Have mercy on me, O Lord, for I am in trouble; my eyes are wasted with grief, I am wasted in soul and body.
He took me out into a wide place; he was my saviour because he had delight in me.
My eyes have become dark because of my pain, and all my body is wasted to a shade.
Those who were in the dark, in the black night, in chains of sorrow and iron;
The Lord gives me the reward of my righteousness, because my hands are clean before him.
I go after my haters and overtake them; not turning back till they are all overcome.
For our souls are crushed down to the dust: our bodies are stretched out on the earth.
My eyes are wasting away with trouble; they are becoming old because of all those who are against me.
Keeping the word which came from my lips, and which my mouth said, when I was in trouble.
For I have been troubled all the day; every morning have I undergone punishment.
My flesh and my heart are wasting away: but God is the Rock of my heart and my eternal heritage.
My eyes are wasting away because of my trouble: Lord, my cry has gone up to you every day, my hands are stretched out to you.
Our eyes are still wasting away in looking for our false help: we have been watching for a nation unable to give salvation.
Because of this our hearts are feeble; for these things our eyes are dark;