*A prayer of David.* This psalm is the second of those which are entitled by the name of prayer, in which Christ, the Son of God and of man, one God with the Father, one man with men, prays in the form of a servant, who is prayed to by us in the form of God. He prays for us as our priest; he prays in us as our head; he is prayed to by us as our God. The prayer of Christ, of the faithful, etc., *as far as* he might restrain the boldness of foolish and inconsiderate rashness. These things Christ says in us, and we in him. He prays by ascending, whence he concludes: All the nations adoring.
1A prayer for David himself. Incline thy ear, O Lord, and hear me: for I am needy and poor.
2Preserve my soul, for I am holy: save thy servant, O my God, that trusteth in thee.
3Have mercy on me, O Lord, for I have cried to thee all the day.
4Give joy to the soul of thy servant, for to thee, O Lord, I have lifted up my soul.
5For thou, O Lord, art sweet and mild: and plenteous in mercy to all that call upon thee.
6Give ear, O Lord, to my prayer: and attend to the voice of my petition.
7I have called upon thee in the day of my trouble: because thou hast heard me.
8There is none among the gods like unto thee, O Lord: and there is none according to thy works.
9All the nations thou hast made shall come and adore before thee, O Lord: and they shall glorify thy name.
10For thou art great and dost wonderful things: thou art God alone.
11Conduct me, O Lord, in thy way, and I will walk in thy truth: let my heart rejoice that it may fear thy name.
12I will praise thee, O Lord my God, with my whole heart, and I will glorify thy name for ever:
13For thy mercy is great towards me: and thou hast delivered my soul out of the lower hell.
14O God, the wicked are risen up against me, and the assembly of the mighty have sought my soul: and they have not set thee before their eyes.
15And thou, O Lord, art a God of compassion, and merciful, patient, and of much mercy, and true.
16O look upon me, and have mercy on me: give thy command to thy servant, and save the son of thy handmaid.
17Shew me a token for good: that they who hate me may see, and be confounded, because thou, O Lord, hast helped me and hast comforted me.