Have mercy upon me, O Jehovah, for I am in distress: Mine eye wasteth away with grief, yea, my soul and my body.
Mine eye wasteth away because of grief; It waxeth old because of all mine adversaries.
Mine eye wasteth away by reason of affliction: I have called daily upon thee, O Jehovah; I have spread forth my hands unto thee.
My flesh and my heart faileth; But God is the strength of my heart and my portion for ever.
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.
Such as sat in darkness and in the shadow of death, Being bound in affliction and iron,
For all the day long have I been plagued, And chastened every morning.
Which my lips uttered, And my mouth spake, when I was in distress.
For our soul is bowed down to the dust: Our body cleaveth unto the earth.
Mine eye also is dim by reason 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.
Jehovah hath rewarded me according to my righteousness; According to the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me.
I will pursue mine enemies, and overtake them; Neither will I turn again till they are consumed.