Listen to me, LORD, and answer me, for I am helpless and weak.

I call to the LORD for help; I plead with him.

You are the judge of all people. Judge in my favor, O LORD; you know that I am innocent.

The LORD rewards me because I do what is right; he blesses me because I am innocent.

O God, declare me innocent, and defend my cause against the ungodly; deliver me from lying and evil people!

LORD, I know that you defend the cause of the poor and the rights of the needy.

And so, my dear friends, if our conscience does not condemn us, we have courage in God's presence.

Listen to my cry for help, my God and king! I pray to you, O LORD;

Listen to me and answer me; I am worn out by my worries.

I am terrified by the threats of my enemies, crushed by the oppression of the wicked. They bring trouble on me; they are angry with me and hate me.

Hear my cry, O God; listen to my prayer!

But God has indeed heard me; he has listened to my prayer.

Listen to my cry for help, for I am sunk in despair. Save me from my enemies; they are too strong for me.

I will watch over this Temple and be ready to hear all the prayers that are offered here,

Look at me, LORD, and hear my prayer, as I pray day and night for your servants, the people of Israel. I confess that we, the people of Israel, have sinned. My ancestors and I have sinned.

Listen to us, O God; look at us and see the trouble we are in and the suffering of the city that bears your name. We are praying to you because you are merciful, not because we have done right.

Lord, hear us. Lord, forgive us. Lord, listen to us, and act! In order that everyone will know that you are God, do not delay! This city and these people are yours."

Foreigners bow before me; when they hear me, they obey.

He is near to those who call to him, who call to him with sincerity.

And after all this, Judah, Israel's unfaithful sister, only pretended to return to me; she was not sincere. I, the LORD, have spoken."

'These people, says God, honor me with their words, but their heart is really far away from me.

When Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him, he said about him, "Here is a real Israelite; there is nothing false in him!"