¹ O God, do not be silent!
    Do not be deaf.
    Do not be quiet, O God.

¹ I pray to you, O Lord, my rock.
    Do not turn a deaf ear to me.
For if you are silent,
    I might as well give up and die.

³ Our God approaches,
    and he is not silent.
Fire devours everything in his way,
    and a great storm rages around him.

²² O Lord, you know all about this.
    Do not stay silent.
    Do not abandon me now, O Lord.

¹⁴ He will say, “I have long been silent;
    yes, I have restrained myself.
But now, like a woman in labor,
    I will cry and groan and pant.

¹ O God, whom I praise,
    don’t stand silent and aloof
² while the wicked slander me
    and tell lies about me.

²³ Wake up, O Lord! Why do you sleep?
    Get up! Do not reject us forever.