My soul [as well as my body] is greatly dismayed.But as for You, O Lord—how long [until You act on my behalf]?

So that my enemy will not tear me like a lion,Dragging me away while there is no one to rescue [me].

Therefore my heart is glad and my glory [my innermost self] rejoices;My body too will dwell [confidently] in safety,

Be gracious and compassionate to me, O Lord, for I am in trouble;My eye is clouded and weakened by grief, my soul and my body also.

My knees are unsteady from fasting;And my flesh is gaunt and without fatness.

The Lord swore to DavidA truth from which He will not turn back:“One of your descendants I will set upon your throne.

It is like the precious oil [of consecration] poured on the head,Coming down on the beard,Even the beard of Aaron,Coming down upon the edge of his [priestly] robes [consecrating the whole body].