Favour me, O Lord, for to Thee I call all the day.
Cause me to tread in Thy truth, and teach me, For Thou [art] the God of my salvation, Near Thee I have waited all the day.
In my calling answer Thou me, O God of my righteousness. In adversity Thou gavest enlargement to me; Favour me, and hear my prayer.
Mine enemies say evil of me: When he dieth — his name hath perished!
Evening, and morning, and noon, I meditate, and make a noise, and He heareth my voice,
Favour me, O God, for man swallowed me up, All the day fighting he oppresseth me,
Favour me, O God, favour me, For in Thee is my soul trusting, And in the shadow of Thy wings I trust, Until the calamities passover.
To the dead dost Thou do wonders? Do Rephaim rise? do they thank Thee? Selah.
My prayer cometh in before Thee, Incline Thine ear to my loud cry,
Mine eye hath grieved because of affliction, I called Thee, O Jehovah, all the day, I have spread out unto Thee my hands.
and shall not God execute the justice to His choice ones, who are crying unto Him day and night — bearing long in regard to them?
and she [is] a widow of about eighty-four years, who did depart not from the temple, with fasts and supplications serving, night and day,
through all prayer and supplication praying at all times in the Spirit, and in regard to this same, watching in all perseverance and supplication for all the saints —