My soul also is grievously vexed: but You, O Lord, how long?

For the end, A Psalm of David. How long, O Lord, will You forget me? Forever? How long will You turn away Your face from me?

How long shall I take counsel in my soul, [having] sorrows in my heart daily? How long shall my enemy be exalted over me?

We have not seen our signs; there is no longer a prophet; and [God] will not know us anymore.

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

How long, O Lord? Will You turn away, forever? Shall Your anger flame out as fire?

How long shall sinners, O Lord, how long shall sinners boast?

They will utter and speak unrighteousness; all the workers of iniquity shall speak [so].

You see [it]; for You observe trouble and wrath, to deliver them into Your hands; the poor has been left to You; You are a helper to the orphan.

His eye is too pure to behold evil doings, and to look upon grievous afflictions: why do You look upon despisers? Will You be silent when the ungodly swallows up the just?

Deliver My soul from the sword; My only begotten [soul] from the power of the dog.

Save Me from the lion's mouth; and [regard] My lowliness from the horns of the unicorns.

and He has delivered my soul from the midst of [the lion's] whelps; I lay down to sleep, [though] troubled. [As for] the sons of men, their teeth are spears and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword.

Save me from the mire, that I stick not [in it;] let me be delivered from them that hate me, and from the deep waters.

Let not the floodwater drown me, nor let the deep swallow me up; neither let the well shut its mouth upon me.

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

Bring my soul out of prison, that I may give thanks to Your name, O Lord; the righteous shall wait for me, until You recompense me.