1. Hear my prayer, O Lord, and let my cry come unto thee.
2. Hide not thy face from me in the day when I am in trouble; incline thine ear unto me; in the day when I call, answer me speedily.
3. For my days are consumed like smoke, and my bones are burned as in 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 upon the house top.
8. My enemies reproach me all the day, and those that 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 thine indignation and thy wrath; for thou hast lifted me up and cast me down.
11. My days are like a shadow that declines, and I am withered like grass.
12. But thou, O Lord, shalt endure for ever and thy remembrance unto all generations.
13. Thou shalt arise and have mercy upon Zion; for the time to favour her, the set time, is come.
14. For thy slaves love her stones and have compassion on the dust thereof.
15. So the Gentiles shall fear the name of the Lord, and all the kings of the earth thy glory