If we had forgotten the name of our God
Or stretched out our hands to a strange god,

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

In the day of my trouble I [desperately] sought the Lord;
In the night my hand was stretched out [in prayer] without weariness;
My soul refused to be comforted.

My days are like an evening shadow that lengthens and vanishes [with the sun];
And as for me, I wither away like grass.

[You are the One] who covers Yourself with light as with a garment,
Who stretches out the heavens like a tent curtain,

To Him who stretched out the earth upon the waters,
For His lovingkindness endures forever;