Lord, I have many troubles.\par So be kind to me.\par I am so upset that my eyes are hurting.\par My throat and stomach are aching.\par
The Lord loves me, so he rescued me. He took me to a safe place.
My eyes have become almost blind\par because I am very sad and in great pain.\par My whole body has become very thin,\par like a shadow.\par
Some of God’s people were prisoners,\par locked behind bars in dark, dark prisons.\par
I am innocent,\par so the Lord will give me my reward.\par I did nothing wrong,\par so he will do good things for me.\par
Then I can chase my enemies\par and catch them.\par I won’t come back\par until they are destroyed!\par
We have been pushed down into the dirt.\par We are lying with our belly in the dust. {\cf2\super [269]} \par
My enemies have given me many troubles.\par This made me very sad with grief.\par Now my eyes are weak from crying.\par
God, I suffer all day long.\par And you punish me every morning.\par
Maybe my mind {\cf2\super [419]} and body\par will be destroyed,\par but I have the Rock {\cf2\super [420]} I love.\par I have God forever!\par
My eyes hurt from \{crying about\}\par all my suffering.\par Lord, I pray to you constantly!\par I lift my arms in prayer to you.\par
We have worn out our eyes\par looking for help.\par But no help comes.\par We kept on looking for a nation to save us.\par We kept watch from our watchtower,\par But no nation came to us.\par
Because of these things,\par our hearts have become sick,\par our eyes cannot see clearly.\par