My Mighty Deliverer: A Prayer Of A Depressed Poem by Yehoshua Shim'onai

O Lord of Creation, hear this prayer
of mine,
and let this prayer reach You
to the highest;
Look upon this misery
Your servant have
and never turn Your eyes
from my distress!

Throughout the day, my soul
is painful,
and my heart is wounded
in brokenness;
My smile slowly fades away
and bitterness empowers me!
For in this battle You have sent me
just to be defeated;
You have placed me in
this struggle
to be delivered to captivity!

All my brothers have neglected me
and my sisters never cared for me!
For as Elijah the Tishbite was alone
so am I standing in loneliness!
And now this loneliness crushes me
very slowly,
and bitterness burns me
so painfully;
Hatred begins to overcome me
and binds me the way it did
as before!

Why, O Lord, have You forsaken me?
Why has Your power failed in me?
Where have You been, my God
and my Savior?
Where is my Deliverer in these
times of loneliness?

But I begin to remember
the salvation my Lord has given me;
I remember His freedom
that saved me from the same
captivity;
I remember His power
that broke the same chains
that bound me up;
I remember His love
that freed me
from the same dungeon!

My weakness maybe like the glass
but my Lord's strength
is over all powers;
His authority is above all thrones
and His power is the greatest
among the principalities!

So in my weakness, I cry to You,
O God my Mighty Deliverer;
For my hope is in you,
in your steadfast love
and unfading kindness;
For Your faithfulness never fails
and Your love never ceases!

Who shall be my refuge
in seasons of loneliness?
Who shall be my strength
in times of weakness?
It is You, O Lord of Hosts!
My strength, it comes from you alone
O Lord God, the Almighty One!