⁹ Let not your face be covered from me; do not put away your servant in wrath; you have been my help: do not give me up or take your support from me, O God of my salvation.

¹⁷ Let not your face be covered from your servant, for I am in trouble; quickly give me an answer.

⁷ Be quick in answering me, O Lord, for the strength of my spirit is gone: let me see your face, so that I may not be like those who go down into the underworld.

² Let not your face be veiled from me in the day of my trouble; give ear to me, and let my cry be answered quickly.

⁵ He will have blessing from the Lord, and righteousness from the God of his salvation.

² But your sins have come between you and your God, and by your evil doings his face has been veiled from you, so that he will give you no answer.

⁴⁰ And I will make an eternal agreement with them, that I will never give them up, but ever do them good; and I will put the fear of me in their hearts, so that they will not go away from me.

⁹ Yes, we ourselves have had the answer of death in ourselves, so that our hope might not be in ourselves, but in God who is able to give life to the dead:

¹⁰ Who gave us salvation from so great a death: on whom we have put our hope that he will still go on to give us salvation;

¹⁷ But the Lord was by my side and gave me strength; so that through me the news might be given out in full measure, and all the Gentiles might give ear: and I was taken out of the mouth of the lion.

¹⁸ The Lord will keep me safe from every evil work and will give me salvation in his kingdom in heaven: to whom be glory for ever and ever. So be it.

⁵ Be free from the love of money and pleased with the things which you have; for he himself has said, I will be with you at all times.

³ Give ear to me, O family of Jacob, and all the rest of the people of Israel, who have been supported by me from their birth, and have been my care from their earliest days:

⁴ Even when you are old I will be the same, and when you are grey-haired I will take care of you: I will still be responsible for what I made; yes, I will take you and keep you safe.

¹²¹ <AIN> I have done what is good and right: you will not give me into the hands of those who are working against me.

¹ <A Song. A Psalm. Of the sons of Korah. To the chief music-maker; put to Mahalath Leannoth. Maschil. Of Heman the Ezrahite.> O Lord, God of my salvation, I have been crying to you for help by day and by night:

¹² Then Samuel took a stone and put it up between Mizpah and Jeshanah, naming it Eben-ezer, and saying, Up to now the Lord has been our help.

⁹ And you, Solomon my son, get knowledge of the God of your father, and be his servant with a true heart and with a strong desire, for the Lord is the searcher of all hearts, and has knowledge of all the designs of men's thoughts; if you make search for him, he will be near you; but if you are turned away from him, he will give you up for ever.

¹ <To the chief music-maker. A Psalm. Of David.> Will you for ever put me out of your memory, O Lord? will your face for ever be turned away from me?

²¹ Do not give me up, O Lord; O my God, be near to me.

²² Come quickly to give me help, O Lord, my salvation.

²⁴ Why is your face covered, and why do you give no thought to our trouble and our cruel fate?

¹¹ Do not put me away from before you, or take your holy spirit from me.

⁵ For you are my hope, O Lord God; I have had faith in you from the time when I was young.

⁶ You have been my support from the day of my birth; you took me out of my mother's body; my praise will be ever of you.

¹⁷ O God, you have been my teacher from the time when I was young; and I have been talking of your works of wonder even till now.

¹⁸ Now when I am old and grey-headed, O God, give me not up; till I have made clear your strength to this generation, and your power to all those to come.

¹ This is the word of the Lord: Where is the statement which I gave your mother when I put her away? or to which of my creditors have I given you for money? It was for your sins that you were given into the hands of others, and for your evil-doing was your mother put away.