he has crushed my life to the ground;
he has made me sit in darkness like those long dead.
Therefore my spirit faints within me;
my heart within me is appalled.
I remember the days of old,
I meditate on all Thou hast done;
I muse on what Thy hands have wrought.
I stretch out my hands to Thee;
my soul thirsts for Thee like a parched land.
Make haste to answer me, O Lord!