2. Deliver me in Your righteousness and cause me to escape; bow down Your ear to me and save me!
3. Be to me a rock of refuge in which to dwell, and a sheltering stronghold to which I may continually resort, which You have appointed to save me, for You are my Rock and my Fortress.
4. Rescue me, O my God, out of the hand of the wicked, out of the grasp of the unrighteous and ruthless man.
5. For You are my hope; O Lord God, You are my trust from my youth and the source of my confidence.
6. Upon You have I leaned and relied from birth; You are He Who took me from my mother's womb and You have been my benefactor from that day. My praise is continually of You.
7. I am as a wonder and surprise to many, but You are my strong refuge.
8. My mouth shall be filled with Your praise and with Your honor all the day.
9. Cast me not off nor send me away in the time of old age; forsake me not when my strength is spent and my powers fail.
10. For my enemies talk against me; those who watch for my life consult together,
11. Saying, God has forsaken him; pursue and persecute and take him, for there is none to deliver him.
12. O God, be not far from me! O my God, make haste to help me!
13. Let them be put to shame and consumed who are adversaries to my life; let them be covered with reproach, scorn, and dishonor who seek and require my hurt.