(A)Attend to my cry,
    for (B)I am brought very low!
Deliver me from my persecutors,
    (C)for they are too strong for me!

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Listen to my cry,(A)
    for I am in desperate need;(B)
rescue me(C) from those who pursue me,
    for they are too strong(D) for me.

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Lead Me to the Rock

To the choirmaster: with (A)stringed instruments. Of David.

61 Hear my cry, O God,
    (B)listen to my prayer;

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Psalm 61[a]

For the director of music. With stringed instruments. Of David.

Hear my cry, O God;(A)
    listen to my prayer.(B)

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 61:1 In Hebrew texts 61:1-8 is numbered 61:2-9.

16 “As for you, (A)do not pray for this people, or lift up a cry or prayer for them, and do not intercede with me, for I will not hear you.

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16 “So do not pray for this people nor offer any plea(A) or petition for them; do not plead with me, for I will not listen(B) to you.

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