1. For the music director, on Jeduthun: a psalm of Asaph.
2. My voice to God—and I cried out, my voice to God—and He heard me!
3. In the day of my trouble I seek my Lord. At night my hand stretches out untiringly. My soul refuses to be comforted.
4. I remember God and I moan. I muse, and my spirit grows faint. Selah
5. You hold my eyelids open— I am so troubled—I cannot speak.
6. I ponder the days of old, the years long ago.
7. In the night I remember my song. I meditate with my heart and my spirit is searching.
8. “Will the Lord reject forever and never again show favor?
9. Has His mercy vanished forever? Has His promise come to an end forever?