Answer me when I call, O God of my righteousness!
You have freed me when I was hemmed in and relieved me when I was in distress;
Be gracious to me and hear [and respond to] my prayer.

Heed the sound of my cry for help, my King and my God,
For to You I pray.

In the morning, O Lord, You will hear my voice;
In the morning I will prepare [a prayer and a sacrifice] for You and watch and wait [for You to speak to my heart].

O Lord, You have heard the desire of the humble and oppressed;
You will strengthen their heart, You will incline Your ear to hear,

Save and help and rescue, Lord, for godly people cease to be,
For the faithful vanish from among the sons of men.

Hear the just (righteous) cause, O Lord; listen to my loud [piercing] cry;
Listen to my prayer, that comes from guileless lips.

I have called upon You, for You, O God, will answer me;
Incline Your ear to me, hear my speech.

Hear, O Lord, when I cry aloud;
Be gracious and compassionate to me and answer me.

Hear the voice of my supplication (specific requests, humble entreaties) as I cry to You for help,
As I lift up my hands and heart toward Your innermost sanctuary (Holy of Holies).

“Hear, O Lord, be gracious and show favor to me;
O Lord, be my helper.”

My soul makes its boast in the Lord;
The humble and downtrodden will hear it and rejoice.

But I, like a deaf man, do not hear;
I am like a mute man who does not open his mouth.

“Lord, let me know my [life’s] end
And [to appreciate] the extent of my days;
Let me know how frail I am [how transient is my stay here].

“Hear my prayer, O Lord, and listen to my cry;
Do not be silent at my tears;
For I am Your temporary guest,
A sojourner like all my fathers.

Sacrifice and meal offering You do not desire, nor do You delight in them;
You have opened my ears and given me the capacity to hear [and obey Your word];
Burnt offerings and sin offerings You do not require.

Hear, O daughter, consider and incline your ear [to my instruction]:
Forget your people and your father’s house;

Glorious is the King’s daughter within [the palace];
Her robe is interwoven with gold.

She will be brought to the King in embroidered garments;
The virgins, her companions who follow her,
Will be brought to You.

God is in the midst of her [His city], she will not be moved;
God will help her when the morning dawns.

God, in her palaces,
Has made Himself known as a stronghold.

Walk about Zion, go all around her;
Count her towers,

Consider her ramparts,
Go through her palaces,
That you may tell the next generation [about her glory].

Hear this, all peoples;
Listen carefully, all inhabitants of the world,

“Hear, O My people, and I will speak;
O Israel, I will testify against you:
I am God, your God.

Make me hear joy and gladness and be satisfied;
Let the bones which You have broken rejoice.

Hear my prayer, O God;
Listen to the words of my mouth.

Evening and morning and at noon I will complain and murmur,
And He will hear my voice.

God will hear and humble them,
Even He who sits enthroned from old— Selah.
Because in them there has been no change [of heart],
And they do not fear God [at all].

Hear my cry, O God;
Listen to my prayer.

From the end of the earth I call to You, when my heart is overwhelmed and weak;
Lead me to the rock that is higher than I [a rock that is too high to reach without Your help].

Hear my voice, O God, in my complaint;
Guard my life from the terror of the enemy.

O You who hear prayer,
To You all mankind comes.

Come and hear, all who fear God [and worship Him with awe-inspired reverence and obedience],
And I will tell what He has done for me.

If I regard sin and baseness in my heart [that is, if I know it is there and do nothing about it],
The Lord will not hear [me];

Princes and envoys shall come from Egypt;
Ethiopia will quickly stretch out her hands [with the offerings of submission] to God.

But as for me, my prayer is to You, O Lord, at an acceptable and opportune time;
O God, in the greatness of Your favor and in the abundance of Your lovingkindness,
Answer me with truth [that is, the faithfulness of Your salvation].

Answer me, O Lord, for Your lovingkindness is sweet and good and comforting;
According to the greatness of Your compassion, turn to me.

Therefore his people return to this place,
And waters of abundance [offered by the irreverent] are [blindly] drunk by them.

When God heard this, He was filled with [righteous] wrath;
And utterly rejected Israel, [greatly hating her ways],

He established it for a testimony in Joseph
When He went throughout the land of Egypt.
I heard the language [of One whom] I did not know, saying,

“Hear, O My people, and I will admonish you—
O Israel, if you would listen to Me!

The bird has found a house,
And the swallow a nest for herself, where she may lay her young—
Even Your altars, O Lord of hosts,
My King and my God.

O Lord God of hosts, hear my prayer;
Listen, O God of Jacob! Selah.

But of Zion it will be said, “This one and that one were born in her,”
And the Most High Himself will establish her.

Once You spoke in a vision to Your godly ones,
And said, “I have given help to one who is mighty [giving him the power to be a champion for Israel];
I have exalted one chosen from the people.

For all our days pass away in Your wrath;
We have finished our years like a whispered sigh.

My eye has looked on my foes;
My ears hear of the evildoers who rise up against me.

He who made the ear, does He not hear?
He who formed the eye, does He not see?

For He is our God
And we are the people of His pasture and the sheep of His hand.
Today, if you will hear His voice,

Hear my prayer, O Lord,
And let my cry for help come to You!

You will arise and have compassion on Zion,
For it is time to be gracious and show favor to her;
Yes, the appointed time [the moment designated] has come.

For Your servants find [melancholy] pleasure in the stones [of her ruins]
And feel pity for her dust.

To hear the sighing of the prisoner,
To set free those who were doomed to death,

Where the birds make their nests;
As for the stork, the fir trees are her house.

They have ears, but they cannot hear;
They have noses, but they cannot smell;

My eyes weep streams of water
Because people do not keep Your law.

Qoph.
I cried with all my heart; answer me, O Lord!
I will observe Your statutes.

Hear my voice according to Your [steadfast] lovingkindness;
O Lord, renew and refresh me according to Your ordinances.

Behold, as the eyes of servants look to the hand of their master,
And as the eyes of a maid to the hand of her mistress,
So our eyes look to the Lord our God,
Until He is gracious and favorable toward us.

Lord, hear my voice!
Let Your ears be attentive
To the voice of my supplications.

“This is My resting place forever” [says the Lord];
“Here will I dwell, for I have desired it.

“I will abundantly bless her provisions;
I will satisfy her poor with bread.

“Her priests also I will clothe with salvation,
And her godly ones will shout aloud for joy.

They have ears, but they do not hear,
Nor is there any breath in their mouths.

Remember, O Lord, against the sons of Edom,
The day of [the fall of] Jerusalem,
Who said “Down, down [with her]
To her very foundation.”

Their [wicked, godless] judges are thrown down the sides of the rocky cliff,
And they [who followed them] will hear my words, for they are pleasant (just).

Hear my prayer, O Lord,
Listen to my supplications!
Answer me in Your faithfulness, and in Your righteousness.

Let me hear Your lovingkindness in the morning,
For I trust in You.
Teach me the way in which I should walk,
For I lift up my soul to You.

He will fulfill the desire of those who fear and worship Him [with awe-inspired reverence and obedience];
He also will hear their cry and will save them.