⁹ Do not hide your face^(A) from me,
    do not turn your servant away in anger;^(B)
    you have been my helper.^(C)
Do not reject me or forsake^(D) me,
    God my Savior.^(E)

¹⁷ Do not hide your face^(A) from your servant;
    answer me quickly,^(B) for I am in trouble.^(C)

³ “Listen^(A) to me, you descendants of Jacob,
    all the remnant^(B) of the people of Israel,
you whom I have upheld since your birth,^(C)
    and have carried^(D) since you were born.^(E)
4 Even to your old age and gray hairs^(F)
    I am he,^(G) I am he who will sustain you.
I have made you and I will carry you;
    I will sustain^(H) you and I will rescue you.

⁷ Answer me quickly,^(A) Lord;
    my spirit fails.^(B)
Do not hide your face^(C) from me
    or I will be like those who go down to the pit.