Be gracious to me, my Lord, for to You I cry all day.
Guide me in Your truth, and teach me, for You are God, my salvation, for You I wait all day.
For the music director, on stringed instruments, a psalm of David.
I said: “Adonai, have mercy on me. Heal my soul, for I have sinned against You.”
As for me, I will call on God, and Adonai will save me.
For the music director: “A Silent Dove Far Away,” a Michtam of David, when the Philistines had seized him in Gath.
For the music director, “Do Not Destroy,” a Michtam of David, when he fled from Saul, in the cave.
My eye fails from affliction. I call upon You every day, Adonai. I spread out my hands to You.
Adonai, God of my salvation, day and night I cried out before You.
You have put my companions far from me. You have made me repulsive to them. I am shut in and I cannot go out.
Won’t God do justice for His chosen ones, who cry out to Him day and night? Will He be slow to help them?
and then as a widow until age eighty-four. She never left the Temple, serving night and day with fasting and prayers.
Pray in the Ruach on every occasion, with all kinds of prayers and requests. With this in mind, keep alert with perseverance and supplication for all the kedoshim.
