Psalm 55:1

Give ear to my prayer, O God, and do not hide thyself from my supplication.

Hear my cry, O God; attend unto my prayer.

Give ear to my words, O LORD; consider my meditation.

O LORD, rebuke me not in thine anger, neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure.

Hear righteousness, O LORD, attend unto my cry, give ear unto my prayer, that does not go out of feigned lips.

Hide not thy face far from me; put not thy slave away in anger: thou hast been my help; do not leave me or forsake me, O God of my saving health.

Unto thee will I cry, O LORD my rock; be not silent unto me lest, if thou be silent unto me, I become like those that go down into the grave.

Save me, O God, in thy name and defend me by thy valour.

Hear my voice, O God, in my prayer; preserve my life from fear of the enemy.

Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel, thou that leadest Joseph like a flock; thou that dwellest between the cherubim, shine forth.

O LORD God of the hosts, how long wilt thou be angry against the prayer of thy people?

O LORD God of the hosts, hear my prayer; give ear, O God of Jacob. Selah.

Give ear, O LORD, unto my prayer and attend to the voice of my supplications.

Hear me speedily, O LORD; my spirit fails; hide not thy face from me lest I be like those that go down into the grave.

Gimel Even when I cried and shouted, he shut out my prayer.

For the eyes of the Lord are over the righteous, and his ears are open unto their prayers; but the face of the Lord is against those that do evil.

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