In my time of trouble I sought the Lord. I kept my hand raised in prayer throughout the night. I refused to be comforted.

For the Lord God is our sovereign protector. The Lord bestows favor and honor; he withholds no good thing from those who have integrity.

adrift among the dead, like corpses lying in the grave, whom you remember no more, and who are cut off from your power.

For forty years I was continually disgusted with that generation, and I said, ‘These people desire to go astray; they do not obey my commands.’

For he never bothered to show kindness; he harassed the oppressed and needy, and killed the disheartened.

How blessed is the man who fills his quiver with them! They will not be put to shame when they confront enemies at the city gate.