Psalm 61:2

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From the end of the earth will I cry unto thee, when my heart is overwhelmed: lead me to the rock that is higher than I.

I am very discouraged. That is why I will remember you in the land of Jordan, on the peaks of Hermon, on Mount Mizar.

If I take the wings of the dawn, if I dwell in the remotest part of the sea,

From there you will seek Jehovah your God with all your heart and with all your being. And you will find him!

He said: I called to Jehovah because of my affliction. And he answered me! Out of the belly of the grave I cried and you heard my voice.

Why am I in despair? Why am I so deeply disturbed within me? I will put my hope in God, for I will praise him as my salvation and my God.

Fear and trembling have overcome me. Horror has overwhelmed me.

I remember God, and I groan. I complain, and my spirit is overwhelmed.

When I begin to lose hope, you already know what I am experiencing. My enemies have hidden a trap for me on the path where I walk.

Therefore my spirit is overwhelmed within me. My heart is devastated within me.

O afflicted city, lashed by storms and not comforted, I will build you with stones of turquoise, your foundations with sapphires.

He took Peter, James and John with him. He was very distressed and troubled.

(possible spurious text) He was in agony and earnestly prayed. His sweat became, as it were great drops of blood falling down upon the ground.

When I worried about many things, your assuring words comforted me.