“Hear my prayer, O Lord,
and give ear to my cry;
hold not thy peace at my tears!For I am thy passing guest,
a sojourner, like all my fathers.Look away from me, that I may know gladness,
before I depart and be no more!”(source: Psalm 39 RSVCE)
Here’s one I still like best in an older version, with a more craggy beauty:
Hear my prayer, O Lord, and give ear unto my cry; hold not thy peace at my tears: for I am a stranger with thee, and a sojourner, as all my fathers were.
O spare me, that I may recover strength, before I go hence, and be no more.
(source: Psalm 39 KJV)
