But thou, O LORD, art a shield about me, my glory, and the lifter of my head.

Give ear to my words, O LORD; give heed to my groaning.

My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? Why art thou so far from helping me, from the words of my groaning?

To the choirmaster: according to Jeduthun. A Psalm of Asaph.

A Maskil of David, when he was in the cave. A Prayer.

I love thee, O LORD, my strength.

By day the LORD commands his steadfast love; and at night his song is with me, a prayer to the God of my life.

Trust in the LORD for ever, for the LORD GOD is an everlasting rock.

They open wide their mouths against me; they say, "Aha, Aha! our eyes have seen it!"

A Song. A Psalm of Asaph.

To thee, O LORD, I cried; and to the LORD I made supplication:

rescue me from sinking in the mire; let me be delivered from my enemies and from the deep waters.

For my soul is full of troubles, and my life draws near to Sheol.

like one forsaken among the dead, like the slain that lie in the grave, like those whom thou dost remember no more, for they are cut off from thy hand.

I stretch out my hands to thee; my soul thirsts for thee like a parched land. [Selah]

He has redeemed my soul from going down into the Pit, and my life shall see the light.'

like Sheol let us swallow them alive and whole, like those who go down to the Pit;

For Sheol cannot thank thee, death cannot praise thee; those who go down to the pit cannot hope for thy faithfulness.

and threw him into the pit, and shut it and sealed it over him, that he should deceive the nations no more, till the thousand years were ended. After that he must be loosed for a little while.