1. For the leader. A psalm of David.
2. In you, Lord, I take refuge;let me never be put to shame.In your righteousness deliver me;
3. incline your ear to me;make haste to rescue me!Be my rock of refuge,a stronghold to save me.
4. For you are my rock and my fortress;for your name’s sake lead me and guide me.
5. Free me from the net they have set for me,for you are my refuge.
6. Into your hands I commend my spirit;you will redeem me, Lord, God of truth.
7. You hate those who serve worthless idols,but I trust in the Lord.
8. I will rejoice and be glad in your mercy,once you have seen my misery,[and] gotten to know the distress of my soul.
9. You will not abandon me into enemy hands,but will set my feet in a free and open space.
10. Be gracious to me, Lord, for I am in distress;affliction is wearing down my eyes,my throat and my insides.
11. My life is worn out by sorrow,and my years by sighing.My strength fails in my affliction;my bones are wearing down.
12. To all my foes I am a thing of scorn,and especially to my neighborsa horror to my friends.When they see me in public,they quickly shy away.
13. I am forgotten, out of mind like the dead;I am like a worn-out tool.