¹Bow down thine ear, O LORD, hear me: for I am poor and needy.

¹大衛的禱告。耶和華啊！求你留心聽我、應允我，因為我是困苦貧窮的。（本節在《馬索拉抄本》包括細字標題）

²Preserve my soul; for I am holy: O thou my God, save thy servant that trusteth in thee.

²求你保護我的性命，因為我是虔誠的人；我的　神啊！求你拯救這倚靠你的僕人。

³Be merciful unto me, O Lord: for I cry unto thee daily.

³主啊！求你恩待我，因為我終日向你呼求。

⁴Rejoice the soul of thy servant: for unto thee, O Lord, do I lift up my soul.

⁴主啊！求你使你的僕人心裡歡喜，因為我的心仰望你。

⁵For thou, Lord, art good, and ready to forgive; and plenteous in mercy unto all them that call upon thee.

⁵主啊！你是良善，又樂意饒恕人的，向你呼求的，你都以豐盛的慈愛待他們。

⁶Give ear, O LORD, unto my prayer; and attend to the voice of my supplications.

⁶耶和華啊！求你側耳聽我的禱告，留心聽我的懇求。

⁷In the day of my trouble I will call upon thee: for thou wilt answer me.

⁷在我遭難的日子，我要求告你，因為你必應允我。

⁸Among the gods there is none like unto thee, O Lord; neither are there any works like unto thy works.

⁸主啊！在眾神之中，沒有能和你相比的，你的作為也是無可比擬的。

⁹All nations whom thou hast made shall come and worship before thee, O Lord; and shall glorify thy name.

⁹主啊！你所造的萬國都要來，在你面前下拜，他們必榮耀你的名。

¹⁰For thou art great, and doest wondrous things: thou art God alone.

¹⁰因為你是偉大的，並且行奇妙的事，只有你是　神。

¹¹Teach me thy way, O LORD; I will walk in thy truth: unite my heart to fear thy name.

¹¹耶和華啊！求你把你的道路指教我，使我行在你的真理中，專心敬畏你的名。

¹²I will praise thee, O Lord my God, with all my heart: and I will glorify thy name for evermore.

¹²主我的　神啊！我要滿心稱讚你，我要永遠榮耀你的名。

¹³For great is thy mercy toward me: and thou hast delivered my soul from the lowest hell.

¹³因為你向我大施慈愛，你救了我的命，免入陰間的深處。

¹⁴O God, the proud are risen against me, and the assemblies of violent men have sought after my soul; and have not set thee before them.

¹⁴　神啊！驕傲的人起來攻擊我，一群強暴的人尋索我的性命，他們不把你放在眼內。

¹⁵But thou, O Lord, art a God full of compassion, and gracious, longsuffering, and plenteous in mercy and truth.

¹⁵但是，主啊！你是有憐憫有恩典的　神，你不輕易發怒，並且有極大的慈愛和信實。

¹⁶O turn unto me, and have mercy upon me; give thy strength unto thy servant, and save the son of thine handmaid.

¹⁶求你轉向我，恩待我；把你的能力賜給你的僕人，拯救你婢女的兒子。

¹⁷Shew me a token for good; that they which hate me may see it, and be ashamed: because thou, LORD, hast holpen me, and comforted me.

¹⁷求你向我顯出恩待我的記號，好使恨我的人看見了，就覺得羞愧；因為你耶和華幫助了我，安慰了我。