1. O Lord, unto my pray'r give ear,my cry let come to thee;
2. And in the day of my distresshide not thy face from me.Give ear to me; what time I call,to answer me make haste:
3. For, as an hearth, my bones are burnt,my days, like smoke, do waste.
4. My heart within me smitten is,and it is witheredLike very grass; so that I doforget to eat my bread.
5. By reason of my groaning voicemy bones cleave to my skin.
6. Like pelican in wildernessforsaken I have been:I like an owl in desert am,that nightly there doth moan;
7. I watch, and like a sparrow amon the house-top alone.
8. My bitter en'mies all the dayreproaches cast on me;And, being mad at me, with rageagainst me sworn they be.
9. For why? I ashes eaten havelike bread, in sorrows deep;My drink I also mingled havewith tears that I did weep.
10. Thy wrath and indignationdid cause this grief and pain;For thou hast lift me up on high,and cast me down again.
11. My days are like unto a shade,which doth declining pass;And I am dry'd and withered,ev'n like unto the grass.
12. But thou, Lord, everlasting art,and thy remembrance shallContinually endure,and be to generations all.
13. Thou shalt arise, and mercy haveupon thy Sion yet;The time to favour her is come,the time that thou hast set.
14. For in her rubbish and her stonesthy servants pleasure take;Yea, they the very dust thereofdo favour for her sake.