5 You have kept me from closing my eyes in sleep;I am troubled and cannot speak.
6 I consider the days of old;the years long past
7 I remember.At night I ponder in my heart;and as I meditate, my spirit probes:
8 “Will the Lord reject us forever,never again show favor?
9 Has God’s mercy ceased forever?The promise to go unfulfilled for future ages?
10 Has God forgotten how to show mercy,in anger withheld his compassion?”Selah
11 I conclude: “My sorrow is this,the right hand of the Most High has abandoned us.”