I poured out my complaint before him; I shewed before him my trouble.

From the end of the earth will I cry unto thee, when my heart is overwhelmed: lead me to the rock {that} is higher than I.

For destruction {from} God {was} a terror to me, and by reason of his highness I could not endure.

Be not a terror unto me: thou {art} my hope in the day of evil.

For the arrows of the Almighty {are} within me, the poison whereof drinketh up my spirit: the terrors of God do set themselves in array against me.

Therefore am I troubled at his presence: when I consider, I am afraid of him.

Therefore is my spirit overwhelmed within me; my heart within me is desolate.

For my days are consumed like smoke, and my bones are burned as an hearth. {like...: or, (as some read) into smoke}

Wherefore doth a living man complain, a man for the punishment of his sins? {complain: or, murmur}

Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and {why} art thou disquieted in me? hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him {for} the help of his countenance. {cast: Heb. bowed} {praise: or, give thanks} {for the...: or, his presence is salvation}

My heart is sore pained within me: and the terrors of death are fallen upon me.

Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted within me? hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him, {who is} the health of my countenance, and my God.

Therefore I will not refrain my mouth; I will speak in the anguish of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.

Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted within me? hope in God: for I shall yet praise him, {who is} the health of my countenance, and my God.

For my soul is full of troubles: and my life draweth nigh unto the grave.

And thou hast removed my soul far off from peace: I forgat prosperity. {prosperity: Heb. good}

From the end of the earth will I cry unto thee, when my heart is overwhelmed: lead me to the rock {that} is higher than I.

Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and {why} art thou disquieted in me? hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him {for} the help of his countenance. {cast: Heb. bowed} {praise: or, give thanks} {for the...: or, his presence is salvation}

Attend unto me, and hear me: I mourn in my complaint, and make a noise;

When my spirit was overwhelmed within me, then thou knewest my path. In the way wherein I walked have they privily laid a snare for me.

Therefore is my spirit overwhelmed within me; my heart within me is desolate.

Therefore am I troubled at his presence: when I consider, I am afraid of him.

My heart is smitten, and withered like grass; so that I forget to eat my bread.

O wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me from the body of this death? {the body...: or, this body of death}

Even when I remember I am afraid, and trembling taketh hold on my flesh.

As for me, {is} my complaint to man? and if {it were so}, why should not my spirit be troubled? {troubled: Heb. shortened?}

I opened to my beloved; but my beloved had withdrawn himself, {and} was gone: my soul failed when he spake: I sought him, but I could not find him; I called him, but he gave me no answer.

Thou didst say, Woe is me now! for the LORD hath added grief to my sorrow; I fainted in my sighing, and I find no rest.

Jerusalem remembered in the days of her affliction and of her miseries all her pleasant things that she had in the days of old, when her people fell into the hand of the enemy, and none did help her: the adversaries saw her, {and} did mock at her sabbaths. {pleasant: or, desirable}

[A Prayer of the afflicted, when he is overwhelmed, and poureth out his complaint before the LORD.] Hear my prayer, O LORD, and let my cry come unto thee. {of: or, for}