Study Desk

Bow down, O Yahweh, thine ear - answer me, For, oppressed and needy, am I;

O guard my life, For, a man of lovingkindness, am I, - Save thy servant, O thou my God, Thy servant who trusteth in thee;

I am counted with them who descend into the pit, I have become as a man that is without help;

Remember how short-lived, I, am, Wherefore, in vain, hast thou created all the sons of Adam?

Do not hide thy face from me, In the day when I am in distress, - Bend down unto me thine ear, In the day when I call, speedily answer me.

I am like the pelican of the desert, I have become as an owl among ruins.

I have watched and am become, Like a bird sitting alone upon a housetop.

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

As a shadow when it stretcheth out, I am gone, I am shaken off like the locust;

So, I, am become a reproach for them, They see me, they shake their head.

I beseech thee, O Yahweh - for, I, am thy servant, - I, am thy servant, the son of thy handmaid, Thou hast loosened my bonds.

A sojourner, am, I, in the earth, Do not hide from me, thy commandments.

Companion, am I, to all who revere thee, and to them who keep thy precepts.

Thine, am I, - oh save me! For, thy precepts, have I sought.

Thy servant, I am - give me understanding, so shall I get to know thy testimonies.

Small, am I, and despised, Thy precepts, have I not forgotten.

Joyful am I over thy word, Like the finder of spoil in abundance.

I, am for peace, and verily I speak, They, are for war!

I would recount them! Beyond the sands, they multiply, I rouse myself - and am still with thee.

Attend thou unto my loud cry, for I am brought very low, - Rescue me from my pursuers, for they are stronger than I.