Hear Us, Shepherd (80)

`I have called_ with my / whole~ heart.

`Answer me_, LORD!_ I will / keep your statutes.

`I have called to you._ / Save~ me!

`I_ will o / bey your statutes.

I `rise before_ dawn and / cry for help.

I `put my hope_ / in your words.

My `eyes stay open through the / night~ watches,

that `I might meditate_ / on your word.

(Ref)

`Hear my voice according to your / loving kindness.

Re `vive me, LORD, according / to your justice.

`They draw near who follow after / wickedness.

`They are far_ / from your law.

`You are / near~, LORD.

`All_ your commandments / are~ truth.

Of `old_ I have known from / your decrees,

that `you have founded them for / e~ ver.