7. I watch, and am as a sparrow alone upon the house top.
8. My enemies reproach me all the day; and they that rail 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, shall endure forever; and your remembrance unto all generations.
13. You shall arise, and have mercy upon Zion: for the time to favor her, yea, the set time, is come.
14. For your servants take pleasure in her stones, and favor the dust thereof.
15. So the nations shall fear the name of the LORD, and all the kings of the earth your glory.
16. When the LORD shall build up Zion, he shall appear in his glory.
17. He will regard the prayer of the destitute, and not despise their prayer.
18. This shall be written for the generation to come: and the people who shall be created shall praise the LORD.
19. For he has looked down from the height of his sanctuary; from heaven did the LORD behold 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.