"My friendsare my scoffers;My eyeweepsto God.
"Remembernow,OLORD,I beseechYou, howI have walkedbeforeYou in truthand with a wholeheartand have donewhatis goodin Your sight."And Hezekiahweptbitterly.
"My faceis flushedfrom weeping,And deepdarknessis on my eyelids,
"O that a manmight pleadwith GodAs a manwith his neighbor!
"I toocould speaklike you, IfI were in your place.I could composewordsagainstyou And shakemy headat you.
"But nowHe has exhaustedme; You have laidwasteallmy company.
"Surelymockersare with me, And my eyegazeson their provocation.
"My eyehas also growndimbecauseof grief,And allmy membersare as a shadow.
"He has removedmy brothersfarfrom me, And my acquaintancesare completelyestrangedfrom me.
"Ohthat I knewwhere I might findHim, That I might cometo His seat!
In returnfor my lovethey actas my accusers;But I am [in] prayer.
I pourout my complaintbeforeHim; I declaremy troublebeforeHim.
In the daysof His flesh,He offeredup bothprayersand supplicationswith loudcryingand tearsto the One ableto saveHim from death,and He was heardbecauseof His piety.
