1 Heb “from the end of the earth.” This may indicate (1) the psalmist is exiled in a distant land, or (2) it may be hyperbolic (the psalmist feels alienated from God’s presence, as if he were in a distant land).
2 Heb “while my heart faints.”
3 The imperfect verbal form here expresses the psalmist’s wish or prayer.
4 Heb “on to a rocky summit [that] is higher than I.”
5 Or “for.”
6 Or “have been.”
7 Heb “a strong tower from the face of an enemy.”

In other versions

from the end of the earth I call to you

when my heart is faint.

Lead me to the rock

that is higher than I,

for you have been my refuge,

a strong tower against the enemy.

From the ends of the earth I call to you,

I call as my heart grows faint;

lead me to the rock that is higher than I.

For you have been my refuge,

a strong tower against the foe.

I call to you from the ends of the earth

when my heart is without strength.

Lead me to a rock that is high above me,

for you have been a refuge for me,

a strong tower in the face of the enemy.

From the ends of the earth,

I cry to you for help

when my heart is overwhelmed.

Lead me to the towering rock of safety,

for you are my safe refuge,

a fortress where my enemies cannot reach me.

From the end of the earth I call to you

when my heart grows faint.

You will lead me to a rock that is higher than I.

For you have been my refuge,

a strong tower from the enemy.

From the end of the earth will I cry unto thee, when my heart is overwhelmed:

Lead me to the rock that is higher than I.

For thou hast been a shelter for me,

And a strong tower from the enemy.

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