¹I will cry aloud to God; *I will cry aloud, and he will hear me.

²In the day of my trouble I sought the Lord; *my hands were stretched out by night and did not tire; I refused to be comforted.

³I think of God, I am restless, *I ponder, and my spirit faints.

⁴You will not let my eyelids close; *I am troubled and I cannot speak.

⁵I consider the days of old; *I remember the years long past;

⁶I commune with my heart in the night; *I ponder and search my mind.

⁷Will the Lord cast me off for ever? *will he no more show his favor?

⁸Has his loving-kindness come to an end for ever? *has his promise failed for evermore?

⁹Has God forgotten to be gracious? *has he, in his anger, withheld his compassion?

¹⁰And I said, “My grief is this: *the right hand of the Most High has lost its power.”

¹¹I will remember the works of the Lord, *and call to mind your wonders of old time.

¹²I will meditate on all your acts *and ponder your mighty deeds.

¹³Your way, O God, is holy; *who is so great a god as our God?

¹⁴You are the God who works wonders *and have declared your power among the peoples.

¹⁵By your strength you have redeemed your people, *the children of Jacob and Joseph.

¹⁶The waters saw you, O God; the waters saw you and trembled; *the very depths were shaken.

¹⁷The clouds poured out water; the skies thundered; *your arrows flashed to and fro;

¹⁸The sound of your thunder was in the whirlwind; your lightnings lit up the world; *the earth trembled and shook.

¹⁹Your way was in the sea, and your paths in the great waters, *yet your footsteps were not seen.

²⁰You led your people like a flock *by the hand of Moses and Aaron.

¹O God, the heathen have come into your inheritance; they have profaned your holy temple; *they have made Jerusalem a heap of rubble.

²They have given the bodies of your servants as food for the birds of the air, *and the flesh of your faithful ones to the beasts of the field.

³They have shed their blood like water on every side of Jerusalem, *and there was no one to bury them.

⁴We have become a reproach to our neighbors, *an object of scorn and derision to those around us.

⁵How long will you be angry, O Lord? *will your fury blaze like fire for ever?

⁶Pour out your wrath upon the heathen who have not known you *and upon the kingdoms that have not called upon your Name.

⁷For they have devoured Jacob *and made his dwelling a ruin.

⁸Remember not our past sins; let your compassion be swift to meet us; *for we have been brought very low.

⁹Help us, O God our Savior, for the glory of your Name; *deliver us and forgive us our sins, for your Name’s sake.

¹⁰Why should the heathen say, “Where is their God?” *Let it be known among the heathen and in our sight that you avenge the shedding of your servants’ blood.

¹¹Let the sorrowful sighing of the prisoners come before you, *and by your great might spare those who are condemned to die.

¹²May the revilings with which they reviled you, O Lord, *return seven-fold into their bosoms.

¹³For we are your people and the sheep of your pasture; *we will give you thanks for ever and show forth your praise from age to age.