1 Hear my prayer, O Lord,give ear to my supplications:in thy faithfulness answer me, and in thy righteousness.
2 And enter not into judgment with thy servant:for in thy sight shall no man living be justified.
3 For the enemy hath persecuted my soul;he hath smitten my life down to the ground;he hath made me to dwell in darkness,as those that have been long dead.
4 Therefore is my spirit overwhelmed within me;my heart within me is desolate.
5 I remember the days of old;I meditate on all thy works;I muse on the work of thy hands.
6 I stretch forth my hands unto thee:my soul thirsteth after thee, as a thirsty land. Selah.