A great herd of oxen is round me: I am shut in by the strong oxen of Bashan.

Let my prayer come to your ears, O Lord, and give attention to my cry, make an answer to my weeping: for my time here is short before you, and in a little time I will be gone, like all my fathers.

Let your wrath be turned away from me, so that I may be comforted, before I go away from here, and become nothing.

In the great house the king's daughter is all shining: her clothing is worked with gold.

She will come before the king in robes of needlework; the virgins in her train will come before you.

God has taken his place in her; she will not be moved: he will come to her help at the dawn of morning.

And I said, If only I had wings like a dove! for then I would go in flight from here and be at rest.

Let them be like an after-birth which is turned to water and comes to an end; like the fruit of a woman who gives birth before her time, let them not see the sun.

The earth has given her increase; and God, even our God, will give us his blessing.

Kings will give you offerings, they will come out of Egypt; from Pathros will come offerings of silver; Ethiopia will be stretching out her hands to God.

And of Zion it will be said, This or that man had his birth there; and the Most High will make her strong.

Where the birds have their resting-places; as for the stork, the tall trees are her house.

They are turned here and there, rolling like a man who is full of wine; and all their wisdom comes to nothing.

He gives the unfertile woman a family, making her a happy mother of children. Give praise to the Lord.

O Lord, truly I am your servant; I am your servant, the son of her who is your servant; by you have my cords been broken.