LORD** I have called on Thee; pay heed unto me.¹ I have (duly) spread forth my palms toward Thy holy abode.² Bend Thou, (then,) Thine ear and grant me what I ask,⁴ nor withhold from me what I seek.

5 Build up my soul, and cast it not down, neither be it left naked⁵ in face of the wicked Let the evil that I have earned⁶ be turned away⁷ from me, 0 Thou Who judgest right truly.⁸ Sentence me not, 0 LORD** according to my sin, for there is no man living can be justified in Thy presence.⁹

Cause me, 0 LORD** to understand what Thou teachest;***¹⁰ school me in Thy rules,¹¹ that men far and wide may hear tell of how Thou actest, and peoples acknowledge how illustrious is Thy glory.¹²

10 Remember me; do not forget me, neither involve me in things too hard for me. The sins of my youth put far from me, and let not my transgressions be remembered against me.¹⁸

Cleanse me, 0 LORD** of noisome plague,¹⁴ and let it never return¹⁵ unto me. Let its root wither from me,¹⁸ and its l[ea]ves blossom not upon me.

15 Mighty¹⁷ art Thou, 0 LORD** wherefore by Thine own power fulfill what I ask; (for) unto whom (else) can I cry that He might grant it to me, and what pow[er] more (than Thine) do mere mortals possess?¹⁹

From Thee comes my confidence, 0 LORD** Whenso I have called upon the LORD** He (alway) has answered me²⁰ [and mended] my broken heart; whenso I have slumbered or [sliept or dreamed, [(alway) Have I awoken;§²¹ whenso my heart has been smitten,²² ~ Thou hast (ever) upheld me,²³ and I have had cause to cry out!] "'Tis Thou, LORD** [hast rescued me!]"²⁴

20 [So, at this present time, I shall yet behold the hopes of the wicked confounded;****²⁵ but no such confounding will be mine because it is in Thee that I have taken refuge.]²⁰ [Ransom Israel, 0 LORD** to whom Thou art pledged,²⁸ even the house of Jacob whom Thou hast chosen.]