For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy, I will now arise, says Jehovah; I will set him in the safety for which he pants.

From the ends of the earth I cry out to You when my heart is faint; lead me to the Rock that is higher than I.

i1 [To the chief Musician. Shoshannim. A Psalm of David.] i0 par Deliver me, O God; for the waters have come in upon my soul!

I sink in deep mire, where there is no standing; I have come into deep waters, where the floods have overflowed me.

I pour out my meditation before Him; I make known before His face my distress.

When my spirit was faint within me, then You knew my path. In the way in which I walk they have hidden a snare for me.

Therefore my spirit is faint within me; my heart within me is desolate.

And I said, My strength and my hope from Jehovah are gone.

My soul calls to mind and remembers, and it depresses my mind.

And He took Peter, Jacob, and John with Him, and He began to be in dread and deeply distressed.

And He said to them, My soul is exceedingly sorrowful, even to death. Stay here and watch.

And being in agony, He prayed more earnestly. And His sweat became like great drops of blood falling down to the ground.

who, in the days of His flesh, when He had offered up prayers and supplications, with vehement cries and tears to Him who had the power to save Him from death, and was heard because of His godly fear,

When I remember these things, I pour out my soul within me; for I had gone with the multitude; I went with them to the house of God with the voice of joy and praise, a multitude keeping the feast.

Trust in Him at all times, you people; pour out your heart before Him; God is a refuge for us. Selah.

I remembered God, and was troubled; I complained, and my spirit fainted. Selah

I pour out my meditation before Him; I make known before His face my distress.

And Hannah answered and said, No, my lord, I am a woman of intense spirit. I have drunk neither wine nor strong drink, but have poured out my soul before Jehovah.

Do not consider your handmaid for a daughter of worthlessness, for out of the abundance of my anxiety and vexation I have spoken until now.

Give attention to the voice of my cry, my King and my God; for unto You will I pray.

i1 [To the chief Musician. Neginoth. Maschil. A Psalm of David.] i0 par Give ear to my prayer, O God; and hide not Yourself from my supplication.

because of the voice of the enemy, from the oppression of the wicked; for they drop down trouble upon me, and in wrath they hate me.

Fear and trembling have come upon me, and horror overwhelms me.

i1 [To the chief Musician. Altaschith. Michtam of David, when he fled from Saul in the cave.] i0 par Be merciful unto me, O God, be merciful unto me; for my soul trusts in You. Yea, in the shadow of Your wings I will make my refuge, until these calamities pass by.

He will send from Heaven, and deliver me from the reproaches of him who would swallow me up. Selah. God will send forth His mercy and His truth.

i1 [A Song of Ascents.] i0 par Out of the depths have I cried out to You, O Jehovah;

Lord, hear my voice. Let Your ears be attentive to the voice of my supplications.

i1 [To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David.] i0 par Blessed is he who gives attention to the poor; Jehovah will deliver him in the time of evil.

Jehovah will watch over him and keep him alive; and he shall be blessed on the earth; and You will not deliver him to the soul of his enemies.

Answer me speedily, O Jehovah; my spirit wastes away! Do not hide Your face from me, lest I be like those who go down into the pit.

He will fulfill the desire of those who fear Him; He also will hear their cry and save them.

In my distress I called upon Jehovah, and cried out to my God; He heard my voice from His temple, and my cry came before Him, into His ears.

And it came to pass after many days that the king of Egypt died. And the children of Israel groaned because of the bondage, and they cried out; and their cry came up to God because of the bondage.

And they put away the foreign gods from among them and served Jehovah. And His soul was grieved because of Israel's troubles.

Tomorrow about this time I will send you a man from the land of Benjamin, and you shall anoint him commander over My people Israel, that he may deliver My people out of the hand of the Philistines; for I have looked upon My people, because their cry has come to me.

Then the priests, the Levites, rose up and blessed the people, and their voice was heard; and their prayer came up to His holy dwelling place, to the heavens.

Also when I cry and shout, He shuts out my prayer.

You have wrapped Yourself with a cloud to keep prayer from passing through.