1. The prayer of the poor man, when he was anxious, and poured out his supplication before the Lord.
2. Hear, O Lord, my prayer: and let my cry come to thee.
3. Turn not away thy face from me: in the day when I am in trouble, incline thy ear to me. In what day soever I shall call upon thee, hear me speedily.
4. For my days are vanished like smoke: and my bones are grown dry like fuel for the fire.
5. I am smitten as grass, and my heart is withered: because I forgot to eat my bread.
6. Through the voice of my groaning, my bone hath cleaved to my flesh.
7. I am become like to a pelican of the wilderness: I am like a night raven in the house.