2 Take heed unto me, and hear me: how I mourn in my prayer, and am vexed.

4 My heart is disquieted within me: and the fear of death is fallen upon me.

5 Fearfulness and trembling are come upon me : and an horrible dread hath overwhelmed me.

6 And I said, O that I had wings like a dove: for then would I flee away, and be at rest.

7 Lo, then would I get me away far off: and remain in the wilderness.

8 I would make haste to escape: because of the stormy wind and tempest.

17 As for me, I will call upon GoD: and the LORD shall save me.

18 In the evening, and morning, and at noonday will I pray, and that instantly: and He shall voice.

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23 O cast thy burden upon the LORD, and He shall nourish thee: and shall not suffer the righteous to fall for ever.

Glory be, &c.

LXII.

1 My soul truly waiteth still upon GoD: for of Him cometh my salvation.

2 He verily is my strength and my salvation: He is my defence, so that I shall not greatly fall.

7 In GoD is my health, and my glory: the rock of my might, and in GoD is my trust.

8 O put your trust in Him alway, ye people: pour out your hearts before Him, for GOD is our hope.

11 GOD spake once, and twice I have also heard the same: that power belongeth unto GOD;

12 And that Thou, LORD, art merciful: for Thou rewardest every man according to his work.

Glory be, &c.

LXIII.

Praise.

1 O GOD, Thou art my GoD: early will I seek Thee.

2 My soul thirsteth for Thee, my flesh also longeth after Thee: in a barren and dry land where no water is.

3 Thus have I looked for Thee in holiness: that I might behold Thy power and glory.

4 For Thy loving-kindness is better than the life itself: my lips shall praise Thee.

5 As long as I live will I magnify Thee in this manner and lift up my hands in Thy Name.

6 My soul shall be satisfied, even as it were with marrow and fatness : when my mouth praiseth Thee with joyful lips.

7 Have I not remembered Thee in my bed: and thought upon Thee when I was waking?

8 Because Thou hast been my helper: therefore under the shadow of Thy wings will I rejoice.

9 My soul hangeth upon Thee: Thy right Hand hath upholden me.

Glory be, &c.

LXIX.

In heaviness.

1 SAVE me, O GOD: for the waters are come in, even unto my

soul.

2 I stick fast in the deep mire, where no ground is: I am come into deep waters, so that the floods run over me.

3 I am weary of crying; my throat is dry: my sight faileth me for waiting so long upon my GOD.

14 Hear me, O GOD, in the multitude of Thy mercy: even in the truth of Thy salvation.

15 Take me out of the mire, that I sink not: O let me be delivered from them that hate me, and out of the deep waters.

16 Let not the water-flood drown me, neither let the deep swallow me up: and let not the pit shut her mouth upon me.

17 Hear me, O LORD, for Thy loving-kindness is comfortable: turn Thee unto me according to the multitude of Thy mercies.

18 And hide not Thy face from Thy servant, for I am in trouble: O'haste Thee, and hear me. 30 As for me, when I am poor and in heaviness: Thy help, O God, shall lift me up.

31 I will praise the Name of GOD with a song: and magnify it with thanksgiving.

Glory be, &c.

LXXVII.

In despondency.

1 I WILL cry unto God with my voice: even unto God will I cry with my voice, and He shall hearken unto me.

2 In the time of my trouble I sought the LORD: my sore ran, and ceased not in the nightseason; my soul refused comfort.

3 When I am in heaviness, I will think upon GOD: when my heart is vexed, I will complain.

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4 Thou holdest mine eyes waking: I am so feeble, that I cannot speak.

5 I have considered the days of old: and the years that are past.

6 I call to remembrance my song: and in the night I commune with mine own heart, and search out my spirit.

7 Will the LORD absent Himself for ever: and will He be no more intreated?

8 Is His mercy clean gone for ever and is His promise come utterly to an end for evermore?

9 Hath God forgotten to be gracious: and will He shut up His loving-kindness in displeasure? 10 And I said, It is mine own infirmity: but I will remember the years of the right hand of the most Highest.

11 I will remember the works of the LORD: and call to mind Thy wonders of old time.

12 I will think also of all Thy works: and my talking shall be of Thy doings.

Glory be, &c.

LXXXVIII.

In great trouble.

1 O LORD GOD of my salvation, I have cried day and night before Thee: O let my prayer enter into Thy presence, incline Thine ear unto my calling.

2 For my soul is full of trouble: and my life draweth nigh unto hell.

3 I am counted as one of them that go down into the pit and I have been even as a man that hath no strength.

4 Free among the dead, like unto them that are wounded, and lie in the grave: who are out of remembrance, and are cut away from Thy Hand.

5 Thou hast laid me in the lowest pit: in a place of darkness, and in the deep.

6 Thine indignation lieth hard upon me: and Thou hast vexed me with all Thy storms.

7 Thou hast put away mine acquaintance far from me and made me to be abhorred of them. 8 I am so fast in prison: that I cannot get forth.

9 My sight faileth for very trouble: LORD, I have called daily upon Thee, I have stretched forth my hands unto Thee.

10 Dost Thou shew wonders among the dead : or shall the dead rise up again, and praise Thee? 11 Shall Thy loving-kindness be shewed in the grave: or Thy faithfulness in destruction ?

12 Shall Thy wondrous works be known in the dark and Thy righteousness in the land where all things are forgotten?

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13 Unto Thee have I cried, O LORD: and early shall my prayer come before Thee.

14 LORD, why abhorrest Thou my soul and hidest Thou Thy Face from me?

15 I am in misery, and like unto him that is at the point to die: even from my youth up Thy terrors have I suffered with a troubled mind.

16 Thy wrathful displeasure goeth over me: and the fear of Thee hath undone me.

17 They came round about me daily like water and compassed me together on every side.

18 My lovers and friends hast Thou put away from me and hid mine acquaintance out of my sight.

Glory be, &c.