⁴ Because of this my spirit is overcome; and my heart is full of fear.

³ When my spirit is overcome, your eyes are on my goings; nets have been secretly placed in the way in which I go.

³ I will keep God in memory, with sounds of grief; my thoughts are troubled, and my spirit is overcome. (Selah.)

⁴⁴ And being in great trouble of soul, the force of his prayer became stronger, and great drops, like blood, came from him, falling to the earth.

⁴ We would have been covered by the waters; the streams would have gone over our soul;

⁸¹ <CAPH> My soul is wasted with desire for your salvation: but I have hope in your word.

⁸² My eyes are full of weariness with searching for your word, saying, When will you give me comfort?

⁸³ For I have become like a wine-skin black with smoke; but I still keep the memory of your rules.

³ My days are wasted like smoke, and my bones are burned up as in a fire.

⁴ My heart is broken; it has become dry and dead like grass, so that I give no thought to food.

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.

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.

⁵ Fear and shaking have come over me, with deep fear I am covered.

¹⁶ Be turned to me, and have mercy on me; for I am troubled and have no helper.

²⁷ Truly, you are such as would give up the child of a dead man to his creditors, and would make a profit out of your friend.