¹ Hear my prayer, O LORD, and let my cry come to you. ² Hide not your face from me in the day when I am in trouble incline your ear to me: in the day when I call answer me speedily. ³ For my days are consumed like smoke, and my bones are burned as a hearth. ⁴ My heart is smitten, and withered like grass; so that I forget to eat my bread. ⁵ By reason of the voice of my groaning my bones cleave to my skin. ⁶ I am like a pelican of the wilderness: I am like an owl of the desert. ⁷ I watch, and am as a sparrow alone on the house top. ⁸ My enemies rebuke me all the day and those are mad against me are sworn against me. ⁹ For I have eaten ashes like bread, and mingled my drink with weeping, ¹⁰ Because of your indignation and your wrath: for you have lifted me up, and cast me down. ¹¹ My days are like a shadow that declines and I am withered like grass. ¹² But you, O LORD, will endure forever; and your remembrance to all generations. ¹³ you will arise, and have mercy on Zion: for the time to favour her, yes, the set time, is come. ¹⁴ For your servants take pleasure in her stones, and favour the dust of it. ¹⁵ So the heathen will fear the name of the LORD, and all the kings of the earth your glory. ¹⁶ When the LORD will build up Zion, he will appear in his glory. ¹⁷ He will regard the prayer of the destitute, and not despise their prayer. ¹⁸ This will be written for the generation to come: and the people which will be created will praise the LORD. ¹⁹ For he has looked down from the height of his sanctuary from heaven did the LORD see the earth ²⁰ To hear the groaning of the prisoner to loose those that are appointed to death ²¹ To declare the name of the LORD in Zion, and his praise in Jerusalem; ²² When the people are gathered together, and the kingdoms, to serve the LORD. ²³ He weakened my strength in the way he shortened my days. ²⁴ I said, O my God, take me not away in the midst of my days: your years are throughout all generations. ²⁵ Of old have you laid the foundation of the earth: and the heavens are the work of your hands. ²⁶ They will perish, but you will endure: yes, all of them will grow old like a garment; as clothing will you change them, and they will be changed ²⁷ But you are the same, and your years will have no end. ²⁸ The children of your servants will continue, and their seed will be established before you.