Study Desk

I am weary with my crying; My throat is dry; My eyes fail while I wait for my God.

Those who sit in the gate speak against me, And I am the song of the drunkards.

And do not hide Your face from Your servant, For I am in trouble; Hear me speedily.

Reproach has broken my heart, And I am full of heaviness; I looked for someone to take pity, but there was none; And for comforters, but I found none.

But I am poor and sorrowful; Let Your salvation, O God, set me up on high.

But I am poor and needy; Make haste to me, O God! You are my help and my deliverer; O LORD, do not delay.

Now also when I am old and grayheaded, O God, do not forsake me, Until I declare Your strength to this generation, Your power to everyone who is to come.

Nevertheless I am continually with You; You hold me by my right hand.

You hold my eyelids open; I am so troubled that I cannot speak.

I am the LORD your God, Who brought you out of the land of Egypt; Open your mouth wide, and I will fill it.

Bow down Your ear, O LORD, hear me; For I am poor and needy.

Preserve my life, for I am holy; You are my God; Save Your servant who trusts in You!

I am counted with those who go down to the pit; I am like a man who has no strength,

You have put away my acquaintances far from me; You have made me an abomination to them; I am shut up, and I cannot get out;

I have been afflicted and ready to die from my youth; I suffer Your terrors; I am distraught.

I am like a pelican of the wilderness; I am like an owl of the desert.

I lie awake, And am like a sparrow alone on the housetop.

For I am poor and needy, And my heart is wounded within me.

I am gone like a shadow when it lengthens; I am shaken off like a locust.

I believed, therefore I spoke, "I am greatly afflicted."