But you do see! You take note of trouble and grief in order to take the matter into your own hand. The helpless one commits himself to you; you have been the orphan's helper.

I was dependent on you from birth; from my mother's womb you have been my God.

Do not hide your face from me; do not turn away in anger from your servant. You have been my help, therefore do not abandon or forsake me, God of my salvation.

Be gracious to me, LORD, for I am in distress. My eyes have been consumed by my grief along with my soul and my body.

My life is consumed by sorrow, my years with groaning. My strength has faltered because of my iniquity; my bones have been consumed.

When I said in my panic, "I have been cut off in your sight," then you surely heard the voice of my prayer in my plea to you for help.

The LORD is close to the brokenhearted, and he delivers those whose spirit has been crushed.

There, those who do evil have fallen; They have been thrown down, and they cannot get up. Davidic

Indeed, I am being set up for a fall, and I am continuously reminded of my pain.

Stop scourging me, since I have been crushed by your heavy hand.

My tears have been my food day and night, while people keep asking me all day long, "Where is your God?"

My heart is overflowing with good news; I speak what I have composed to the king; my tongue is like the pen of an articulate scribe.

Our God has appeared and he has not been silent; a devouring fire blazed before him, and a mighty storm swirled around him.

My enemies will retreat when I call on you. This has been my experience, because God is with me.

But I will sing of your power and in the morning I will shout for joy about your gracious love. For you have been a fortress for me; and a refuge when I am distressed.

For you have been a refuge for me, a tower of strength before the enemy.

For you have been my strength, and in the shadow of your wings I will shout for joy.

For they persecute those whom you have struck, and they brag about the pain of those you have wounded.

So I say: "It causes me pain that the right hand of the Most High has changed."

Don't charge us for previous iniquity, but let your compassion come quickly to us, for we have been brought very low.

Since my youth I have been oppressed and in danger of death. I bear your dread and am overwhelmed.

Lord, you've been our refuge from generation to generation.

Your throne has been established since time immemorial; you are king from eternity.

keeping him calm when times are troubled until a pit has been dug for the wicked.

If the LORD had not been my helper, I would have quickly become silent.

He sent a man before them Joseph, who had been sold as a slave.

Let those who have been redeemed by the LORD declare it those whom he redeemed from the power of the enemy,

Had your instruction not been my pleasure, I would have died in my affliction.

If the LORD had not been on our side let Israel now say

if the LORD had not been on our side, when men came against us,

We have escaped like a bird from the hunter's trap. The trap has been broken, and we have escaped.

For evil's scepter will not rest on the land that has been allotted to the righteous, and so the righteous will not direct themselves to do wrong.

Pay attention to my cry, for I have been brought very low. Deliver me from my tormentors, for they are far too strong for me.