And my soul is deeply distressed. But you, LORD, how long do I wait?

May he give you what your heart desires, and may he fulfill all your plans.

Integrity and justice will preserve me, because I wait on you.

Therefore every godly person should pray to you at such a time. Surely a flood of great waters will not reach him.

We wait on the LORD; he is our help and our shield.

Those who do evil will perish. But those who wait on the LORD will inherit the land.

How long, LORD, will I wait expectantly? I have placed my hope in you.

As for my best friend, the one in whom I trusted, the one who ate my bread, even he has insulted me!

Why should I eat the flesh of oxen or drink the blood of goats?

But God will tear you down forever; he will take you away, even snatching you out of your tent! He will uproot you from the land of the living. Interlude

Come and listen, all of you who fear God, and I will tell you what he did for me.

While the earth and all its inhabitants melt away, it is I who keep its pillars firm." Interlude

In a time of need you called out and I delivered you; I answered you from the dark thundercloud; I tested you at the waters of Meribah. Interlude

I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, open your mouth that I may fill it.

You have set our iniquities before you, what we have concealed in the light of your presence.

They flee at your rebuke; they rush away at the sound of your thunders.

May his children become fatherless, and his wife a widow.

Never take your truthful words from me, For I wait for your ordinances.

I wait for the LORD; my soul waits, and I will hope in his word.