let my prayer come before you; incline your ear to my cry.
“If someone sins against a neighbor and is required to take an oath and comes and swears before your altar in this house,
I rise before dawn and cry for help; I put my hope in your words.
Yet you are holy, enthroned on the praises of Israel.
Incline your ear to me; rescue me speedily. Be a rock of refuge for me, a strong fortress to save me.
Let the groans of the prisoners come before you; according to your great power, preserve those doomed to die.
be gracious to me, O Lord, for to you do I cry all day long.
though I call and cry for help, he shuts out my prayer;