I was afraid and said,“ I’ve been cut off from you!” But you heard my cry for your favor. You heard me when I called out to you for help.

至于我，我曾急促地说：“我从你眼前被隔绝。”然而，我呼求你的时候，你仍听我恳求的声音。

至于我，我曾惊惶地说：“我从你眼前被隔绝。”然而，我呼求你的时候，你仍听我恳求的声音。

至于我，我曾惊惶地说：“我从你眼前被隔绝。”然而，我呼求你的时候，你仍听我恳求的声音。

我曾惊恐地说：“你丢弃了我！”其实你听了我的呼求。

至于我，我曾在惊恐中说：“我从你眼前被隔绝”；可是我向你呼求的时候，你还是垂听了我恳求的声音。

至于我，我曾在慌乱中说：“我从你眼前被隔绝了！”然而当我向你呼救时，你仍然垂听了我恳求的声音。

至於我，我曾急促地說：我從你眼前被隔絕。然而，我呼求你的時候，你仍聽我懇求的聲音。

至於我，我曾驚惶地說：「我從你眼前被隔絕。」然而，我呼求你的時候，你仍聽我懇求的聲音。

至於我，我曾驚惶地說：「我從你眼前被隔絕。」然而，我呼求你的時候，你仍聽我懇求的聲音。

我曾驚恐地說：「你丟棄了我！」其實你聽了我的呼求。

至於我，我曾在驚恐中說：“我從你眼前被隔絕”；可是我向你呼求的時候，你還是垂聽了我懇求的聲音。

我，我曾着急地說：『我被割絕、離開你眼前；』然而我向你呼救時，你仍聽我懇求的聲音。

至於我，我曾在慌亂中說：「我從你眼前被隔絕了！」然而當我向你呼救時，你仍然垂聽了我懇求的聲音。

我驚惶時、以為見絕於爾前、我呼籲時、爾仍聽我祈求兮、

予率爾以吐詞、見絕於爾前、乃籲於上、爾則俯聞。

我受驚恐時、我云、我已見絕於主之目前、然我呼籲主、主仍俯聽我祈求之聲、

偉哉造物主。待我恩何深。捍衛無不至。置我於堅城。

In my alarm I said,“ I am cut off from your sight!” Yet you heard my cry for mercy when I called to you for help.

I had said in my alarm,“ I am cut off from your sight.” But you heard the voice of my pleas for mercy when I cried to you for help.

In panic I cried out,“ I am cut off from the Lord!” But you heard my cry for mercy and answered my call for help.

In my alarm I said,“ I am cut off from your sight.” But you heard the sound of my pleading when I cried to you for help.

As for me, I said in my alarm,“ I am cut off from Your eyes”; Nevertheless You heard the sound of my pleadings When I called to You for help.

For I said in my haste,“ I am cut off from before Your eyes”; Nevertheless You heard the voice of my supplications When I cried out to You.

As for me, I said in my haste, I am cut off from before thine eyes: Nevertheless thou heardest the voice of my supplications, When I cried unto thee.

In my alarm I had said,“ I am cut off from Your sight.” But You heard the sound of my pleading when I cried to You for help.

For I said in my haste, I am cut off from before thine eyes: nevertheless thou heardest the voice of my supplications when I cried unto thee.

I jumped to conclusions and said,“ I am cut off from your presence!” But you heard my plea for mercy when I cried out to you for help.

As for me, I said in my haste,“ I am cut off from before your eyes.” Nevertheless you heard the voice of my petitions when I cried to you.

When I was terrified, I said to myself,“ No one tells the truth.”

Then the Lord said to me,“ Son of man, these bones stand for all the people of Israel. The people say,‘ Our bones are dried up. We’ve lost all hope. We are destroyed.’

I said,‘ I have been driven away from you. But I will look again toward your holy temple in Jerusalem.’

Your great anger has swept over me. Your terrors have destroyed me.

The Lord has heard my cry for his mercy. The Lord accepts my prayer.

So he certainly won’t listen to you. When you say you don’t see him, he won’t hear you. He won’t listen when you state your case to him. He won’t pay attention even if you wait for him.

But the city of Zion said,“ The Lord has deserted me. The Lord has forgotten me.”

The water rose and covered my head. I thought I was going to die.Lord, I called out to you. I called out from the bottom of the pit.

Jesus prayed while he lived on earth. He made his appeal with sincere cries and tears. He prayed to the God who could save him from death. God answered Jesus because he truly honored God.

David thought,“ Some day Saul will destroy me. So the best thing I can do is escape. I’ll go to the land of the Philistines. Then Saul will stop looking for me everywhere in Israel. His hand won’t be able to reach me.”

Lord, I have cried out to you. Don’t let me be put to shame. But let sinners be put to shame. Let them lie silent in the place of the dead.

I said,“ I’m enjoying the best years of my life. Must I now go through the gates of death? Will the rest of my years be taken away from me?”I said,“ Lord, I’ll never see you again while I’m still alive. I’ll never see people anymore. I’ll never again be with those who live in this world.My body is like a shepherd’s tent. It has been pulled down and carried off. My life is like a piece of cloth that I’ve rolled up. You have cut it off from the loom. In a short period of time you have brought my life to an end.

“ When my life was nearly over, I remembered you, Lord. My prayer rose up to you. It reached you in your holy temple in heaven.“ Some people worship the worthless statues of their gods. They turn away from God’s love for them.But I will sacrifice a thank offering to you. And I will shout with thankful praise. I will do what I have promised. I will say,‘ Lord, you are the one who saves.’ ”

So the Lord brought the army commanders of the king of Assyria against them. They took Manasseh as a prisoner. They put a hook in his nose. They put him in bronze chains. And they took him to Babylon.When Manasseh was in trouble, he asked the Lord his God to help him. He made himself very humble in the sight of the God of his people.Manasseh prayed to him. When he did, the Lord felt sorry for him. He answered his prayer. The Lord brought Manasseh back to Jerusalem and his kingdom. Then Manasseh knew that the Lord is God.

“ How terrible it is for me!” I cried out.“ I’m about to be destroyed! My mouth speaks sinful words. And I live among people who speak sinful words. Now I have seen the King with my own eyes. He is the Lord who rules over all.”

Saul was going along one side of the mountain. David and his men were on the other side. They were hurrying to get away from Saul. Saul and his army were closing in on David and his men. They were about to capture them.