Psalm 141:1

English Standard Version 2016

O Lord, I call upon you; hasten to me! Give ear to my voice when I call to you!

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But I am poor and needy; hasten to me, O God! You are my help and my deliverer; O Lord, do not delay!

O God, be not far from me; O my God, make haste to help me!

Answer me quickly, O Lord! My spirit fails! Hide not your face from me, lest I be like those who go down to the pit.

Be pleased, O Lord, to deliver me! O Lord, make haste to help me!

But you, O Lord, do not be far off! O you my help, come quickly to my aid!

Hear my prayer, O Lord; give ear to my pleas for mercy! In your faithfulness answer me, in your righteousness!

Why do you not pardon my transgression and take away my iniquity? For now I shall lie in the earth; you will seek me, but I shall not be.”

Hear the voice of my pleas for mercy, when I cry to you for help, when I lift up my hands toward your most holy sanctuary.

Let them be put to shame and confusion who seek my life! Let them be turned back and brought to dishonor who delight in my hurt!