In my distress I called upon the Lord,
And cried to my God for help;
He heard my voice out of His temple,
And my cry for help before Him came into His ears.

He bowed the heavens also, and came down
With thick darkness under His feet.

When evildoers came upon me to devour my flesh,
My adversaries and my enemies, they stumbled and fell.

But as for me, my feet came close to stumbling,
My steps had almost slipped.

Until I came into the sanctuary of God;
Then I perceived their end.

Until the time that his word came to pass,
The word of the Lord tested him.

Israel also came into Egypt;
Thus Jacob sojourned in the land of Ham.

He spoke, and there came a swarm of flies
And gnats in all their territory.

He spoke, and locusts came,
And young locusts, even without number,

He also loved cursing, so it came to him;
And he did not delight in blessing, so it was far from him.

The cords of death encompassed me
And the terrors of Sheol came upon me;
I found distress and sorrow.