The speaker uses these questions to express his distress that God has not helped him. AT: "Yahweh, it seems as though you are far away from me and you hide from me whenever I am in trouble" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
The noun "desires" can be expressed with the verb "want. "AT: "the things that he wants very much to do" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-abstractnouns]])