my eyes grow dim from affliction. Lord, I have called daily upon You; I have stretched out my hands to You.
“If you prepare your heart and stretch out your hands toward Him;
My friends scorn me; my eyes pour out tears unto God.
My eye also is dim because of sorrow, and all my members are like a shadow.
And why is light given to a man whose way is hidden, whom God has hedged in?
For I eat ashes like bread and mingle my drink with tears,
I stretch forth my hands to You; my soul thirsts for You like a thirsty land. Selah
My heart throbs, my strength fails me; as for the light of my eyes, it also has gone from me.
Those who seek my life lay their snares; those who seek my harm speak of destruction, and plan treachery all day long.
My tears have been my food day and night, while they continually say to me, “Where is your God?”
If we had forgotten the name of our God or stretched out our hands to a foreign god,
Evening and morning and at noon will I reflect and groan, and He will hear my voice.
My eyes waste away from grief; they grow weak because of all my enemies.
Envoys will come from Egypt; Ethiopia will quickly stretch out her hands to God.
Be merciful to me, O Lord, for to You I cry all day long.
O Lord, God of my salvation, I cry out day and night before You.
He has hedged me in so that I cannot get out; He has made my chain heavy.
Moreover the word of the Lord came to me, saying:
Jesus wept.