O Lord God, do not reject your chosen ones! Remember the faithful promises you made to your servant David!”

Solomon answered all her questions; there was no question too complex for the king.

Please recall the word you commanded your servant Moses: ‘If you act unfaithfully, I will scatter you among the nations.

Please remember me for good, O my God, for all that I have done for this people.

Please remember them, O my God, because they have defiled the priesthood, the covenant of the priesthood, and the Levites.

“If someone should attempt a word with you, will you be impatient? But who can refrain from speaking?

But now the same thing comes to you, and you are discouraged; it strikes you, and you are terrified.

Relent, let there be no falsehood; reconsider, for my righteousness is intact!

Remember that my life is but a breath, that my eyes will never again see happiness.

Will they not instruct you and speak to you, and bring forth words from their understanding?

Such is the destiny of all who forget God; the hope of the godless perishes,

If I say, ‘I will forget my complaint, I will change my expression and be cheerful,’

Then would I speak and not fear him, but it is not so with me.

Remember that you have made me as with the clay; will you return me to dust?

“But these things you have concealed in your heart; I know that this is with you:

But an empty man will become wise, when a wild donkey’s colt is born a human being.

“Refrain from talking with me so that I may speak; then let come to me what may.

What do you know that we don’t know? What do you understand that we don’t understand?

“But if I speak, my pain is not relieved, and if I refrain from speaking – how much of it goes away?

“How long until you make an end of words? You must consider, and then we can talk.