A prayer of the afflicted, when he is overwhelmed and before Jehovah poureth out his complaint.{HR}Jehovah, hear my prayer,{HR}And let my cry come unto thee.
Hide not thy face from me;{HR}In the day of my distress incline unto me thine ear;{HR}In the day I call, answer me speedily.
For my days are consumed like smoke,{HR}And my bones are burned as a firebrand.
My heart is smitten as grass and dried up;{HR}For I forget to eat my bread.
From the voice of my groaning{HR}My bone cleaveth to my flesh.
I am like a pelican of the wilderness,{HR}I am become as an owl of desolate places;
I watch and become as a sparrow upon the housetop.
All the day mine enemies reproach me,{HR}And they that are mad against me swear by me.
For I have eaten ashes like bread,{HR}And mingled my drink with weeping,
Because of thine indignation and thy wrath;{HR}For thou hast lifted me up and cast me down.
My days [are] as a shadow stretched out,{HR}And for me, I am withered as grass.
But thou, Jehovah, forever abidest,{HR}And thy memorial from generation to generation.
Thou wilt arise, thou wilt compassionate Zion,{HR}For [it is] time to be gracious to her,{HR}For the set time is come.
For thy servants take pleasure in her stones{HR}And are gracious to her dust.
And nations shall fear Jehovah’s name,{HR}And all kings of the earth thy glory.
For Jehovah hath built Zion,{HR}He is seen in his glory,
He turned unto the prayer of the destitute one,{HR}And despised not their prayer.
This shall be written for an after generation,{HR}And a people to be created shall praise Jah.
For he hath looked down from the height of his sanctuary;{HR}From the heavens hath Jehovah beheld the earth;
To hear the groaning of the prisoner,{HR}To loose the sons of death,
To declare in Zion Jehovah’s name{HR}And his praise in Jerusalem,
When peoples are gathered together,{HR}And kingdoms, to serve Jehovah.
He weakened my strength in the way,{HR}He shortened my days.
I said, O my God ,{HR}Take me not away in the midst of my days:{HR}In generation of generations [are] thy years.
Of old hast thou founded the earth,{HR}And the heavens [are] the work of thy hands.
They shall perish, and thou shalt endure;{HR}And all of them as the garment shall wax old;{HR}As the vesture shalt thou change them,{HR}And they shall be changed.
But thou [art] the same (He),{HR}And thy years shall have no end.
The sons of thy servants shall continue,{HR}And their seed shall be established before thee.