Psalm 4

To the Chief Musician; on stringed instruments. A Psalm of David.

Answer me when I call, O God of my righteousness (uprightness, justice, and right standing with You)! You have freed me when I was hemmed in and enlarged me when I was in distress; have mercy upon me and hear my prayer.

In the morning You hear my voice, O Lord; in the morning I prepare [a prayer, a sacrifice] for You and watch and wait [for You to speak to my heart].

The Lord has heard my supplication; the Lord receives my prayer.

Psalm 17

A Prayer of David.

Hear the right (my righteous cause), O Lord; listen to my shrill, piercing cry! Give ear to my prayer, that comes from unfeigned and guileless lips.

Hear my prayer, O Lord, and give ear to my cry; hold not Your peace at my tears! For I am Your passing guest, a temporary resident, as all my fathers were.

Yet the Lord will command His loving-kindness in the daytime, and in the night His song shall be with me, a prayer to the God of my life.

Hear my pleading and my prayer, O God; give ear to the words of my mouth.

Psalm 55

To the Chief Musician; with stringed instruments. A skillful song, or a didactic or reflective poem, of David.

Listen to my prayer, O God, and hide not Yourself from my supplication!

Psalm 61

To the Chief Musician; on stringed instruments. [A Psalm] of David.

Hear my cry, O God; listen to my prayer.

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.