be gracious to me, Lord; to you I call all the day.
For the director. Do not destroy. A miktam of David, when he fled from Saul into a cave.
With all prayer and supplication, pray at every opportunity in the Spirit. To that end, be watchful with all perseverance and supplication for all the holy ones
Because of you my acquaintances shun me; you make me loathsome to them; Caged in, I cannot escape;
Guide me by your fidelity and teach me, for you are God my savior, for you I wait all the day long.
and then as a widow until she was eighty-four. She never left the temple, but worshiped night and day with fasting and prayer.
For the director. According to Yonath elem rehoqim. A miktam of David, when the Philistines seized him at Gath.
But I will call upon God, and the Lord will save me.
For the leader; with stringed instruments. A psalm of David.
Will not God then secure the rights of his chosen ones who call out to him day and night? Will he be slow to answer them?
Even I have said, “Lord, take note of me; heal me, although I have sinned against you.
Lord, the God of my salvation, I call out by day; at night I cry aloud in your presence.
my eyes grow dim from trouble. All day I call on you, Lord; I stretch out my hands to you.