Have mercy upon me, O LORD, for I am in distress. My eye wastes away with grief, [yea], my soul and my body.
My eye wastes away because of grief. It grows old because of all my adversaries.
My eye wastes away because of affliction. I have called daily upon thee, O LORD, I have spread forth my hands to thee.
My flesh and my heart fails, [but] God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.
For this our heart is faint. For these things our eyes are dim,
Our eyes do yet fail [in looking] for our vain help. In our watching we have watched for a nation that could not save.
[even] those who sat in darkness and in the shadow of death, being bound in affliction and iron,
for all the day long I have been plagued, and chastened every morning.
which my lips uttered, and my mouth spoke, when I was in distress.
For our soul is bowed down to the dust; our body clings to the ground.
My eye also is dim because of sorrow, and all my members are as a shadow.
He brought me forth also into a large place. He delivered me, because he delighted in me.
LORD has rewarded me according to my righteousness. According to the cleanness of my hands he has recompensed me.
I will pursue my enemies, and overtake them. Neither will I turn again till they are consumed.