| 1 [Of David] ADORATION I offer, Yahweh, | 1 Unto the end, a psalm for David. To thee, O Lord, have I lifted up my soul. |
| 2 to you, my God. BUT in my trust in you do not put me to shame, let not my enemies gloat over me. | 2 In thee, O my God, I put my trust; let me not be ashamed. |
| 3 CALLING to you, none shal ever be put to shame, but shame is theirs who groundlessly break faith. | 3 Neither let my enemies laugh at me: for none of them that wait on thee shall be confounded. |
| 4 DIRECT me in your ways, Yahweh, and teach me your paths. | 4 Let all them be confounded that act unjust things without cause. Shew, O Lord, thy ways to me, and teach me thy paths. |
| 5 ENCOURAGE me to walk in your truth and teach me since you are the God who saves me. FOR myhope is in you all day long -- such is your generosity, Yahweh. | 5 Direct me in thy truth, and teach me; for thou art God my Saviour; and on thee have I waited all the day long. |
| 6 GOODNESS and faithful love have been yours for ever, Yahweh, do not forget them. | 6 Remember, O Lord, thy bowels of compassion; and thy mercies that are from the beginning of the world. |
| 7 HOLD not my youthful sins against me, but remember me as your faithful love dictates. | 7 The sins of my youth and my ignorances do not remember. According to thy mercy remember thou me: for thy goodness' sake, O Lord. |
| 8 INTEGRITY and generosity are marks of Yahweh for he brings sinners back to the path. | 8 The Lord is sweet and righteous: therefore he will give a law to sinners in the way. |
| 9 JUDICIOUSLY he guides the humble, instructing the poor in his way. | 9 He will guide the mild in judgment: he will teach the meek his ways. |
| 10 KINDNESS unfailing and constancy mark al Yahweh's paths, for those who keep his covenant andhis decrees. | 10 All the ways of the Lord are mercy and truth, to them that seek after his covenant and his testimonies. |
| 11 LET my sin, great though it is, be forgiven, Yahweh, for the sake of your name. | 11 For thy name's sake, O Lord, thou wilt pardon my sin: for it is great. |
| 12 MEN who respect Yahweh, what of them? He teaches them the way they must choose. | 12 Who is the man that feareth the Lord? He hath appointed him a law in the way he hath chosen. |
| 13 NEIGHBOURS to happiness wil they live, and their children inherit the land. | 13 His soul shall dwell in good things: and his seed shall inherit the land. |
| 14 ONLY those who fear Yahweh have his secret and his covenant, for their understanding. | 14 The Lord is a firmament to them that fear him: and his covenant shall be made manifest to them. |
| 15 PERMANENTLY my eyes are on Yahweh, for he will free my feet from the snare. | 15 My eyes are ever towards the Lord: for he shall pluck my feet out of the snare. |
| 16 QUICK, turn to me, pity me, alone and wretched as I am! | 16 Look thou upon me, and have mercy on me; for I am alone and poor. |
| 17 RELIEVE the distress of my heart, bring me out of my constraint. | 17 The troubles of my heart are multiplied: deliver me from my necessities. |
| 18 SPARE a glance for my misery and pain, take al my sins away. | 18 See my abjection and my labour; and forgive me all my sins. |
| 19 TAKE note how countless are my enemies, how violent their hatred for me. | 19 Consider my enemies for they are multiplied, and have hated me with an unjust hatred. |
| 20 UNLESS you guard me and rescue me I shall be put to shame, for you are my refuge. | 20 Keep thou my soul, and deliver me: I shall not be ashamed, for I have hoped in thee. |
| 21 VIRTUE and integrity be my protection, for my hope, Yahweh, is in you. | 21 The innocent and the upright have adhered to me: because I have waited on thee. |
| 22 Ransom Israel, O God, from al its troubles. | 22 Deliver Israel, O God, from all his tribulations. |