Psalms For Deliverance

And Spiritual Works

Psalm 3

A Psalm of David,

when he fled from Absalom his son.

1 O Lord, how many are my foes!

Many are rising against me;

2 many are saying of me,

there is no help for him in God.

3 But thou, O Lord, art a shield about me,

my glory, and the lifter of my head.

4 I cry aloud to the Lord,

and he answers me from his holy hill.

5 I lie down and sleep;

I wake again, for the Lord sustains me.

6 I am not afraid of ten thousands of people

who have set themselves against me round about.

7 Arise, O Lord!

Deliver me, O my God!

For thou dost smite all my enemies on the cheek,

thou dost break the teeth of the wicked.

8 Deliverance belongs to the Lord;

thy blessing be upon thy people!

Psalm 5

A Psalm of David.

To the choirmaster: for the flutes.

1 Give ear to my words, O Lord;

give heed to my groaning.

2 Hearken to the sound of my cry,

my King and my God,

for to thee do I pray.

3 O Lord, in the morning thou hears my voice;

in the morning, I prepare a sacrifice for

thee, and watch.

4 For thou art not a God who delights in wickedness;

evil does not sojourn with thee.

5 The boastful shall not stand before thy eyes;

thou hates all evildoers.

6 Thou destroys those who speak lies;

the Lord abhors bloodthirsty and deceitful men.

7 But I, through the abundance of thy steadfast love,

will enter thy house.

I will worship towards thy holy temple in the

love of thee.

8 Lead me, O Lord, in thy righteousness

because of my enemies;

make thy way straight before me.

9 For there is no truth in their mouth;

their heart is destruction,

their throat is an open sepulchre,

they flatter with their tongue.

10 Make them bear their guilt, O God;

let them fall by their own counsels;

because of their many transgressions cast

them out,

for they have rebelled against thee.

11 But let all who take refuge in thee rejoice,

let them ever sing for joy;

and do thou defend them,

that those who love thy name may exult in thee.

12 For thou blesses the righteous, O Lord;

thou covers him with favour as with a shield.

Psalm 6

A Psalm of David.

To the choirmaster: with stringed instruments;

according to The Sheminith.

1 O Lord, rebuke me not in thy anger,

nor chasten me in thy wrath.

2 Be gracious to me, O Lord, for I am languishing;

O Lord, heal me, for my bones are troubled.

3 My soul also is sorely troubled.

But thou, O Lord - how long?

4 Turn, O Lord, save my life;

deliver me for the sake of thy steadfast love.

5 For in death, there is fearful remembrance of thee,

by the disobedient sinners;

and in Sheol, who can give thee praise?

6 I am weary with my moaning;

every night, I flood my bed with tears;

I drench my couch with my weeping.

7 My eye wastes away because of grief,

it grows weak because of all my foes.

8 Depart from me, all you workers of evil;

for the Lord has heard the sound of my weeping.

9 The Lord has heard my supplication;

the Lord accepts my prayer.

10 All my enemies shall be ashamed and sorely troubled;

they shall turn back, and be put to shame

in a moment.

Psalm 7

A Shiggaion of David,

which he sang to the Lord

concerning Cush a Benjaminite.

(This psalm was formerly called Psalm 7.

Nobody is righteousness enough to use Psalm 7 as it was.

That is why verses 3 to 5 were removed.)

1 O Lord my God, in thee do I take refuge;

save me from all my pursuers,

and deliver me,

2 lest like a lion they rend me,

dragging me away, with none to rescue.

3…5 (Removed)

6 Arise, O Lord, in thy anger,

lift thyself up against the fury of my enemies;

awake, O my God; thou hast appointed a judgment.

7 Let the assembly of the peoples be gathered

about thee;

and over it take thy seat on high.

8 The Lord judges the peoples;

judge me, O Lord, according to my righteousness

and according to the integrity that is in me.

9 O let the evil of the wicked come to an end,

but establish thou the righteous,

thou who tries the minds and hearts,

thou righteous God.

10 My shield is with God,

who saves the upright in heart.

11 God is a righteous judge,

and a God who has indignation every day.

12 If a man does not repent, God will whet his sword;

He has bent and strung His bow;

13 He has prepared His deadly weapons,

making His arrows fiery shafts.

14 Behold, the wicked man conceives evil,

and is pregnant with mischief,

and brings forth lies.

