² In your righteousness, rescue me and deliver me;
    turn your ear^(A) to me and save me.
³ Be my rock of refuge,
    to which I can always go;
give the command to save me,
    for you are my rock and my fortress.^(B)
4 Deliver^(C) me, my God, from the hand of the wicked,^(D)
    from the grasp of those who are evil and cruel.^(E)