O You Who hear prayer, to You shall all flesh come.

But certainly God has heard me; He has given heed to the voice of my prayer.

Blessed be God, Who has not rejected my prayer nor removed His mercy and loving-kindness from being [as it always is] with me.

But as for me, my prayer is to You, O Lord. At an acceptable and opportune time, O God, in the multitude of Your mercy and the abundance of Your loving-kindness hear me, and in the truth and faithfulness of Your salvation answer me.

And He shall live; and to Him shall be given gold of Sheba; prayer also shall be made for Him and through Him continually, and they shall bless and praise Him all the day long.

The prayers of David son of Jesse are ended.

In the day of my trouble I seek (inquire of and desperately require) the Lord; in the night my hand is stretched out [in prayer] without slacking up; I refuse to be comforted.

I [earnestly] remember God; I am disquieted and I groan; I muse in prayer, and my spirit faints [overwhelmed]. Selah [pause, and calmly think of that]!

O Lord God of hosts, how long will You be angry with Your people’s prayers?

O Lord God of hosts, hear my prayer; give ear, O God of Jacob! Selah [pause, and calmly think of that]!

Psalm 86

A Prayer of David.

Incline Your ear, O Lord, and answer me, for I am poor and distressed, needy and desiring.

Give ear, O Lord, to my prayer; and listen to the cry of my supplications.

Let my prayer come before You and really enter into Your presence; incline Your ear to my cry!

But to You I cry, O Lord; and in the morning shall my prayer come to meet You.

Book Four

Psalm 90

A Prayer of Moses the man of God.

Lord, You have been our dwelling place and our refuge in all generations [says Moses].

Psalm 102

A Prayer of the afflicted; when he is overwhelmed and faint and pours out his complaint to God.

Hear my prayer, O Lord, and let my cry come to You.

He will regard the plea of the destitute and will not despise their prayer.

In return for my love they are my adversaries, but I resort to prayer.

When [the wicked] is judged, let him be condemned, and let his prayer [for leniency] be turned into a sin.

I anticipated the dawning of the morning and cried [in childlike prayer]; I hoped in Your word.

Let my prayer be set forth as incense before You, the lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice.

Let the righteous man smite and correct me—it is a kindness. Oil so choice let not my head refuse or discourage; for even in their evils or calamities shall my prayer continue.

Psalm 142

A skillful song, or a didactic or reflective poem, of David; when he was in the cave. A Prayer.

I cry to the Lord with my voice; with my voice to the Lord do I make supplication.

Psalm 143

A Psalm of David.

Hear my prayer, O Lord, give ear to my supplications! In Your faithfulness answer me, and in Your righteousness.

The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination, hateful and exceedingly offensive to the Lord, but the prayer of the upright is His delight!