1 Heb “and may my cry for help come to you.”
2 Heb “do not hide your face from me in the day of my trouble.” The idiom “to hide the face” can mean “to ignore” (see Pss 10:11; 13:1; 51:9) or carry the stronger idea of “to reject” (see Pss 29:7; 30:7; 88:14).
3 Heb “turn toward me your ear.”

In other versions

Hear my prayer, O Lord;

let my cry come to you!

Do not hide your face from me

in the day of my distress!

Incline your ear to me;

answer me speedily in the day when I call!

Hear my prayer, Lord;

let my cry for help come to you.

Do not hide your face from me

when I am in distress.

Turn your ear to me;

when I call, answer me quickly.

Lord, hear my prayer;

let my cry for help come before you.

Do not hide your face from me in my day of trouble.

Listen closely to me;

answer me quickly when I call.

Lord, hear my prayer!

Listen to my plea!

Don’t turn away from me

in my time of distress.

Bend down to listen,

and answer me quickly when I call to you.

O Yahweh, hear my prayer,

and let my cry for help come to you.

Do not hide your face from me

in the day of my trouble.

Incline your ear to me.

In the day I call, answer me quickly,

Hear my prayer, O Lord,

And let my cry come unto thee.

Hide not thy face from me

In the day when I am in trouble; incline thine ear unto me:

In the day when I call answer me speedily.

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