^1aTo the choirmaster, in singing set to stringed music.↑

A Psalm of David.

^1bHear, O God, my crying out;

Hearken to my prayer.

²From the end of the earth I will call to you,

When my heart is faint.

Lead me by a rock

That is higher than I.

³For you have become a refuge to me

– A strong tower in the presence of the enemy.

⁴I will dwell in your age-abiding tent;

I will trust in the secrecy of your wings.

Selah.

⁵For you, O God, have heard my vows;

You have given me the inheritance

Of those who fear your name.

⁶You will add days to the king's days,

And to his years as generation on generation.

⁷He will remain age-abidingly before God;

Appoint kindness and truth to watch over him.

⁸I will therefore make psalm melody to your name in perpetuity,

So as to fulfil my vows daily.