Open your ears to my prayer, O God. Do not hide from my plea for mercy.
Answer me quickly, O Lord. My spirit is worn out. Do not hide your face from me, or I will be like those who go into the pit.
Hear my plea for justice, O Lord. Pay attention to my cry. Open your ears to my prayer, ⌞which comes⌟ from lips free from deceit.
Do not hide your face from me. Do not angrily turn me away. You have been my help. Do not leave me! Do not abandon me, O God, my savior!
O Lord, I call to you. O my rock, do not turn a deaf ear to me. If you remain silent, I will be like those who go into the pit.
Open your ears to my words, O Lord. Consider my innermost thoughts.
O Lord, do not punish me in your anger or discipline me in your rage.
Listen to my cry for help, O God. Pay attention to my prayer.
Hear my voice, O God, when I complain. Protect my life from a terrifying enemy.
Open your ears, O Shepherd of Israel, the one who leads ⌞the descendants of⌟ Joseph like sheep, the one who is enthroned over the angels.
O Lord God, commander of armies, how long will you smolder in anger against the prayer of your people?
O Lord God, commander of armies, hear my prayer. Open your ears, O God of Jacob. Selah
Open your ears to my prayer, O Lord. Pay attention when I plead for mercy.
Listen to my cry ⌞for help⌟. Don’t close your ears when I cry out for relief.
Even when I cry and call for help, he shuts out my prayer.
The Lord’s eyes are on those who do what he approves. His ears hear their prayer. The Lord confronts those who do evil.”