Mine eye mourneth by reason of affliction: Yahweh, I have called daily upon thee, I have stretched out my hands unto thee.
If thou prepare thine heart, and stretch out thine hands toward him;
My friends scorn me: but mine eye poureth out tears unto Eloah.
Mine eye also is dim by reason of sorrow, and all my members are as a shadow.
Why is light given to a man whose way is hid, and whom Eloah hath hedged in?
For I have eaten ashes like bread, and mingled my drink with weeping,
I stretch forth my hands unto thee: my soul thirsteth after thee, as a thirsty land. Selah.
My heart panteth, my strength faileth me: as for the light of mine eyes, it also is gone from me.
They also that seek after my life lay snares for me: and they that seek my hurt speak mischievous things, and imagine deceits all the day long.
My tears have been my meat day and night, while they continually say unto me, Where is thy Elohim?
If we have forgotten the name of our Elohim, or stretched out our hands to a strange el;
Evening, and morning, and at noon, will I pray, and cry aloud: and he shall hear my voice.
Mine eye is consumed because of grief; it grows old because of all mine enemies.
Princes shall come out of Egypt; Ethiopia shall soon stretch out her hands unto Elohim.
Be merciful unto me, O Yahweh: for I cry unto thee daily.
Maschil of Heman the Ezrahite. O Yahweh Elohim of my salvation, I have cried day and night before thee:
He hath hedged me about, that I cannot get out: he hath made my chain heavy.
Moreover the word of Yahweh came unto me, saying,
Yahshua wept.