How long will you not look away from me, nor leave me alone till I swallow my spit?
he will not let me get my breath, but fills me with bitterness.
To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. How long, O Lord? Will you forget me forever? How long will you hide your face from me? How long must I take counsel in my soul and have sorrow in my heart all the day? How long shall my enemy be exalted over me? Consider and answer me, O Lord my God; light up my eyes, lest I sleep the sleep of death,
look away from him and leave him alone, that he may enjoy, like a hired hand, his day.
They cried out with a loud voice, “O Sovereign Lord, holy and true, how long before you will judge and avenge our blood on those who dwell on the earth?”
O Lord, how long shall the wicked, how long shall the wicked exult?
My soul also is greatly troubled. But you, O Lord—how long?
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