² Attend to me, and answer me. I am restless in my complaint, and moan,

¹⁴ Like a swallow [or] a crane, so did I chatter; I did moan as a dove; my eyes fail [with looking] upward: Lord, I am oppressed, be my collateral.

¹¹ We roar all like bears, and moan sore like doves: we look for justice, but there is none; for salvation, but it is far off from us.

⁹ For I have eaten ashes like bread, And mixed my drink with tears,

¹⁰ Because of your indignation and your wrath, For you have taken me up, and thrown me away.

³ I remember God, and I groan. I complain, and my spirit is overwhelmed. Selah.

¹⁹ But most assuredly, God has listened. He has heard the voice of my prayer.

¹ > Hear my voice, God, in my complaint. Preserve my life from fear of the enemy.

² For you are the God of my strength. Why have you rejected me? Why do I go mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?

⁶ I am pained and bowed down greatly. I go mourning all day long.

³ When I kept silence, my bones wasted away through my groaning all day long.

¹ > How long, Yahweh? Will you forget me forever? How long will you hide your face from me?

² How long shall I take counsel in my soul, Having sorrow in my heart every day? How long shall my enemy triumph over me?