`Koph.' I have called with the whole heart, Answer me, O Jehovah, Thy statutes I keep,
A Prayer of the afflicted when he is feeble, and before Jehovah poureth out his plaint. O Jehovah, hear my prayer, yea, my cry to Thee cometh.
With all my heart I have sought Thee, Let me not err from Thy commands.
I have sworn, and I confirm `it', To keep the judgments of Thy righteousness.
Turn aside from me, ye evil-doers, And I keep the commands of my God.
And I keep Thy law continually, To the age and for ever.
I appeased Thy face with the whole heart, Favour me according to Thy saying.
Thy statutes I keep, leave me not utterly!
Trust in Him at all times, O people, Pour forth before Him your heart, God `is' a refuge for us. Selah.
Rejoice the soul of Thy servant, For unto Thee, O Lord, my soul I lift up.
And ye have sought Me, and have found, for ye seek Me with all your heart;
And she is bitter in soul, and prayeth unto Jehovah, and weepeth greatly,
And Hannah answereth and saith, `No, my lord, A woman sharply pained in spirit I `am', and wine and strong drink I have not drunk, and I pour out my soul before Jehovah;