① 1In you, O Lord, I seek refuge; let me not be disgraced.
2In your justice help me and deliver me, turn your ear to me and save me!
3Be my rock of refuge, a stronghold to give me safety, for you are my rock and my fortress.
4Rescue me, O my God, from the hand of the wicked, from the grasp of cruel and violent people.
5For you, O Lord, have been my hope, my trust, O God, from my youth.
6I have relied on you from birth: from my mother’s womb you brought me forth. My praise is of you continually.
7I have become like a portent to many, but you are my strong refuge.
8My mouth is filled with your praise, announcing your glory day by day.
9Do not cast me off in my old age, do not desert me when my strength fails.
10For my enemies speak ill of me; awaiting my death they set plans.
11They say, “God has forsaken him; let us pursue and seize him, for no one will rescue him.”
12O God, be not far from me; my God, make haste to help me!
13Let my accusers be destroyed in shame; let those who seek my ruin be covered with disgrace and scorn.
14Then I may trust in you and praise you.
15My lips will proclaim your intervention and tell of your salvation all day, little though it is what I can understand.
16I will come to your strength, O Lord, and announce your justice, yours alone.
17You have taught me from my youth and until now I proclaim your marvels.
18When I grow old and gray, do not leave me, O God; give me time to declare your might, your power to all generations to come.
19Your justice, O God, reaches to heaven; you have done great things. Who is like you, O God?
20Many have been my hardships and misery, but once more you come to revive me; from the depths of the earth you will bring me up again.
21You will restore me and comfort me again.
22I will praise you with the harp, for your faithfulness, O my God; I will sing your praise with the lyre, O Holy One of Israel.
23My lips will rejoice, and my soul, too, which you have rescued.
24I will recall your intervention the whole day long, “Yes, those who sought to do me harm have been confused and put to shame.”
- We shall have a better knowledge of the love of God at the end of our lives, and it will be easy for us to remember the wonders he worked for us. May God grant us true consolation at the end of our present life.
