Hear my prayer, O LORD,
give ear to my supplications:
in thy faithfulness answer me,
and in thy righteousness.
² And enter not into judgment with thy servant:
for in thy sight shall no man living be justified.
³ For the enemy hath persecuted my soul;
he hath smitten my life down to the ground;
he hath made me to dwell in darkness,
as those that have been long dead.
⁴ Therefore is my spirit overwhelmed within me;
my heart within me is desolate.
⁵ I remember the days of old;
I meditate on all thy works;
I muse on the work of thy hands.
⁶ I stretch forth my hands unto thee:
my soul thirsteth after thee,
as a thirsty land.
Selah.

⁷ Hear me speedily, O LORD:
my spirit faileth:
hide not thy face from me,
lest I be like unto them that go down into the pit.
⁸ hear thy lovingkindness in the morning;
for in thee do I trust:
cause me to know the way wherein I should walk;
for I lift up my soul unto thee.
⁹ Deliver me, O LORD, from mine enemies:
I flee unto thee to hide me [with you I hide].
¹⁰ Teach me to do thy will;
for thou art my God:
thy spirit is good;
lead me into the land of uprightness.
¹¹ Quicken me, O LORD,
for thy name's sake:
for thy righteousness' sake
bring my soul out of trouble.
¹² And of thy mercy cut off mine enemies,
and destroy all them that afflict my soul:
for I am thy servant.

* NOTE: On Opening and Closing Comments in the Psalms.
[Some commentators take the Psalm in Habakkuk 3 to be a standard model for the Psalms.
Habakkuk's Psalm begins with the name of the composer (Habakkuk) and a musical notation ("upon Shigionoth").
It closes with a dedication or a "send to" notice ("To the chief singer on my stringed instruments").
I have arranged similar material, where it is found in the Psalter, in accord with the model in Habakkuk.]