⁷ In my distress I called upon the Lord;
    to my God I called.
From his temple he heard my voice,
    and my cry came to his ears.^(A)

⁶ In my distress I called upon the Lord;
    to my God I cried for help.
From his temple he heard my voice,
    and my cry to him reached his ears.^(A)

¹⁵ The eyes of the Lord are on the righteous,
    and his ears are open to their cry.^(A)
16 The face of the Lord is against evildoers,
    to cut off the remembrance of them from the earth.^(B)
17 When the righteous cry for help, the Lord hears
    and rescues them from all their troubles.^(C)

²⁰ But the Lord is in his holy temple;
    let all the earth keep silence before him!^(A)

⁴ One thing I asked of the Lord;
    this I seek:
to live in the house of the Lord
    all the days of my life,
to behold the beauty of the Lord,
    and to inquire in his temple.^(A)