Hear, O Lord, when I cry aloud; be gracious to me and answer me!
I will say to God, ‘Do not condemn me; let me know why you contend against me.
Consider and answer me, O Lord my God! Give light to my eyes, or I will sleep the sleep of death,
You have turned my mourning into dancing; you have taken off my sackcloth and clothed me with joy,
For my life is spent with sorrow and my years with sighing; my strength fails because of my misery, and my bones waste away.
Answer me when I call, O God of my right! You gave me room when I was in distress. Be gracious to me, and hear my prayer.
Listen to the sound of my cry, my King and my God, for to you I pray.