Oppression: Prayers Against

…from the wicked who assail me, from my mortal enemies who surround me.

Why do You hide Your face and forget our affliction and oppression?

I have done what is just and right; do not leave me to my oppressors.

Redeem me from the oppression of man, that I may keep Your precepts.

I chirp like a swallow or crane; I moan like a dove. My eyes grow weak as I look upward. O Lord, I am oppressed; be my security.”