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

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.

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

i1 [A prayer of the afflicted, when he is overwhelmed and pours out his complaint before Jehovah.] i0 par Hear my prayer, O Jehovah, and let my cry come unto You.

Then the waters would have overwhelmed us, the stream would have gone over our soul;

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.

Yea, you throw down the fatherless, and dig a pit for your friend.

Turn to me, and have mercy upon me, for I am alone and afflicted.

For my days have vanished like smoke, and my bones are burned like a firebrand.

My heart is stricken and dried up like grass, so that I forget to eat my bread.

KAPH: My soul is spent for Your salvation; I hope in Your Word.

For I have become like a wineskin in smoke, yet I do not forget Your Statutes.

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