2. In your righteousness, rescue me and deliver me; turn your ear to me and save me.
3. Be my rock of refuge, to which I can always go; give the command to save me, for you are my rock and my fortress.
4. Deliver me, my God, from the hand of the wicked, from the grasp of those who are evil and cruel.
5. For you have been my hope, Sovereign Lord, my confidence since my youth.
6. From birth I have relied on you; you brought me forth from my mother’s womb. I will ever praise you.