Turn to me and have mercy on me
because I am lonely and afflicted.
God settles the lonely in a home;
he brings prisoners out into prosperity.
But the rebellious abide in a barren land.
I lay down and slept;
I woke up because Yahweh sustains me.
In peace I will lie down and sleep at once,
for you alone, O Yahweh, make me dwell safely.
He will not allow your foot to be moved;
he who protects you will not slumber.
It is in vain for you who rise early and sit late,
eating the bread of anxious toil,
when thus he provides for his beloved in his sleep.
If you sit down, you will not panic,
and if you lie down, then your sleep shall be sweet.
Have you not known,
or have you not heard?
Yahweh is the God of eternity,
the creator of the ends of the earth!
He is not faint, and he does not grow weary!
There is no searching his understanding.
He gives power to the weary,
and he increases power for the powerless.
Even young people will be faint and grow weary,
and the young will stumble, exhausted.
Yahweh is good to those who wait on him,
to the person that seeks him.
It is good to wait in silence
for the salvation of Yahweh.
It is good for a man who carries
the yoke of his childhood.
Let him sit alone and be silent
when he has laid it on him.
Let him put his mouth in the dust;
perhaps there is hope.