For innumerable evils have encompassed me;
My sins have overtaken me, so that I am not able to see.
They are more numerous than the hairs of my head,
And my heart has failed me.

I am weary with my crying; my throat is parched;
My eyes fail while I wait [with confident expectation] for my God.

“For I will not contend forever,
Nor will I always be angry;
For [if I did stay angry] the spirit [of man] would grow weak before Me,
And the breath of those whom I have created.

people fainting from fear and expectation of the [dreadful] things coming on the world; for the [very] powers of the heavens will be shaken.

Hide not

For He has not despised nor detested the suffering of the afflicted;
Nor has He hidden His face from him;
But when he cried to Him for help, He listened.

Do not hide Your face from me,
Do not turn Your servant away in anger;
You have been my help;
Do not abandon me nor leave me,
O God of my salvation!

Do not hide Your face from Your servant,
For I am in distress; answer me quickly.

And I will wait for the Lord who is hiding His face from the house of Jacob; and I will look eagerly for Him.

Lest i be like, etc

To you I call, O Lord,
My rock, do not be deaf to me,
For if You are silent to me,
I will become like those who go down to the pit (grave).

I am counted among those who go down to the pit (grave);
I am like a man who has no strength [a mere shadow],

“For Sheol cannot praise or thank You,
Death cannot praise You and rejoice in You;
Those who go down to the pit cannot hope for Your faithfulness.

General references

but you who held tightly to the Lord your God are alive today, every one of you.

Hear my prayer, O God;
Listen to the words of my mouth.

My eyes fail [with longing, watching] for [the fulfillment of] Your salvation,
And for [the fulfillment of] Your righteous word.