1. Give ear to my tefillah, O Elohim; and veil not Thyself from my techinnah (supplication).
2. (3) Attend unto me, and hear me; I wander restlessly in my si'ach (anxiety), and aloud I groan;
3. (4) Because of the voice of the oyev (enemy), because of the oppression of the rasha (evildoer); for they cast aven (iniquity) upon me, and in af (wrath, anger) cherish their malice against me.