15 He makes a pit, digging it out,

and falls into the hole which he has made.

16 His mischief returns upon his own head,

and on his own head his violence descends.

17 I will give to the Lord the thanks due to his righteousness,

and I will sing praise to the name of the

Lord, the Most High.

(Verses 3…5 were removed,

because nobody is righteous enough.)

Psalm 13

A Psalm of David.

To the choirmaster.

1 How long, O Lord? Wilt thou forget

me forever ?

How long wilt thou hide thy face from me?

2 How long must I bear pain in my soul,

and have sorrow in my heart all the day?

How long shall my enemy be exalted over me?

3 Consider and answer me, O Lord my God;

lighten my eyes, lest I sleep the sleep of death;

4 lest my enemy say, "I have prevailed over him";

lest my foes rejoice because I am shaken.

5 But I have trusted in thy steadfast love;

my heart shall rejoice in thy salvation.

6 I will sing to the Lord,

because he has dealt bountifully with me.

Psalm 14

To the choirmaster. Of David.

1 The fool says in his heart,

"There is no God."

They are corrupt, they do abominable deeds,

there is none that does good.

2 The Lord looks down from heaven upon the

children of men,

to see if there are any that act wisely,

that seek after God.

3 They have all gone astray,

they are all alike corrupt;

there is none that does good,

no, not one.

4 Have they no knowledge, all the evildoers

who eat up my people as they eat bread,

and do not call upon the Lord?

5 There they shall be in great terror,

for God is with the generation of the righteous.

6 You would confound the plans of the poor,

but the Lord is his refuge.

7 O that deliverance for Israel

would come out of Zion!

When the Lord restores the fortunes of his people,

Jacob shall rejoice, Israel shall be glad.

Psalm 22

A Psalm of David.

To the choirmaster:

according to The Hind of the Dawn.

1 My God, my God, why hast thou

forsaken me?

Why art thou so far from helping me,

from the words of my groaning?

2 O my God, I cry by day,

but thou dost not answer;

and by night, but find no rest.

3 Yet, thou art holy,

enthroned on the praises of Israel.

4 In thee our fathers trusted;

they trusted,

and thou didst deliver them.

5 To thee they cried, and were saved;

in thee they trusted,

and were not disappointed.

6 But I am a worm, and no man;

scorned by men,

and despised by the people.

7 All who see me mock at me,

they make mouths at me,

they wag their heads;

8 "He committed his cause to the Lord;

let God deliver him,

let God rescue him, for he delights in the Lord!"

9 Yet, thou art He who took me from the womb;

thou didst keep me safe upon my mother's breasts.

10 Upon thee was I cast from my birth,

and since my mother bore me

thou hast been my God.

11 Be not far from me,

for trouble is near

and there is none to help.

12 Many bulls encompass me,

strong bulls of Bashan surround me;

13 they open wide their mouths at me,

like a ravening and roaring lion.

14 I am poured out like water,

and all my bones are out of joint;

my heart is like wax,

it is melted within my breast;

15 my strength is dried up like a potsherd,

and my tongue cleaves to my jaws;

thou dost lay me in the dust of death.

16 Yea, dogs are round about me;

a company of evildoers encircle me;

they have pierced my hands and feet--

17 I can count all my bones—

they stare and gloat over me;

18 they divide my garments among them,

and for my raiment they cast lots.

19 But thou, O Lord, be not far off!

O thou my help, hasten to my aid!

20 Deliver my soul from the sword,

my life from the power of the dog!

21 Save me from the mouth of the lion,

my afflicted soul from the horns of the

wild oxen!

22 I will tell of thy name to my brethren;

in the midst of the congregation

I will praise thee:

23 You who love the Lord, praise Him!

all you sons of Jacob, glorify Him,

and stand in awe of Him,

all you sons of Israel!

24 For He has not despised or abhorred

the affliction of the afflicted;

and He has not hid his face from him,

but has heard, when he cried to Him.

25 From thee comes my praise in the great

congregation;

my vows I will pay before those who love Him.

26 The afflicted shall eat and be satisfied;

those who seek Him shall praise the Lord!

Let your hearts live forever!

27 All the ends of the earth shall remember

and turn to the Lord;

and all the families of the nations

shall worship before Him.

