Or else he will tear me apart like a lion, ripping to pieces, with none [to] deliver.

Look at me! Answer me, O Lord my God! Revive me, or else I will die!

To you, O Yahweh, I call. O my rock, do not be deaf to me. Or else, if you are silent to me, then I will become like those descending to [the] pit.

Don't be like the horse, or like the mule, which have no understanding, who are controlled by bit and bridle, or else they will not come near to you.

For thou desirest not sacrifice; else would I give it: thou delightest not in burnt offering.

I said, "O, who will give me the wings of a dove, so that I could fly away and live somewhere else?

Indeed, it is not an enemy who insults me, or else I could bear it; it is not one who hates me who arrogantly taunts me, or else I could hide from him.

Better a day in Your courts
than a thousand anywhere else.
I would rather be at the door of the house of my God
than to live in the tents of wicked people.

I will bow down toward Your holy temple
and give thanks to Your name
for Your constant love and truth.
You have exalted Your name
and Your promise above everything else.