusers of my soul be ashamed and consumed; may those who seek my harm be covered with scorn and disgrace.
14AND I CONTINUALLY I WILL WAIT AND I WILL ADD TO ALL PRAISE YOUR 14But I will always hope and will praise You more and more.
15MOUTH MY IT WILL RECOUNT RIGHTEOUSNESS YOUR ALL THE DAY SALVATION YOUR FOR NOT I KNOW NUMBERS 15My mouth will declare Your righteousness and Your salvation all day long, though I cannot know their full measure.
16I WILL COME WITH [THE] MIGHTY DEEDS OF [THE] LORD YAHWEH I WILL BRING TO REMEMBRANCE RIGHTEOUSNESS YOUR TO ALONE YOU 16I will come in the strength of the Lord GOD; I will proclaim Your righteousness— Yours alone.
17O GOD YOU HAVE TAUGHT ME SINCE YOUTH<S> MY AND UNTIL NOW I DECLARE WONDERS YOUR 17O God, You have taught me from my youth, and to this day I proclaim Your marvelous deeds.
18AND ALSO UNTIL OLD AGE AND GREY HAIR O GOD MAY NOT YOU FORSAKE ME UNTIL I WILL DECLARE STRENGTH YOUR TO A GENERATION TO EVERY [ONE WHO] HE WILL COME MIGHT YOUR 18Even when I am old and gray, do not forsake me, O God, until I proclaim Your power to the next generation, Your might to all who are to come.
19AND RIGHTEOUSNESS YOUR O GOD [IS] TO [THE] HEIGHT WHO YOU HAVE DONE GREAT [THINGS] O GOD WHO? [IS] LIKE YOU 19Your righteousness reaches to the heavens, O God, You who have done great things. Who, O God, is like You?
20WHO YOU HAVE MADE SEE ME TROUBLES MANY AND CALAMITIES YOU WILL RETURN YOU WILL PRESERVE ALIVE ME AND FROM [THE] DEPTHS OF THE EARTH YOU WILL RETURN YOU WILL BRING UP ME 20Though You have shown me many troubles and misfortunes, You will revive me once again. Even from the depths of the earth You will bring me back up.
21MAY YOU INCREASE GREATNESS MY AND MAY YOU TURN MAY YOU COMFORT ME 21You will increase my honor and comfort me once again.
22ALSO I I WILL PRAISE YOU WITH AN INSTRUMENT OF A LYRE FAITHFULNESS YOUR O GOD MY I WILL MAKE MUSIC TO YOU WITH A HARP O HOLY [ONE] OF ISRAEL 22So I will praise You with the harp for Your faithfulness, O my God; I will sing praise to You with the lyre, O Holy One of Israel.
23THEY WILL SING FOR JOY LIPS MY IF I WILL MAKE MUSIC TO YOU AND SELF MY WHICH YOU HAVE REDEEMED 23When I sing praise to You my lips will shout for joy, along with my soul, which You have redeemed.
24ALSO TONGUE MY ALL THE DAY IT WILL UTTER RIGHTEOUSNESS YOUR FOR THEY ARE ASHAMED FOR THEY ARE ABASHED [THOSE WHO] SEEK <OF> HARM MY 24My tongue will indeed proclaim Your righteousness all day long, for those who seek my harm are disgraced and confounded.