Many times have they afflicted me since my youth,
Let Israel say,

Many times have they afflicted me since my youth,
Yet they did not prevail against me.

The plowers plowed on my back;
They made their furrows long.

Jehovah is righteous;
He has cut the cords of the wicked.

May all who  ¹hate Zion
Be put to shame and turned back.

May they be like grass on the housetops,
Which withers before it grows up,

With which the reaper does not fill his hand,
Or he who binds sheaves, his bosom.

Nor may those who pass by say,
The blessing of Jehovah be upon you!
We bless you in the name of Jehovah.

A Song of Ascents

Out of the depths I have called upon You, O Jehovah.

O Lord, hear my voice;
Let Your ears be attentive
To the voice of my supplications.

If You, O  ¹Jehovah, marked iniquities,
Who, O Lord, would stand?

But with You there is  ¹forgiveness,
That You would be  ²feared.

I wait for Jehovah; my soul waits,
And in His word I hope.

My soul waits for the Lord
More than watchmen for the morning,
Yes, watchmen for the morning.

Hope in Jehovah, O Israel;
For with Jehovah there is lovingkindness,
And with Him abundantly there is redemption;

And it is He who will redeem Israel
From all its iniquities.

A Song of Ascents. Of David

O Jehovah, my  ¹heart is not proud,
Nor are my eyes haughty;
Nor do I go about in things too great
Or too wondrous for me.

Surely I have calmed
And quieted my soul,
Like a  ¹weaned child with its mother;
Like a weaned child is my soul within me.

Hope in Jehovah, O Israel,
From now and to eternity.

A Song of Ascents

Remember, O Jehovah, for  ¹David's sake
All his  ²afflictions;

How he swore to Jehovah
And vowed to the Mighty One of Jacob:

I shall not go into the tent of my house;
I shall not go up onto the couch of my bed;

I shall not give sleep to my eyes,
Slumber to my eyelids;

Until I find a place for Jehovah,
A tabernacle for the Mighty One of Jacob.

Behold, we heard of it in Ephrathah;
We found it in the fields of  ¹Jaar.

We will go into His tabernacle;
We will worship at His footstool.

Arise, O Jehovah, unto Your resting place,
You and the Ark of Your strength.

Let Your priests be clothed with righteousness,
And let Your faithful ones give a ringing shout.

For the sake of David Your servant,
Do not turn away the face of Your Anointed One.

Jehovah has sworn unto David in truth;
He will not turn from it:
Of the  ¹fruit of your body I will set One upon your throne.

If your children keep My covenant
And My testimonies that I will teach them,
Their children also will sit
Upon your throne forever.

For Jehovah has chosen  ¹Zion;
He has desired it for His habitation.

 ¹This is My  ²resting place forever;
Here will I dwell, for I have desired it.

I will abundantly bless its provision;
I will satisfy its poor with bread.

And its priests I will clothe with salvation,
And its faithful ones will shout with a ringing shout.

There I will cause a  ¹horn of David to shoot forth;
I have prepared a lamp for My anointed one.

I will clothe his enemies with shame,
But on him his crown will shine.