16 Lord, they came to you in their distress;

when you disciplined them,

they could barely whisper a prayer.

16 O Lord, in distress they sought you;

they poured out a whispered prayer

when your discipline was upon them.

16 Lord, In trouble have they visited thee,

They poured out a prayer when thy chastening was upon them.

16 Lord, in distress we searched for you.

We prayed beneath the burden of your discipline.

16 Lord, people remember you when they are in trouble;

they say quiet prayers to you when you punish them.

16 Jehovah, in trouble have they visited thee; they poured out a prayer when thy chastening was upon them.

16 Jehovah, in trouble they sought thee; they poured out their whispered prayer when thy chastening was upon them.

16 O Lord, the people have come to you in trouble. 

They were humbled by oppression, by your discipline upon them. 

16 Lord, they went to You in their distress;

they poured out whispered prayers

because Your discipline fell on them.

16 O Lord, in distress they sought you,

they poured out a prayer

when your chastening was on them.

16 Yahweh, in distress they have visited you;

they poured out an incantation;

your discipline was on them.

16 Lord, when your people were suffering, they came to you.

When you punished them,

they could barely whisper a prayer.

16 O Lord, they sought You in distress;

They could only whisper a prayer,

Your chastening was upon them.