1. A psalm of David when his son Absalom pursued him.Hear, O Lord, my prayer: give ear to my supplication in thy truth: hear me in thy justice.
2. And enter not into judgment with thy servant: for in thy sight no man living shall be justified.
3. For the enemy hath persecuted my soul: he hath brought down my life to the earth. He hath made me to dwell in darkness as those that have been dead of old:
4. and my spirit is in anguish within me: my heart within me is troubled.
5. I remembered the days of old, I meditated on all thy works: I meditated upon the works of thy hands.