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.