²² Thou hast seen, O Jehovah, Be not silent, O Lord -- be not far from me,

¹ By David. Unto Thee, O Jehovah, I call, My rock, be not silent to me! Lest Thou be silent to me, And I have been compared With those going down to the pit.

¹ Why, Jehovah, dost Thou stand at a distance? Thou dost hide in times of adversity,

⁷ And Jehovah saith, `I have certainly seen the affliction of My people who `are' in Egypt, and their cry I have heard, because of its exactors, for I have known its pains;

¹² O God, be not far from me, O my God, for my help make haste.

²¹ Do not forsake me, O Jehovah, My God, be not far from me,

¹¹ Be not far from me, For adversity is near, for there is no helper.

³⁴ seeing I have seen the affliction of My people that `is' in Egypt, and their groaning I did hear, and came down to deliver them; and now come, I will send thee to Egypt.

⁶ Lo, it is written before Me: `I am not silent, but have recompensed; And I have recompensed into their bosom,

¹ A Song, -- A Psalm of Asaph. O God, let there be no silence to Thee, Be not silent, nor be quiet, O God.

²¹ These thou didst, and I kept silent, Thou hast thought that I am like thee, I reprove thee, and set in array before thine eyes.

¹² Hear my prayer, O Jehovah, And `to' my cry give ear, Unto my tear be not silent, For a sojourner I `am' with Thee, A settler like all my fathers.

¹⁹ And Thou, O Jehovah, be not far off, O my strength, to help me haste.