⁹ My soul yearns for you in the night;
    my spirit within me earnestly seeks you.
For when your judgments are in the earth,
    the inhabitants of the world learn righteousness.^(A)

¹ Out of the depths I cry to you, O Lord.^(A)
2     Lord, hear my voice!
Let your ears be attentive
    to the voice of my supplications!^(B)

² O my God, I cry by day, but you do not answer;
    and by night but find no rest.^(A)

² In the day of my trouble I seek the Lord;
    in the night my hand is stretched out without wearying;
    my soul refuses to be comforted.^(A)
3 I think of God, and I moan;
    I meditate, and my spirit faints. Selah^(B)

⁶ when I think of you on my bed
    and meditate on you in the watches of the night,^(A)
7 for you have been my help,
    and in the shadow of your wings I sing for joy.^(B)
8 My soul clings to you;
    your right hand upholds me.^(C)