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.
3. You reign as king for ever, but we die and are gone for ever.
4. O Lord Almighty, God of Israel, hear our prayer. We are no better than the dead. Our ancestors sinned against you, the Lord their God. They refused to obey you, and we are suffering the consequences of their sin.
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,