aHear my prayer
, O LORD
! And let my cry
for help
bcome
to You.
aDo not hide Your face
from me in the day
of my distress
; bIncline
Your ear
to me; In the day
when I call
aanswer
me quickly
.
For my days ahave been
1consumed
in smoke
, And my bbones
have been scorched
like a hearth
.
My heart ahas been smitten
like 1grass
and has bwithered
away, Indeed
, I cforget
to eat
my bread
.
Because of the 1loudness
of my groaning
My abones
2cling
to my flesh
.
I 1resemble a apelican
of the wilderness
; I have become
like an owl
of the waste
places
.
I alie awake
, I have become
like a lonely
bird
on a housetop
.
My enemies ahave reproached
me all
day
long; Those who 1 bderide
me 2have used
my name as a ccurse
.
For I have eaten ashes
like bread
And amingled
my drink
with weeping
aBecause of Your indignation
and Your wrath
, For You have blifted
me up and cast
me away
.
My days are like a 1 alengthened
shadow
, And 2I bwither
away like 3grass
.
But You, O LORD, 1 aabide
forever
, And Your 2 bname
to all
generations
.
You will aarise and have
bcompassion
on Zion
; For cit is time
to be gracious
to her, For the dappointed
time
has come
.
Surely Your servants
1find
pleasure
in her stones
And feel
pity
for her dust
.
1So the 2 anations will fear
the name
of the LORD
And ball
the kings
of the earth
Your glory
.
For the LORD has abuilt
up Zion
; He has bappeared
in His glory
.
He has aregarded the prayer
of the 1destitute
And has not despised
their prayer
.
1This will be awritten
for the bgeneration
to come
, 2That ca people
yet to be created
3may praise
4the LORD
.
For He alooked down
from His holy
height
; bFrom heaven
the LORD
gazed
1upon the earth
,
To hear the agroaning
of the prisoner
, To bset
free
1those
who
were doomed
to death
,
That men may atell of the name
of the LORD
in Zion
And His praise
in Jerusalem
,
When athe peoples are gathered
together
, And the kingdoms
, to serve
the LORD
.
He has weakened my strength
in the way
; He has ashortened
my days
.
I say, "O my God
, ado not take
me away
in the 1midst
of my days
, Your byears
are throughout all
generations
.
"Of old You afounded
the earth
, And the bheavens
are the work
of Your hands
.
" 1Even they will aperish, but You endure
; And all
of them will wear
out like a garment
; Like clothing
You will change
them and they will be changed
.
"But You are 1 athe same, And Your years
will not come
to an end
.
"The achildren of Your servants
will continue
, And their 1 bdescendants
will be established
before
You."