² May my prayer come before you;
    turn your ear to my cry.

² May my prayer be set before you like incense;^(A)
    may the lifting up of my hands^(B) be like the evening sacrifice.^(C)

⁵ Turn your eyes from me;
    they overwhelm me.
Your hair is like a flock of goats
    descending from Gilead.^(A)

¹¹¹ Your statutes are my heritage forever;
    they are the joy of my heart.^(A)

¹¹² My heart is set^(A) on keeping your decrees
    to the very end.^[a](B)

¹ You, God, are my God,
    earnestly I seek you;
I thirst for you,^(A)
    my whole being longs for you,
in a dry and parched land
    where there is no water.^(B)