| 1 | {A Prayer of the afflicted, when he is overwhelmed, and poureth out his complaint before Jehovah.} Jehovah, hear my prayer, and let my cry come unto thee. |
| 2 | Hide not thy face from me: in the day of my trouble, incline thine ear unto me; in the day I call, answer me speedily. |
| 3 | For my days are consumed like smoke, and my bones are burned as a firebrand. |
| 4 | My heart is smitten and withered like grass; yea, I have forgotten to eat my bread. |
| 5 | By reason of the voice of my groaning, my bones cleave to my flesh. |
| 6 | I am become like the pelican of the wilderness, I am as an owl in desolate places; |
| 7 | I watch, and am like a sparrow alone upon the housetop. |
| 8 | Mine enemies reproach me all the day; they that are mad against me swear by me. |
| 9 | For I have eaten ashes like bread, and mingled my drink with weeping, |
| 10 | Because of thine indignation and thy wrath; for thou hast lifted me up, and cast me down. |
| 11 | My days are like a lengthened-out shadow, and I, I am withered like grass. |
| 12 | But thou, Jehovah, abidest for ever, and thy memorial from generation to generation. |
| 13 | *Thou* wilt rise up, thou wilt have mercy upon Zion: for it is the time to be gracious to her, for the set time is come. |
| 14 | For thy servants take pleasure in her stones, and favour her dust. |
| 15 | And the nations shall fear the name of Jehovah, and all the kings of the earth thy glory. |
| 16 | When Jehovah shall build up Zion, he will appear in his glory. |
| 17 | He will regard the prayer of the destitute one, and not despise their prayer. |
| 18 | This shall be written for the generation to come; and a people that shall be created shall praise Jah: |
| 19 | For he hath looked down from the height of his sanctuary; from the heavens hath Jehovah beheld the earth, |
| 20 | To hear the groaning of the prisoner, to loose those that are appointed to die; |
| 21 | That the name of Jehovah may be declared in Zion, and his praise in Jerusalem, |
| 22 | When the peoples shall be gathered together, and the kingdoms, to serve Jehovah. |
| 23 | He weakened my strength in the way, he shortened my days. |
| 24 | I said, My uGod, take me not away in the midst of my days! ... Thy years are from generation to generation. |
| 25 | Of old hast thou founded the earth, and the heavens are the work of thy hands: |
| 26 | *They* shall perish, but *thou* continuest; and all of them shall grow old as a garment: as a vesture shalt thou change them, and they shall be changed. |
| 27 | But thou art the Same, and thy years shall have no end. |
| 28 | The children of thy servants shall abide, and their seed shall be established before thee. |
