O God, Do Not Forsake Me
aIn You, O Yahweh, I have taken refuge;
Let me never be ashamed.
2 aIn Your righteousness deliver me and protect me;
bIncline Your ear to me and save me.
3 aBe to me a rock of bhabitation to which I may continually come;
You have given the ccommand to save me,
For You are dmy rock and my fortress.
4 aProtect 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 ahope;
O Lord Yahweh, You are my btrust from my youth.
6 By You I have been asustained from my birth;
You are He who btook me from my mother’s womb;
My cpraise is continually of You.
7 I have become a amarvel to many,
For You are bmy strong refuge.
8 My amouth is filled with Your praise
And with bYour beauty all day long.
9 Do not cast me off in the atime of old age;
Do not forsake me when my strength fails.
10 For my enemies have spoken against me;
And those who awatch my life bhave counseled together,
11 Saying, “aGod has forsaken him;
Pursue and seize him, for there is bno one to deliver.”
12 O God, ado not be far from me;
O my God, bhasten to my help!
13 Let those who accuse my soul be aashamed and consumed;
Let them be bwrapped up with reproach and dishonor, who cseek to do me evil.
14 But as for me, I will await continually,
And will bpraise You yet more and more.
15 My amouth shall recount Your righteousness
And bYour salvation all day long;
For I cdo not know the sum of them.
16 I will come awith the mighty deeds of Lord Yahweh;
I will bbring to remembrance Your righteousness, Yours alone.
17 O God, You ahave taught me from my youth,
And I still bdeclare Your wondrous deeds.
18 And even when I am aold and gray, O God, do not forsake me,
Until I bdeclare Your strength to this generation,
Your might to all who are to come.
19 For Your arighteousness, O God, reaches to the heavens,
You who have bdone great things;
O God, cwho is like You?
20 You, who have ashown me many troubles and evils,
Will brevive me again,
And will bring me up again cfrom the depths of the earth.
21 May You increase my agreatness
And turn to bcomfort me.
22 I will also praise You with aa harp,
Even Your truth, O my God;
To You I will sing praises with the blyre,
O cHoly One of Israel.
23 My lips will asing for joy when I sing praises to You;
And my bsoul, which You have redeemed.
24 My atongue also will utter Your righteousness all day long;
For they are bashamed, for they are humiliated who seek to do me evil.