1. Lord, hear my prayer,listen to my cry for mercy;in your faithfulness and righteousnesscome to my relief.
2. Do not bring your servant into judgment,for no one living is righteous before you.
3. The enemy pursues me,he crushes me to the ground;he makes me dwell in the darknesslike those long dead.
4. So my spirit grows faint within me;my heart within me is dismayed.
5. I remember the days of long ago;I meditate on all your worksand consider what your hands have done.
6. I spread out my hands to you;I thirst for you like a parched land.
7. Answer me quickly, Lord;my spirit fails.Do not hide your face from meor I will be like those who go down to the pit.