28 For dominion belongs to the Lord,

and He rules over the nations.

29 Yea, to Him shall all the proud of the earth

bow down;

before him shall bow all who go down to

the dust,

and he who cannot keep himself alive.

30 Posterity shall serve him;

men shall tell of the Lord to the coming

generations,

31 and proclaim His deliverance to a people yet

unborn,

that He has wrought it.

Psalm 34

A Psalm of David,

when he feigned madness before Abimelech,

so that Abimelech drove him out, and David went away.

1 I will bless the Lord at all times;

His praise shall continually be in my mouth.

2 My soul makes its boast in the Lord;

let the afflicted hear and be glad.

3 O magnify the Lord with me,

and let us exalt His name together!

4 I sought the Lord, and he answered me,

and delivered me from all my fears.

5 Look to him, and be radiant;

so your faces shall never be ashamed.

6 This poor man cried, and the Lord heard him,

and saved him out of all his troubles.

7 The angel of the Lord encamps

around those who fear him,

and delivers them.

8 O taste and see that the Lord is good!

Happy is the man who takes refuge in Him!

9 O love the Lord, you His saints,

for those who love him have no want!

10 The young lions suffer want and hunger;

but those who seek the Lord lack no good thing.

11 Come, O sons, listen to me,

I will teach you the love of the Lord.

12 What man is there who desires life,

and covets many days,

that he may enjoy good?

13 Keep your tongue from evil,

and your lips from speaking deceit.

14 Depart from evil, and do good;

seek peace, and pursue it.

15 The eyes of the Lord are toward the righteous,

and his ears toward their cry.

16 The face of the Lord is against evildoers,

to cut off the remembrance of them from the earth.

17 When the righteous cry for help,

the Lord hears,

and delivers them out of all their troubles.

18 The Lord is near to the broken-hearted,

and saves the crushed in spirit.

19 Many are the afflictions of the righteous;

but the Lord delivers him out of them all.

20 He keeps all his bones;

not one of them is broken.

21 Evil shall slay the wicked;

and those who hate the righteous will be

condemned.

22 The Lord redeems the life of His servants;

none of those who take refuge in Him will

be condemned.

Psalm 40

A Psalm of David.

To the choirmaster.

1 I waited patiently for the Lord;

he inclined to me and heard my cry.

2 He drew me up from the desolate pit,

out of the miry bog,

and set my feet upon a rock,

making my steps secure.

3 He put a new song in my mouth,

a song of praise to our God.

Many will see and fear,

and put their trust in the Lord.

4 Blessed is the man who makes

the Lord his trust,

who does not turn to the proud,

to those who go astray after false gods!

5 Thou hast multiplied, O Lord my God,

thy wondrous deeds and thy thoughts

toward us;

none can compare with thee!

Were I to proclaim and tell of them,

they would be more than can be numbered.

6 Sacrifice and offering thou dost not desire,

from the disobedient and unrighteous people;

Therefore, thou hast given me an open ear –

the spirit to abide in thy covenant.

Burnt offering and sin offering

thou doest not require from the lawless.

7 Then I said, "Lo, I come;

in the roll of the book it is written of me;

8 I delight to do thy will, O my God;

thy law is within my heart."

9 I have told the glad news of deliverance

in the great congregation;

lo, I have not restrained my lips,

as thou knowest, O Lord.

10 I have not hid thy saving help within my heart,

I have spoken of thy faithfulness and thy salvation;

I have not concealed thy steadfast love and

thy faithfulness

from the great congregation.

11 Do not thou, O Lord, withhold

thy mercy from me,

let thy steadfast love and thy faithfulness

ever preserve me!

12 For evils have encompassed me

without number;

my iniquities have overtaken me,

till I cannot see;

they are more than the hairs of my head;

my heart fails me.

13 Be pleased, O Lord, to deliver me!

O Lord, make haste to help me!

14 Let them be put to shame and confusion altogether

who seek to snatch away my life;

let them be turned back

and brought to dishonour

who desire my hurt!

15 Let them be appalled

because of their shame

who say to me, "Aha, Aha!"

16 But may all who seek thee

rejoice and be glad in thee;

may those who love thy salvation

say continually, "Great is the Lord!"

17 As for me, I am poor and needy;

but the Lord takes thought for me.

Thou art my help and my deliverer;

do not tarry, O my God!

