Therefore is my spirit overwhelmed within me;
my heart within me is desolate.
I remember the days of old;
I meditate on all thy works;
I muse on the work of thy hands.
I stretch forth my hands unto thee:
my soul thirsteth after thee, as a thirsty land. Selah.

Hear my prayer, O LORD,
give ear to my supplications:
in thy faithfulness answer me, and in thy righteousness.
And enter not into judgment with thy servant:
for in thy sight shall no man living be justified.
For the enemy hath persecuted my soul;
he hath smitten my life down to the ground;
he hath made me to dwell in darkness, as those that have been long dead.

Bring my soul out of prison,
that I may praise thy name:
the righteous shall compass me about;
for thou shalt deal bountifully with me.

Attend unto my cry;
for I am brought very low:
deliver me from my persecutors;
for they are stronger than I.

I cried unto thee, O LORD:
I said, Thou art my refuge
and my portion in the land of the living.

When my spirit was overwhelmed within me,
then thou knewest my path.
In the way wherein I walked
have they privily laid a snare for me.
I looked on my right hand, and beheld,
but there was no man that would know me:
refuge failed me;
no man cared for my soul.

I cried unto the LORD with my voice;
with my voice unto the LORD did I make my supplication.
I poured out my complaint before him;
I shewed before him my trouble.

Keep me from the snares which they have laid for me,
and the gins of the workers of iniquity.
Let the wicked fall into their own nets,
whilst that I withal escape.

Our bones are scattered at the grave's mouth,
as when one cutteth and cleaveth wood upon the earth.
But mine eyes are unto thee, O GOD the Lord:
in thee is my trust; leave not my soul destitute.

Let the righteous smite me; it shall be a kindness:
and let him reprove me; it shall be an excellent oil,
which shall not break my head:
for yet my prayer also shall be in their calamities.
When their judges are overthrown in stony places,
they shall hear my words; for they are sweet.