<p class="poetry">I will pray<n id="1" /> to God, my high ridge:<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">&#8220;Why do you ignore<n id="3" /> me?p> <p class="poetry">Why must I walk around mourning<n id="4" />p> <p class="poetry">because my enemies oppress me?&#8221;p>

<p class="poetry">All this has happened to us, even though we have not rejected you<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">or violated your covenant with us.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">If we had rejected our God,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">and spread out our hands in prayer to another god,<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">Listen, O princess!<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">Observe and pay attention!<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">Forget your homeland<n id="3" /> and your family!<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">Carefully consider this, you who reject God!<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">Otherwise I will rip you to shreds<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">and no one will be able to rescue you.p>

<p class="poetry">Do not strike them dead suddenly,p> <p class="poetry">because then my people might forget the lesson.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">Use your power to make them homeless vagabonds and then bring them down,p> <p class="poetry">O Lord who shields us!<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">Do not hand the life of your dove<n id="1" /> over to a wild animal!p> <p class="poetry">Do not continue to disregard<n id="2" /> the lives of your oppressed people!p>

<p class="poetry">Has God forgotten to be merciful?p> <p class="poetry">Has his anger stifled his compassion?&#8221;p>

<p class="poetry">Then they will place their confidence in God.p> <p class="poetry">They will not forget the works of God,p> <p class="poetry">and they will obey<n id="1" /> his commands.p>

<p class="poetry">My heart is parched<n id="1" /> and withered like grass,p> <p class="poetry">for I am unable<n id="2" /> to eat food.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">I have wandered off like a lost sheep.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">Come looking for your servant,p> <p class="poetry">for I do not forget your commands.p>

<t /><p class="psasuper">For the music director; a psalm of David.p> <p class="poetry">How long, <sc>Lordsc>, will you continue to ignore me?<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">How long will you pay no attention to me?<n id="3" />p>