²⁸ Yet have respect for the prayer of your servant, and for his supplication, Yahweh my God, to listen to the cry and to the prayer which your servant prays before you this day;

¹⁹ Yet have you respect to the prayer of your servant, and to his supplication, Yahweh my God, to listen to the cry and to the prayer which your servant prays before you;

¹ He also spoke a parable to them that they must always pray, and not give up,

¹⁷ Now therefore, our God, listen to the prayer of your servant, and to his petitions, and cause your face to shine on your sanctuary that is desolate, for the Lord's sake.

¹⁸ My God, turn your ear, and hear; open your eyes, and see our desolations, and the city which is called by your name: for we do not present our petitions before you for our righteousness, but for your great mercies' sake.

¹⁹ Lord, hear; Lord, forgive; Lord, listen and do; don't defer, for your own sake, my God, because your city and your people are called by your name.

² Let my prayer be set before you like incense; The lifting up of my hands like the evening sacrifice.

¹ > Yahweh, the God of my salvation, I have cried day and night before you.

² Let my prayer enter into your presence. Turn your ear to my cry.

⁶ Hear, Yahweh, my prayer. Listen to the voice of my petitions.

⁷ In the day of my trouble I will call on you, For you will answer me.

³ Be merciful to me, Lord, For I call to you all day long.

¹ > Give ear to my words, Yahweh. Consider my meditation.

¹ > Answer me when I call, God of my righteousness. Give me relief from my distress. Have mercy on me, and hear my prayer.

⁷ Won't God avenge his chosen ones, who are crying out to him day and night, and yet he exercises patience with them?