1: Bend an ear, GOD; answer me. I'm one miserable wretch!
2: Keep me safe--haven't I lived a good life? Help your servant--I'm depending on you!
3: You're my God; have mercy on me. I count on you from morning to night.
4: Give your servant a happy life; I put myself in your hands!
5: You're well-known as good and forgiving, bighearted to all who ask for help.
6: Pay attention, GOD, to my prayer; bend down and listen to my cry for help.
7: Every time I'm in trouble I call on you, confident that you'll answer.
8: There's no one quite like you among the gods, O Lord, and nothing to compare with your works.
9: All the nations you made are on their way, ready to give honor to you, O Lord, Ready to put your beauty on display,
10: parading your greatness, And the great things you do--God, you're the one, there's no one but you!
11: Train me, GOD, to walk straight; then I'll follow your true path. Put me together, one heart and mind; then, undivided, I'll worship in joyful fear.
12: From the bottom of my heart I thank you, dear Lord; I've never kept secret what you're up to.
13: You've always been great toward me--what love! You snatched me from the brink of disaster!
14: God, these bullies have reared their heads! A gang of thugs is after me--and they don't care a thing about you.
15: But you, O God, are both tender and kind, not easily angered, immense in love, and you never, never quit.
16: So look me in the eye and show kindness, give your servant the strength to go on, save your dear, dear child!
17: Make a show of how much you love me so the bullies who hate me will stand there slack-jawed, As you, GOD, gently and powerfully put me back on my feet. A Korah psalm