God

Adonai, all my longing is known to you; my sighing is not hidden from you.

For it is in you, ADONAI, that I hope. You will answer, Adonai my God.

Don't abandon me, ADONAI! My God, don't be far from me!

Come quickly to help me, Adonai, my salvation!

"Make me grasp, ADONAI, what my end must be, what it means that my days are numbered; let me know what a transient creature I am.

You have made my days like handbreadths; for you, the length of my life is like nothing." Yes, everyone, no matter how firmly he stands, is merely a puff of wind. (Selah)

Now, Adonai, what am I waiting for? You are my only hope.

I am silent, I keep my mouth shut, because it is you who have done it.

Stop raining blows on me; the pounding of your fist is wearing me down.

With rebukes you discipline people for their guilt; like a moth, you destroy what makes them attractive; yes, everyone is merely a puff of wind. (Selah)

Hear my prayer, ADONAI, listen to my cry, don't be deaf to my weeping; for with you, I am just a traveler passing through, like all my ancestors.

For the leader. A psalm of David: I waited patiently for ADONAI, till he turned toward me and heard my cry.

He put a new song in my mouth, a song of praise to our God. Many will look on in awe and put their trust in ADONAI.

How blessed the man who trusts in ADONAI and does not look to the arrogant or to those who rely on things that are false.

How much you have done, ADONAI my God! Your wonders and your thoughts toward us -none can compare with you! I would proclaim them, I would speak about them; but there's too much to tell!

Sacrifices and grain offerings you don't want; burnt offerings and sin offerings you don't demand. Instead, you have given me open ears;

Doing your will, my God, is my joy; your Torah is in my inmost being.

I have proclaimed what is right in the great assembly; I did not restrain my lips, ADONAI, as you know.

I did not hide your righteousness in my heart but declared your faithfulness and salvation; I did not conceal your grace and truth from the great assembly."

ADONAI, don't withhold your mercy from me. Let your grace and truth preserve me always.

Be pleased, ADONAI, to rescue me! ADONAI, hurry and help me!

But may all those who seek you be glad and take joy in you. May those who love your salvation say always, "ADONAI is great and glorious!"

But I am poor and needy; may Adonai think of me. You are my helper and rescuer; my God, don't delay!

For the leader. A psalm of David: How blessed are those who care for the poor! When calamity comes, ADONAI will save them.

ADONAI will preserve them, keep them alive, and make them happy in the land. You will not hand them over to the whims of their enemies.