Psalm 54

To the choirmaster: with stringed instruments. A

Maskil of David, when the Ziphites went and told

Saul, "David is in hiding among us."

1 Save me, O God, by thy name,

and vindicate me by thy might.

2 Hear my prayer, O God;

give ear to the words of my mouth.

3 For insolent men have risen against me,

ruthless men seek my life;

they do not set God before them.

4 Behold, God is my helper;

the Lord is the upholder of my life.

5 He will requite my enemies with evil;

in thy faithfulness put an end to them.

6 With a freewill offering I will sacrifice to thee;

I will give thanks to thy name, O Lord,

for it is good.

7 For thou hast delivered me from every trouble,

and my eye has looked in triumph on my enemies.

Psalm 56

To the choirmaster: according to The Dove on Far-

off Terebinths. A Miktam of David, when the

Philistines seized him in Gath.

1 Be gracious to me, O God,

for men trample upon me;

all day long foemen oppress me;

2 my enemies trample upon me all day long,

for many fight against me proudly.

3 When I am afraid,

I put my trust in thee.

4 In God, whose word I praise,

in God I trust without a fear.

What can flesh do to me?

5 All day long they seek to injure my cause;

all their thoughts are against me for evil.

6 They band themselves together,

they lurk,

they watch my steps.

As they have waited for my life,

7 so recompense them for their crime;

in wrath cast down the peoples, O God!

8 Thou hast kept count of my tossings;

put thou my tears in thy bottle!

Are they not in thy book?

9 Then my enemies will be turned back

in the day when I call.

This I know, that God is for me.

10 In God, whose word I praise,

in the Lord, whose word I praise,

11 in God I trust without a fear.

What can man do to me?

12 My vows to thee I must perform, O God;

I will render thank offerings to thee.

13 For thou hast delivered my soul from death,

yea, my feet from falling,

that I may walk before God

in the light of life.

Psalm 57

To the choirmaster: according to Do Not Destroy.

A Miktam of David, when he fled from Saul, in the

cave.

1 Be merciful to me, O God,

be merciful to me,

for in thee my soul takes refuge;

in the shadow of thy wings I will take refuge,

till the storms of destruction pass by.

2 I cry to God Most High,

to God who fulfils His purpose for me.

3 He will send from heaven and save me,

He will put to shame those who trample

upon me.

God will send forth His steadfast love and His

faithfulness!

4 I lie in the midst of lions

that greedily devour the sons of men;

their teeth are spears and arrows,

their tongues sharp swords.

5 Be exalted, O God, above the heavens!

Let thy glory be over all the earth!

6 They set a net for my steps;

my soul was bowed down.

They dug a pit in my way,

but they have fallen into it themselves.

7 My heart is steadfast, O God,

my heart is steadfast!

I will sing and make melody!

8 Awake, my soul!

Awake, O harp and lyre!

I will awake the dawn!

9 I will give thanks to thee, O Lord,

among the peoples;

I will sing praises to thee among the nations.

10 For thy steadfast love is great to the heavens,

thy faithfulness to the clouds.

11 Be exalted, O God, above the heavens!

Let thy glory be over all the earth!

Psalm 59

To the choirmaster: according to Do Not Destroy.

A Miktam of David, when Saul sent men to watch

his house in order to kill him.

1 Deliver me from my enemies, O my God,

protect me from those who rise up against me,

2 deliver me from those who work evil,

and save me from bloodthirsty men.

3 For, lo, they lie in wait for my life;

fierce men band themselves against me.

For no transgression or sin of mine, O Lord,

4 for no fault of mine, they run and make ready.

Rouse thyself, come to my help, and see!

5 Thou, Lord God of the Hosts, art God of Israel.

Awake to punish all the nations;

spare none of those who treacherously plot evil.

6 Each evening they come back,

howling like dogs

and prowling about the city.

7 There they are, bellowing with their mouths,

and snarling with their lips—

for "Who," they think, "will hear us?"

8 But thou, O Lord, dost laugh at them;

thou dost hold all the nations in derision.

9 O my Strength, I will sing praises to thee;

for thou, O God, art my fortress.

10 My God in His steadfast love will meet me;

my God will let me look in triumph on my enemies.

11 Slay them not, lest my people forget;

make them totter by thy power,

and bring them down,

O Lord, our shield!

