Unto thee, O Jehovah, will I call: My rock, be not thou deaf unto me; Lest, if thou be silent unto me, I become like them that go down into the pit.

You have seen, O Yahweh. Do not be deaf. O Lord, do not be far from me.

But I, as a deaf man, heard not; and I was as a dumb man that openeth not his mouth.

And I, as deaf, shall not hear; and as dumb, he will not open his mouth.

Hear my prayer, O Yahweh, and listen [to] my cry for help; do not be deaf to my tears. For I [am] an alien with you, a sojourner like all my ancestors.

And I said, Oh that I had wings like a dove! for then would I fly away, and be at rest.

But you, God, will bring them down into the pit of destruction. Bloodthirsty and deceitful men shall not live out half their days, but I will trust in you. For the Chief Musician. To the tune of "Silent Dove in Distant Lands." A poem by David, when the Philistines seized him in Gath.

To the Overseer. -- 'On the Dumb Dove far off.' -- A secret treasure of David, in the Philistines' taking hold of him in Gath. Favour me, O God, for man swallowed me up, All the day fighting he oppresseth me,

Their poison is like the poison of a serpent: they are like the deaf adder that stoppeth her ear;

Though ye have lien among the pots, yet shall ye be as the wings of a dove covered with silver, and her feathers with yellow gold.

Oh deliver not the soul of thy turtle-dove unto the wild beast: Forget not the life of thy poor for ever.

A song. A psalm of Asaph.God, do not keep silent.
Do not be deaf, God; do not be idle.

I have obeyed your precepts and your testimonies, for all my ways are before you. TAV

TAV. Let my cry come near before thee, O Jehovah: Give me understanding according to thy word.