A prayer of David. Lord, consider my just cause! ²  Pay attention to my cry for help! Listen to the prayer I sincerely offer! ³ 

when he responds to the prayer of the destitute, ¹  and does not reject ²  their request. ³ 

although ¹  there is no violence in my hands and my prayer is pure.

However, God heard; he listened to my prayer.

This collection of the prayers of David son of Jesse ends here. ¹ 

O Lord, hear my prayer! Pay attention to my plea for mercy!

They repay my love with accusations, ¹  but I continue to pray. ² 

When he is judged, he will be found ¹  guilty! ²  Then his prayer will be regarded as sinful.

The Lord is far ¹  from the wicked, but he hears ²  the prayer of the righteous. ³ 

Also, when I cry out desperately ¹  for help, ²  he has shut out my prayer. ³ 

You shrouded yourself with a cloud so that no prayer can get through.

This is a prayer of Habakkuk the prophet: ¹ 

But respond favorably to ¹  your servant’s prayer and his request for help, O Lord my God. Answer ²  the desperate prayer ³  your servant is presenting to you ⁴  today.

But respond favorably to ¹  your servant’s prayer and his request for help, O Lord my God. Answer ²  the desperate prayer ³  your servant is presenting to you. ⁴ 

The prayer of an oppressed man, as he grows faint and pours out his lament before the Lord. O Lord, hear my prayer! Pay attention to my cry for help! ² 

then listen from heaven to their prayers for help ¹  and vindicate them. ² 

The Lord has heard my appeal for mercy; the Lord has accepted ¹  my prayer.

O God, listen to my prayer! Pay attention to what I say! ¹ 

You hear prayers; ¹  all people approach you. ² 

God deserves praise, ¹  for ²  he did not reject my prayer or abandon his love for me! ³