Bow down thine ear, O LORD,
hear me: for I am poor and needy.
² Preserve my soul;
for I am holy ["kind" or "merciful"]:
O thou my God,
save thy servant that trusteth in thee.
³ Be merciful ["Bend" or "Stoop"] unto me, O Lord:
for I cry unto thee daily [all of the day].
⁴ Rejoice the soul of thy servant:
for unto thee, O Lord,
do I lift up my soul.

⁵ For thou, Lord,
art good,
and ready to forgive;
and plenteous in mercy
unto all them that call upon thee.
⁶ Give ear, O LORD, unto my prayer;
and attend to the voice of my supplications.
⁷ In the day of my trouble
I will call upon thee:
for thou wilt answer me.

⁸ Among the gods there is none like unto thee, O Lord;
neither are there any works like unto thy works.
⁹ All nations whom thou hast made
shall come and worship before thee, O Lord;
and shall glorify thy name.
¹⁰ For thou art great,
and doest wondrous things:
thou art God alone.

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

¹² I will praise thee, O Lord my God,
with all my heart:
and I will glorify thy name for evermore.
¹³ For great is thy mercy toward me:
and thou hast delivered my soul from the lowest hell

¹⁴ O 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.
¹⁵ But thou, O Lord,
art a God full of compassion,
and gracious,
longsuffering [slow of anger],
and plenteous in mercy and truth.

¹⁶ O turn unto me,
and have mercy upon me;
give thy strength unto thy servant,
and save the son of thine handmaid.
¹⁷ Shew me [Do with 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.

* 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.]