1 Lord, hear my prayer. Listen to my cry for your favor. You are faithful and right. Come and help me.
2 Don't take me to court and judge me, because in your eyes no living person does what is right.
3 My enemies chase me. They crush me down to the ground. They make me live in darkness like those who died long ago.
4 So I grow weak. Deep down inside me, I'm afraid.
5 I remember what happened long ago. I spend time thinking about all of your acts. I consider what your hands have done.
6 I spread out my hands to you in prayer. I'm thirsty for you, just as dry ground is thirsty for rain. Selah