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

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

However, God heard; he listened to my prayer.

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

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

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

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

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!

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

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

You hear prayers; all people approach you.

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

Listen to my prayer! Pay attention to my cry for help!

As for me, I cry out to you, O Lord; in the morning my prayer confronts you.

May you accept my prayer like incense, my uplifted hands like the evening offering!

When they were sick, I wore sackcloth, and refrained from eating food. (If I am lying, may my prayers go unanswered!)

By day the Lord decrees his loyal love, and by night he gives me a song, a prayer to the living God.

For the music director, to be accompanied by stringed instruments; a well-written song by David. Listen, O God, to my prayer! Do not ignore my appeal for mercy!

For the music director; to be played on a stringed instrument; written by David. O God, hear my cry for help! Pay attention to my prayer!

O Lord God, invincible warrior! How long will you remain angry at your people while they pray to you?