¹⁴⁵ <KOPH> I have made my prayer with all my heart; give answer to me, O Lord: I will keep your rules.

¹⁰ I have made search for you with all my heart: O let me not go wandering far from your teaching.

¹³ And you will be searching for me and I will be there, when you have gone after me with all your heart.

¹ <Maschil. Of David. A prayer when he was in the hole of the rock.> The sound of my cry went up to the Lord; with my voice I made my prayer for grace to the Lord.

² I put all my sorrows before him; and made clear to him all my trouble.

¹¹⁵ Go far from me, you evil-doers; so that I may keep the teachings of my God.

¹⁰⁶ I have made an oath and kept it, to be guided by your upright decisions.

⁴⁴ So that I may keep your law for ever and ever;

¹ <A Prayer of the man who is in trouble, when he is overcome, and puts his grief before the Lord.> Give ear to my prayer, O Lord, and let my cry come to you.

⁴ Make glad the soul of your servant; for it is lifted up to you, O Lord.

⁸ Have faith in him at all times, you people; let your hearts go flowing out before him: God is our safe place. (Selah.)

¹ <To the chief music-maker. On a corded instrument. Of David.> Let my cry come to you, O God; let your ears be open to my prayer.

² From the end of the earth will I send up my cry to you, when my heart is overcome: take me to the rock which is over-high for me.

¹⁵ And Hannah, answering him, said, No, my lord, I am a woman whose spirit is broken with sorrow: I have not taken wine or strong drink, but I have been opening my heart before the Lord.

¹⁰ And with grief in her soul, weeping bitterly, she made her prayer to the Lord.