Giveheedto me and answerme; I am restlessin my complaintand am surelydistracted,
Heara justcause,O LORD,giveheedto my cry;Giveearto my prayer,which is not from deceitfullips.
WhenI keptsilent[about my sin], my bodywastedawayThrough my groaningalldaylong.
I am bentover and greatlyboweddown;I gomourningalldaylong.
For You are the Godof my strength;whyhave You rejectedme? Whydo I gomourningbecause of the oppressionof the enemy?
Hearmy voice,O God,in my complaint;Preservemy lifefrom dreadof the enemy.
But certainlyGodhas heard;He has givenheedto the voiceof my prayer.
[When] I rememberGod,then I am disturbed;[When] I sigh,then my spiritgrowsfaint.Selah.
"Like a swallow,[like] a crane,soI twitter;I moanlike a dove;My eyeslookwistfullyto the heights;O Lord,I am oppressed,be my security.
Allof us growllike bears,And moansadlylike doves;We hopefor justice,but thereis none,For salvation,[but] it is farfrom us.
You have heardmy voice,"Do not hideYour earfrom my [prayer for] relief,From my cryfor help."
