1. For how long will I put up with grief, and prolonged suffering
Whose outcome is only ruin for the grief-stricken

2. I am like a fisher pulling up
A bucket from the water, turbid and muddy

3. And like one groping in the dark of night
Not knowing where his groping leads

4. I want deliverance, but not by this path
For he who fears Him shall find salvation

5. I see people naturally inclined to goodness
Yet committing evil deeds in private, deceitful

6. O Lord, You know my pains
And Your forgiveness, my Master, is the cure I seek

7. In You I take refuge, and You are generous
So gracefully and forgivingly treat those who take refuge in You