In the day of my affliction I earnestly sought the Lord; [even] with my hands by night before Him, and I was not deceived; my soul refused to be comforted.

All my enemies set a watch [against me;] I was troubled, and spoke not.

And I meditated; I communed with my heart by night, and diligently searched my spirit, [saying],

Will He cut off His mercy forever, even forever and ever?

And I said, Now I have begun; this is the change of the right hand of the Most High.

And I will meditate on all Your works, and will consider Your doings.

If I said, My foot has been moved;

Your mercy, O Lord, has helped me. O Lord, according to the multitude of my griefs within my heart, Your consolation has soothed my soul.

I looked on [my] right hand, and behold, for there was none that noticed me; refuge failed me; and there was none that cared for my soul.

Attend to my supplication, for I am brought very low; deliver me from them that persecute me; for they are stronger than I.

Am I a sea, or a serpent, that you have set a watch over me?

You scare me with dreams, and terrify me with visions.

For indeed He is strong in power: who then shall resist His judgment?

For even if I have sinned, I know it not in my soul: but my life is taken away.

Or if I should be ungodly, woe is me: and if I should be righteous, I cannot lift myself up, for I am full of dishonor.

For if I shall go first, and exist no longer, still what do I know [concerning] the latter end?

For He already knows my way, and He has tried me as gold.

Why do they that grieve me prevail against me? My wound is severe; when shall I be healed? It has indeed become to me as deceitful water that has no faithfulness.

For I am ready for plagues, and my grief is continually before me.

The pangs of death compassed me; the dangers of hell found me; I found affliction and sorrow.

And the king said to me, Why is your countenance sad, and you do not control yourself? And now this is nothing but sorrow of heart. Then I was very much alarmed,

When the heart rejoices, the countenance is cheerful, but when it is in sorrow, the countenance is sad.

Yea, all his days are in darkness, and in mourning, and much sorrow, and infirmity, and wrath.

mortally with the pain of your distressed heart.

Seeing that you have said, Alas! alas! For the Lord has laid a grievous trouble upon me; I lay down in groaning, [and] I find no rest.

Then Jesus said to them, "My soul is deeply grieved, to the point of death. Stay here and watch with Me."

"But because I have spoken these things to you, sorrow has filled your heart.

that I have great sorrow and unceasing pain in my heart.

For indeed he was sick, [and] near death; but God showed mercy [on] him, and not only on him but on me also, lest I should have sorrow upon sorrow.

lest at any time [the enemy] seize my soul as a lion, while there is none to ransom, nor to save.

if I have requited with evil those who requited me [with good]; may I then perish empty by means of my enemies.

Let the enemy persecute my soul, and take it; and let him trample my life on the ground, and lay my glory in the dust. Pause.

Out of the mouth of babes and infants You have perfected praise, because of Your enemies; that You might put down the enemy and avenger.

The swords of the enemy have failed utterly; and you have destroyed cities: their memorial has been destroyed with a noise,

to plead for the orphan and afflicted, that man may no more boast upon the earth. [In the Septuagint, Psalms 9 and 10 are combined, and the Psalm numbers differ from this point on. [The Apostles' Bible] follows the traditional Psalm divisions, to avoid confusion.]

from the face of the ungodly that have afflicted me; my enemies have compassed about my soul.

How long, O God, shall the enemy reproach? Shall the enemy provoke Your name forever?

Remember this Your creation; an enemy has reproached the Lord, and a foolish people have provoked Your name.

And he was yet more afraid of David.

[ 24:20] And if anyone should find his enemy in distress, and should send him forth in a good way, then the Lord will reward him with good, as you have done this day.

And Esther said, the adversary [is] Haman, this wicked man. Then Haman was troubled before the king and the queen.

TETH. Her uncleanness is before her feet; she remembered not her last end; she has lowered her boasting [tone], there is none to comfort her. Behold, O Lord, my affliction, for the enemy has magnified himself.

Rejoice not against me, mine enemy; for I have fallen yet shall arise; for though I should sit in darkness, the Lord shall be a light to me.

And she that is my enemy shall see it, and shall clothe herself with shame, who says, Where is the Lord your God? My eyes shall look upon her: now shall she be for trampling as mire in the ways.

All that saw Me mocked Me; they spoke with [their] lips, they shook the head, [saying],

He hoped in the Lord; let Him deliver Him, let Him save Him, because He takes pleasure in Him.

Let the deceitful lips become dumb, which speak iniquity against the righteous with pride and scorn.

While my bones were breaking, they that afflicted me reproached me; while they said to me daily, Where is your God?

You have made us a proverb among the Gentiles, a shaking of the head among the nations.

because of the voice of the slanderer and reviler; because of the enemy and avenger.

Have pity upon us, O Lord, have pity upon us; for we are exceedingly filled with contempt.

[Yea], our soul has been exceedingly filled [with it]: [let] the reproach [be] to them that are at ease, and contempt to the proud.

For the enemy has persecuted my soul; he has brought my life down to the ground; he has made me to dwell in a dark [place], as those that have been long dead.

Therefore my spirit was grieved in me; my heart was troubled within me.

HE. Her oppressors have become the head, and her enemies have prospered; for the Lord has afflicted her because of the multitude of her sins. Her young children have gone into captivity before the face of the oppressor.

When I was with you daily in the temple, you did not try to seize Me. But this is your hour, and the power of darkness."