Hear my prayer, O LORD, and consider | my desire;

* hearken unto me for thy | truth and •righteous•ness' sake.

2 And enter not into judgment | with thy servant;

* for in thy sight shall | no man •living• be justified.

3 For the enemy hath persecuted my soul; he hath smitten my life | down •to the• ground;

* he hath laid me in the darkness, as the men that | have been long dead.

4 Therefore is my spirit | vexed within me,

* and my | heart with•in me• is desolate.

5 Yet do I remember the time past; I muse upon | all thy works;

* yea, I exercise myself in the | works of thy hands.

6 I stretch forth my hands | unto thee;

* my soul gaspeth unto thee | as a thirsty land.

7 Hear me, O LORD, and that soon; for my spirit | waxeth faint:

* hide not thy face from me, lest I be like unto them that go | down •into• the pit.

8 O let me hear thy loving-kindness betimes in the morning; for in thee | is my trust:

* show thou me the way that I should walk in; for I lift up my | soul unto thee.

9 Deliver me, O LORD, | from mine enemies;

* for I flee | unto thee to hide me.

10 Teach me to do the thing that pleaseth thee; for thou | art my God:

* let thy loving Spirit lead me forth | into• the land of righteousness.

11 Quicken me, O LORD, for thy | Name's sake;

* and for thy righteousness' sake bring my | soul out of trouble.

12 And of thy goodness | slay mine enemies,

* and destroy all them that vex my soul; for | I am thy servant.

Glory be to the Father, and | to the Son,

* and | to the Holy Ghost,

As it was in the beginning, is now, and | ever shall be,

* world without | end.  Amen.