Mine eye wasteth away by reason of affliction: I have called daily upon thee, O Jehovah; I have spread forth my hands unto thee.
If thou set thy heart aright, And stretch out thy hands toward him;
Be merciful unto me, O Lord; For unto thee do I cry all the day long.
I spread forth my hands unto thee: My soul thirsteth after thee, as a weary land. [Selah
My heart throbbeth, my strength faileth me: As for the light of mine eyes, it also is gone from me.
Jesus wept.
Moreover the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying,
For I have eaten ashes like bread, And mingled my drink with weeping,
O Jehovah, the God of my salvation, I have cried day and night before thee.
Princes shall come out of Egypt; Ethiopia shall haste to stretch out her hands unto God.
Evening, and morning, and at noonday, will I complain, and moan; And he will hear my voice.
If we have forgotten the name of our God, Or spread forth our hands to a strange god;
My tears have been my food day and night, While they continually say unto me, Where is thy God?
Mine eye wasteth away because of grief; It waxeth old because of all mine adversaries.
Mine eye also is dim by reason of sorrow, And all my members are as a shadow.
My friends scoff at me: But mine eye poureth out tears unto God,
Why is light given to a man whose way is hid, And whom God hath hedged in?
They also that seek after my life lay snares for me; And they that seek my hurt speak mischievous things, And meditate deceits all the day long.
He hath walled me about, that I cannot go forth; he hath made my chain heavy.