12 For the sin of their mouths,

the words of their lips,

let them be trapped in their pride.

For the cursing and lies which they utter,

13 consume them in wrath,

consume them till they are no more,

that men may know that God rules over Jacob

to the ends of the earth.

14 Each evening they come back,

howling like dogs

and prowling about the city.

15 They roam about for food,

and growl if they do not get their fill.

16 But I will sing of thy might;

I will sing aloud of thy steadfast love

in the morning.

For thou hast been to me a fortress

and a refuge in the day of my distress.

17 O my Strength, I will sing praises to thee,

for thou, O God, art my fortress,

the God who shows me steadfast love.

Psalm 64

To the choirmaster.

A Psalm of David.

1 Hear my voice, O God, in my complaint;

preserve my life from dread of the enemy,

2 hide me from the secret plots of the wicked,

from the scheming of evildoers,

3 who whet their tongues like swords,

who aim bitter words like arrows,

4 shooting from ambush at the blameless,

shooting at him suddenly and without fear.

5 They hold fast to their evil purpose;

they talk of laying snares secretly,

thinking, "Who can see us?

6 Who can search out our crimes?

We have thought out a cunningly conceived plot."

For the inward mind and heart of a man are deep!

7 But God will shoot his arrow at them;

they will be wounded suddenly.

8 Because of their tongue

He will bring them to ruin;

all who see them will wag their heads.

9 Then all men will fear;

they will tell what God has wrought,

and ponder on what He has done.

10 Let the righteous rejoice in the Lord,

and take refuge in Him!

Let all the upright in heart glory!

Psalm 69

To the choirmaster: according to Lilies.

A Psalm of David.

1 Save me, O God!

For the waters have come up to my neck.

2 I sink in deep mire,

where there is no foothold;

I have come into deep waters,

and the flood sweeps over me.

3 I am weary with my crying;

my throat is parched.

My eyes grow dim

with waiting for my God.

4 More in number than the hairs of my head

are those who hate me without cause;

mighty are those who would destroy me,

those who attack me with lies.

What I did not steal

must I now restore?

5 O God, thou knowest my folly;

the wrongs I have done are not hidden

from thee.

6 Let not those who hope in thee be put to

shame through me,

O Lord God of the Hosts;

let not those who seek thee be brought to

dishonor through me,

O God of Israel.

7 For it is for thy sake that I have borne reproach,

that shame has covered my face.

8 I have become a stranger to my brethren,

an alien to my mother's sons.

9 For zeal for thy house has consumed me,

and the insults of those who insult thee

have fallen on me.

10 When I humbled my soul with fasting,

it became my reproach.

11 When I made sackcloth my clothing,

I became a byword to them.

12 I am the talk of those who sit in the gate,

and the drunkards make songs about me.

13 But as for me, my prayer is to thee, O Lord.

At an acceptable time, O God,

in the abundance of thy steadfast love

answer me.

14 With thy faithful help rescue me

from sinking in the mire;

let me be delivered from my enemies

and from the deep waters.

15 Let not the flood sweep over me,

or the deep swallow me up,

or the pit close its mouth over me.

16 Answer me, O Lord, for thy steadfast love is good;

according to thy abundant mercy, turn to me.

17 Hide not thy face from thy servant;

for I am in distress, make haste to answer me.

18 Draw near to me, redeem me,

set me free because of my enemies!

19 Thou knowest my reproach,

and my shame and my dishonor;

my foes are all known to thee.

20 Insults have broken my heart,

so that I am in despair.

I looked for pity, but there was none;

and for comforters, but I found none.

21 They gave me poison for food,

and for my thirst

they gave me vinegar to drink.

22 Let their own table before them become a snare;

let their sacrificial feasts be a trap.

23 Let their eyes be darkened, so that they cannot see;

and make their loins tremble continually.

24 Pour out thy indignation upon them,

and let thy burning anger overtake them.

25 May their camp be a desolation,

let no one dwell in their tents.

26 For they persecute him whom thou hast smitten,

and him whom thou hast wounded,

they afflict still more.

27 Add to them punishment upon punishment;

may they have no acquittal from thee.

28 Let them be blotted out of the book of the living;

let them not be enrolled among the righteous.

29 But I am afflicted and in pain;

let thy salvation, O God, set me on high!

