Let a cry be heard from their houses, when thou shalt bring a troop suddenly upon them; for they have digged a pit to take me, and hid snares for my feet.
Thou hast proved my heart; thou hast visited me in the night;\par\tab Thou hast tried me, and findest nothing;\par\tab I am purposed that my mouth shall not transgress.
Surely men of low degree are vanity, and men of high degree are a lie:\par\tab In the balances they will go up;\par\tab They are together lighter than vanity.
{\b A Prayer of the afflicted, when he is overwhelmed, and poureth out his complaint before Jehovah.}\par\par\tab Hear my prayer, O Jehovah,\par\tab And let my cry come unto thee.
Arise, cry out in the night, at the beginning of the watches;\par\tab Pour out thy heart like water before the face of the Lord:\par\tab Lift up thy hands toward him for the life of thy young children, that faint for hunger at the head of every street.\par