Answer me speedily, Adonai— my spirit fails. Hide not Your face from me, lest I become like those who go down into the Pit.
Adonai, hear my prayer, let my cry come to You.
You who fear Adonai, praise Him! All Jacob’s descendants, glorify Him! Revere Him, all you seed of Israel.
Do not hide Your face from me. Do not turn Your servant away in anger. You have been my help. Do not abandon me or forsake me, O God my salvation.
Of David. To You, Adonai, I call— my Rock, do not be deaf to me. If You were silent to me, I would become like those going down to the Pit.
Let all those who seek You rejoice and be glad in You. Let those who love Your salvation continually say: “Adonai be magnified!”
Answer me, Adonai, for good is Your mercy. With Your great compassion, turn to me.
Hide not Your face from Your servant. For I am in distress—answer me quickly.
I have sunk in deep mud, and there is no footing, I have come into deep waters, and a flood sweeps over me.
But may all who seek You rejoice and be glad in You. May those who love Your salvation always say, “Let God be magnified.”
O God, be not far from me! My God, come quickly to help me.
How lovely are Your tabernacles, Adonai-Tzva’ot!
Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but longing fulfilled is a tree of life.
For Sheol cannot thank You, death cannot praise You. Those who go down to the Pit cannot hope for Your faithfulness.
For I will not contend forever, nor will I always be angry, for the spirit would grow weak before Me, the breath of those whom I made.
I will wait for Adonai, who is hiding His face from the house of Jacob, and I will look eagerly for Him.
People will lose heart from fear and anticipation of what is overtaking the earth, for the powers of the heavens will be shaken.