Great Is Your Steadfast Love

A Prayer of David.

¹Incline your ear, O Lord, and answer me,

for I am poor and needy.

²Preserve my life, for I am godly;

save your servant, who trusts in you—you are my God.

³Be gracious to me, O Lord,

for to you do I cry all the day.

⁴Gladden the soul of your servant,

for to you, O Lord, do I lift up my soul.

⁵For you, O Lord, are good and forgiving,

abounding in steadfast love to all who call upon you.

⁶Give ear, O Lord, to my prayer;

listen to my plea for grace.

⁷In the day of my trouble I call upon you,

for you answer me.

⁸There is none like you among the gods, O Lord,

nor are there any works like yours.

⁹All the nations you have made shall come

and worship before you, O Lord,

and shall glorify your name.

¹⁰For you are great and do wondrous things;

you alone are God.

¹¹Teach me your way, O Lord,

that I may walk in your truth;

unite my heart to fear your name.

¹²I give thanks to you, O Lord my God, with my whole heart,

and I will glorify your name forever.

¹³For great is your steadfast love toward me;

you have delivered my soul from the depths of Sheol.

¹⁴O God, insolent men have risen up against me;

a band of ruthless men seeks my life,

and they do not set you before them.

¹⁵But you, O Lord, are a God merciful and gracious,

slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness.

¹⁶Turn to me and be gracious to me;

give your strength to your servant,

and save the son of your maidservant.

¹⁷Show me a sign of your favor,

that those who hate me may see and be put to shame

because you, Lord, have helped me and comforted me.

Glorious Things of You Are Spoken

A Psalm of the Sons of Korah. A Song.

¹On the holy mount stands the city he founded;

²the Lord loves the gates of Zion

more than all the dwelling places of Jacob.

³Glorious things of you are spoken,

O city of God. Selah

⁴Among those who know me I mention Rahab and Babylon;

behold, Philistia and Tyre, with Cush1—

“This one was born there,” they say.

⁵And of Zion it shall be said,

“This one and that one were born in her”;

for the Most High himself will establish her.

⁶The Lord records as he registers the peoples,

“This one was born there.” Selah

⁷Singers and dancers alike say,

“All my springs are in you.”