1. “O Lord Almighty, God of Israel, from the depth of our troubled, weary souls we cry out to you.
2. Hear us, O Lord, and have mercy on us, because we have sinned against you.
16-17. and those who have tried have vanished: the rulers of the nations, those who hunted wild animals and birds for sport, those who accumulated vast fortunes of silver and gold, which everyone trusts and will do anything to get,