When I remember God, I moan; when I meditate, my spirit faints. Selah
from the end of the earth I call to you when my heart is faint. Lead me to the rock that is higher than I,
For I was in terror of calamity from God, and I could not have faced his majesty.
Why should a living man complain, a man, about the punishment of his sins?
Be not a terror to me; you are my refuge in the day of disaster.
Why are you cast down, O my soul, and why are you in turmoil within me? Hope in God; for I shall again praise him, my salvation and my God.
Why are you cast down, O my soul, and why are you in turmoil within me? Hope in God; for I shall again praise him, my salvation
“Therefore I will not restrain my mouth; I will speak in the anguish of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.
For the arrows of the Almighty are in me; my spirit drinks their poison; the terrors of God are arrayed against me.
my soul is bereft of peace; I have forgotten what happiness is;
All his sons and all his daughters rose up to comfort him, but he refused to be comforted and said, “No, I shall go down to Sheol to my son, mourning.” Thus his father wept for him.
Are the comforts of God too small for you, or the word that deals gently with you?
and call upon me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you shall glorify me.”
On my bed by night I sought him whom my soul loves; I sought him, but found him not.
O Lord, in distress they sought you; they poured out a whispered prayer when your discipline was upon them.