I Stretch Out My Hands to You

1Chanting to David. O Jehovah, hear my prayer, give ear to my supplication: in thy faithfulness answer me; in thy justice.

2And thou wilt not come into judgment with thy servant, for all living shall not be justified before thee.

3For the enemy pursued my soul; he crushed to the earth my life; he caused me to dwell in darknesses, as the dead of old.

4And my spirit will languish upon me, and my heart will be desolate within me.

5I remembered the days of old and I meditated in all thy work, and I will meditate upon the work of thy hands.

6I spread out my hands to thee: my soul as a weary land for thee. Silence.

7Quickly answer me, O Jehovah: my spirit failed: thou wilt not hide thy face from me: I was made like those going down to the pit.

8Cause me to hear thy mercy in the morning; for in thee I trusted: cause me to know the way that I shall go; for to thee I lifted up my soul.

9Deliver me from mine enemies, O Jehovah: to thee I covered myself.

10Teach me to do thine acceptance, for thou art my God: thy spirit is good; thou wilt guide me into a land of uprightness.

11For sake of thy name, O Jehovah, thou wilt make me live: in thy justice thou wilt bring forth my soul out of straits.

12And in thy mercy thou wilt cut off mine enemies, and thou destroyedst all those pressing my soul: for I am thy servant.