¹ Listen^(A) to my words, Lord,
    consider my lament.^(B)
2 Hear my cry for help,^(C)
    my King and my God,^(D)
    for to you I pray.

²     Lord, hear my voice.^(A)
Let your ears be attentive^(B)
    to my cry for mercy.^(C)

¹ Hear me,^(A) Lord, my plea is just;
    listen to my cry.^(B)
Hear^(C) my prayer—
    it does not rise from deceitful lips.^(D)

¹ Listen to my prayer, O God,
    do not ignore my plea;^(A)