1. I pray to you, Lord!Please listen.
2. Don't hide from mein my time of trouble.Pay attention to my prayerand quickly give an answer.
3. My days disappear like smoke,and my bones are burningas though in a furnace.
4. I am wasting away like grass,and my appetite is gone.
5. My groaning never stops,and my bones can be seenthrough my skin.
6. I am like a lonely owlin the desert
7. or a restless sparrowalone on a roof.
8. My enemies insult me all day,and they use my namefor a curse word.
9. Instead of food,I have ashes to eatand tears to drink,
10. because you are furiousand have thrown me aside.
11. My life fades like a shadowat the end of dayand withers like grass.