1. A psalm for David. Of the sons of Jonadab, and the former captives.In thee, O Lord, I have hoped, let me never be put to confusion:
2. deliver me in thy justice, and rescue me. Incline thy ear unto me, and save me.
3. Be thou unto me a God, a protector, and a place of strength: that thou mayst make me safe. For thou art my firmament and my refuge.
4. Deliver me, O my God, out of the hand of the sinner, and out of the hand of the transgressor of the law and of the unjust.
5. For thou art my patience, O Lord: my hope, O Lord, from my youth;
6. By thee have I been confirmed from the womb: from my mother's womb thou art my protector. Of thee shall I continually sing: