Psalm
How long, O God, how long : shall I be desolate?
Those around me, they smile : I am hollow within.
They smile to each other : only I am alone.
I have sheol within me : inwardly I am dead.
Like a pregnant mother : loneliness grows in me.
Why should I be alone : a stranger to all men?
How, God, have I harmed you : that you should take my friends?
How have I angered you : that no one shares my nights?
O be my salvation : only you can save me.
You, O Lord, can remember me : you can fill me.
Save me in the sight of the others, O my God!
Give me consolation : in this world and the next.
Those around me, they smile : I am hollow within.
They smile to each other : only I am alone.
I have sheol within me : inwardly I am dead.
Like a pregnant mother : loneliness grows in me.
Why should I be alone : a stranger to all men?
How, God, have I harmed you : that you should take my friends?
How have I angered you : that no one shares my nights?
O be my salvation : only you can save me.
You, O Lord, can remember me : you can fill me.
Save me in the sight of the others, O my God!
Give me consolation : in this world and the next.