1 Lord, hear my prayer,listen to my cry for mercy;in your faithfulness and righteousnesscome to my relief.
2 Do not bring your servant into judgment,for no one living is righteous before you.
3 The enemy pursues me,he crushes me to the ground;he makes me dwell in the darknesslike those long dead.
4 So my spirit grows faint within me;my heart within me is dismayed.
5 I remember the days of long ago;I meditate on all your worksand consider what your hands have done.
6 I spread out my hands to you;I thirst for you like a parched land.