When my spirit was overwhelmed within me, then You knew my path. In the way wherein I walk, they have secretly set a snare for me.
Keep me from the snares which they have laid for me, and from the traps of those who work iniquity.
The proud have hidden a snare for me; they have spread cords as a net; by the wayside they have set traps for me. Selah
Let a cry be heard from their houses, when You bring a troop suddenly upon them; for they have dug a pit to take me and hidden snares for my feet.
Therefore is my spirit overwhelmed within me; my heart within me is distressed.
From the end of the earth will I call to You, when my heart is faint. Lead me to the rock that is higher than I.
My heart is stricken and withered like grass, so that I forget to eat my bread.
I remembered God, and was troubled; I complained, and my spirit was overwhelmed. Selah
They stir up strife, they lurk, they watch my steps, when they wait for my life.
Pull me out of the net that they have hidden for me, for You are my strength.
I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint; my heart is like wax; it is melted within me.
For the Lord knows the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked will perish.
But He knows the way that I take; when He has tested me, I will come forth as gold.
Then the Pharisees went and took counsel to entangle Him in His words.
You have tried my heart; You have visited me by night; You have tested me and found nothing; I have purposed that my mouth will not transgress.
Surely men of low degree are but a vapor; men of high degree are a lie; in the balances they go up; they are together lighter than vapor.
Hear my prayer, O Lord, and let my cry come to You.
Arise, cry out in the night, at the beginning of the watches; pour out your heart like water before the face of the Lord. Lift your hands to Him for the lives of your young children, who faint for hunger at the head of every street.