Deliver by your power and answer me, so that the ones you love may be safe.

In my distress I cried out to the Lord. The Lord answered me and put me in a wide open place.

ק (Qof) I cried out with all my heart, “Answer me, O Lord! I will observe your statutes.”

May my tongue sing about your instructions, for all your commands are just.

A song of ascents. In my distress I cried out to the Lord and he answered me.

Then they will call to me, but I will not answer; they will diligently seek me, but they will not find me.

The heart of the righteous considers how to answer, but the mouth of the wicked pours out evil things.

Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own estimation.

“My people, how have I wronged you? How have I wearied you? Answer me!

For the stones in the walls will cry out, and the wooden rafters will answer back.

Then Abraham asked, “Since I have undertaken to speak to the Lord (although I am but dust and ashes),

Then Rachel and Leah replied to him, “Do we still have any portion or inheritance in our father’s house?

Joseph replied, “This is its meaning: The three baskets represent three days.

Miriam sang in response to them, “Sing to the Lord, for he has triumphed gloriously; the horse and its rider he has thrown into the sea.”

When the sound of the horn grew louder and louder, Moses was speaking and God was answering him with a voice.

Joshua son of Nun, the servant of Moses, one of his choice young men, said, “My lord Moses, stop them!”

Then Israel sang this song: “Spring up, O well, sing to it!

Balaam replied, “Must I not be careful to speak what the Lord has put in my mouth?”

The judges will thoroughly investigate the matter, and if the witness should prove to be false and to have given false testimony against the accused,

Then they must proclaim, “Our hands have not spilled this blood, nor have we witnessed the crime.