30 I will praise the name of God with a song;

I will magnify Him with thanksgiving.

31 This will please the Lord more than an ox

or a bull with horns and hoofs.

32 Let the oppressed see it and be glad;

you who seek God, let your hearts revive.

33 For the Lord hears the needy,

and does not despise His own that are in bonds.

34 Let heaven and earth praise him,

the seas and everything that moves therein.

35 For God will save Zion

and rebuild the cities of Judah;

and his servants shall dwell there and possess it;

36 the children of His servants shall inherit it,

and those who love His name shall dwell in it.

Psalm 70

To the choirmaster.

A Psalm of David, for the memorial offering.

1 Be pleased, O God, to deliver me!

O Lord, make haste to help me!

2 Let them be put to shame and confusion

who seek my life!

Let them be turned back and brought to dishonor

who desire my hurt!

3 Let them be appalled because of their

shame who say, "Aha, Aha!"

4 May all who seek thee

rejoice and be glad in thee!

May those who love thy salvation

say evermore, "God is great!"

5 But I am poor and needy;

hasten to me, O God!

Thou art my help and my deliverer;

O Lord, do not tarry!

Psalm 120

A Song of Ascents.

1 In my distress I cry to the Lord,

that He may answer me:

2 "Deliver me, O Lord,

from lying lips,

from a deceitful tongue."

3 What shall be given to you?

And what more shall be done to you,

you deceitful tongue?

4 A warrior's sharp arrows,

with glowing coals of the broom tree!

5 Woe is me, that I sojourn in Meshech,

that I dwell among the tents of Kedar!

6 Too long have I had my dwelling

among those who hate peace.

7 I am for peace;

but when I speak,

they are for war!

Psalm 124

A Song of Ascents. Of David.

1 If it had not been the Lord who was on our side,

let Israel now say -

2 If it had not been the Lord who was on our side,

when men rose up against us,

3 then they would have swallowed us up alive,

when their anger was kindled against us;

4 then the flood would have swept us away,

the torrent would have gone over us;

5 then over us would have gone

the raging waters.

6 Blessed be the Lord,

who has not given us

as prey to their teeth!

7 We have escaped as a bird

from the snare of the fowlers;

the snare is broken,

and we have escaped!

8 Our help is in the name of the Lord,

who made heaven and earth.

Psalm 142

A Maskil of David, when he was in the cave.

A Prayer.

1 I cry with my voice to the Lord,

with my voice I make supplication

to the Lord,

2 I pour out my complaint before Him,

I tell my trouble before Him.

3 When my spirit is faint,

thou knowest my way!

In the path where I walk

they have hidden a trap for me.

4 I look to the right and watch,

but there is none who takes notice of me;

no refuge remains to me,

no man cares for me.

5 I cry to thee, O Lord;

I say, Thou art my refuge,

my portion in the land of the living.

6 Give heed to my cry;

for I am brought very low!

Deliver me from my persecutors;

for they are too strong for me!

7 Bring me out of prison,

that I may give thanks to thy name!

The righteous will surround me;

for thou wilt deal bountifully with me.

Psalm 143

A Psalm of David.

1 Hear my prayer, O Lord;

give ear to my supplications!

In thy faithfulness answer me,

in thy righteousness!

2 Enter not into judgment with thy servant;

for no man living is righteous before thee.

3 For the enemy has pursued me;

he has crushed my life to the ground;

he has made me sit in darkness like those

long dead.

4 Therefore my spirit faints within me;

my heart within me is appalled.

5 I remember the days of old,

I meditate on all that thou hast done;

I muse on what thy hands have wrought.

6 I stretch out my hands to thee;

my soul thirsts for thee like a parched land.

7 Make haste to answer me, O Lord!

My spirit fails!

Hide not thy face from me,

lest I be like those who go down to the Pit.

8 Let me hear in the morning of thy steadfast love,

for in thee I put my trust.

Teach me the way I should go,

for to thee I lift up my soul.

9 Deliver me, O Lord, from my enemies!

I have fled to thee for refuge!

10 Teach me to do thy will,

for thou art my God!

Let thy good spirit lead me

on a level path!

11 For thy name's sake, O Lord, preserve my life!

In thy righteousness bring me out of trouble!

12 And in thy steadfast love cut off my enemies,

and destroy all my adversaries,

for I am thy servant.