To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.

For the conductor, a psalm of David.

In Thee, O Lord, do I take refuge; let me never be ashamed: deliver me in Thy righteousness.

In You, O L rd, have I trusted — let me never be shamed; save me in Your righteousness.

Incline Thy ear to me; deliver me speedily: be Thou my strong rock, a fortress of defence to save me.

Incline Your ear to me. Save me quickly. Be a rock of strength to me; a fortress to save me.

For Thou art my rock and my fortress; therefore for Thy name’s sake lead me, and guide me.

For You are my rock and my fortress. For Your name's sake, lead me and guide me.

Pull me out of the net that they have hidden for me: for Thou art my stronghold.

Release me from this net they have laid down for me, for You are my strength.

Into Thy hand I commit my spirit: Thou hast redeemed me, O Lord God of truth.

To Your hand I commit my soul, [for] You redeem me, O L rd, G d of truth.

I hate them that regard vain idols: but I trust in the Lord.

I have hated the hopers in vanities [i.e., idolatry]. As for me, I have trusted to the L rd.

I will be glad and rejoice in Thy loyal love: for Thou hast considered my affliction: Thou hast known the troubles of my soul;

I shall regale and rejoice in Your lovingkindness; in Your seeing my affliction; in Your knowing the straits of my soul.

and Thou hast not delivered me up into the hand of the enemy: Thou hast set my feet in a broad place.

You did not hand me over to the foe; You set my feet in a broad place.

Be gracious to me, O Lord, for I am in trouble: my eye is consumed with grief, my soul and my body.

Be gracious unto me, O L rd, for I am sore afflicted. My eye is dimmed with woe; my soul and my innards.

For my life is spent with grief, and my years with sighing: my strength fails because of my iniquity, and my bones are wasted away.

For my life is consumed in sorrow, and my years in sighing. My strength is sapped by my sin and my bones are worn away.

I am the scorn of all my adversaries, and very much of my neighbours, and a dread to my acquaintances: those who see me in the street flee from me.

I have been [rendered an object of] fear to those who know me. Those who see me out [of doors] move away from me.

I am forgotten as a dead man out of mind: I am like a broken vessel.

I have been forgotten, as a dead one, from the heart; I have become as a lost vessel.

For I have heard the slander of many: fear on every side: while they took counsel together against me, they devised to take away my life.

For I have heard the plotting of the many, [who strike me with] terror roundabout, when they take counsel together against me, scheming to take my soul.

But I trusted in Thee, O Lord: I said, Thou art my God.

But I have trusted in You, O L rd; I have said: You are my G d [and You will rescue me].

My times are in Thy hand: deliver me from the hand of my enemies, and from those who persecute me.

In your hand [i.e., by Your decree] are my times [(good and ill)]; save me from the hand of my foes and my pursuers.

Make Thy face to shine upon Thy servant: save me by Thy loyal love.

Illumine Your face to Your servant; save me with Your lovingkindness.

Let me not be ashamed, O Lord; for I have called upon Thee: let the wicked be ashamed, and let them be silent in She᾽ol.

O L rd, let me not be shamed, for I have called upon You [(so that my being shamed would redound to Your dishonor)]. Let the wicked be shamed. Let them be silenced to Sheol.

Let the lying lips be put to silence; which speak arrogant words, proudly and contemptuously, against the righteous.

Let the lying lips be silenced, which speak falsehood against the righteous one [(saying to Saul about me: "David is plotting against you")], in haughtiness and scorn.

Oh how great is Thy goodness, which Thou has laid up for those who fear Thee; which Thou hast performed for those who trust in Thee in the sight of the sons of men!

How great is Your good that You have stored up [(in the world to come)] for those who fear You! [But] would that You wrought for those who take shelter in You against the sons of men [(in this world)]!

Thou hidest them in the covert of Thy presence from the plots of men: Thou shalt keep them secretly in a pavilion from the strife of tongues.

Hide them [("those who take shelter in You")] in the covert of Your countenance from those who band [against them]. Secrete them in concealment from the taunting of tongues.

Blessed be the Lord: for he has shown me his marvellous love in a strong city.

Blessed is the L rd, for He has made His lovingkindness wondrous to me in a city under siege [I Samuel 23:7-12].

For I said in my haste, I am cut off from before Thy eyes: nevertheless Thou didst hear the voice of my supplications when I cried to Thee.

And I said [in my heart] in my haste [(in the desert of Maon, after escaping the siege)]: I have been cut off from before Your eyes. But [even then] You heard the voice of my supplications when I cried out to You.

O love the Lord, all his pious ones: for the Lord preserves the faithful, and plentifully repays him who acts haughtily.

Love the L rd, all His saintly ones! The L rd guards the faithful and requites the excess [(of haughtiness)] of the workers of pride.

Be of good courage, and let your heart be strong, all you who hope in the Lord.

[(Seeing, then, how He has wrought for me)] strengthen and fortify your hearts, all who hope in the L rd.