Hear, O Lord, when I cry with my voice! Have mercy also upon me, and answer me.
Consider and hear me, O Lord my God; Enlighten my eyes, Lest I sleep the sleep of death;
Give heed to the voice of my cry, My King and my God, For to You I will pray.
Hear me when I call, O God of my righteousness! You have relieved me in my distress; Have mercy on me, and hear my prayer.
I will say to God, ‘Do not condemn me; Show me why You contend with me.
You have turned for me my mourning into dancing; You have put off my sackcloth and clothed me with gladness,
For my life is spent with grief, And my years with sighing; My strength fails because of my iniquity, And my bones waste away.