1. Hear my prayer, O Lord,and let my cry come unto You.
2. Do not hide Your face from mein the day when I am in trouble;incline Your ear to me;in the day when I call answer me quickly.
3. For my days are consumed like smoke,and my bones are burned as a furnace.
4. My heart is struck down and withered like grass,so that I forget to eat my bread.
5. Because of the sound of my groaningmy bones cling to my skin.
6. I am like an owl of the wilderness,like a screech owl of the desert.
7. I stay awake and amas a sparrow alone upon the housetop.
8. My enemies reproach me all the day,and those who taunt me curse my name.
9. For I have eaten ashes like breadand mixed 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 an evening shadow that vanishes,and I wither away like grass.
12. But You, O Lord, shall endure forever enthronedand Your reputation to all generations.
13. You shall arise, and have mercy upon Zion,for the time to favor her,indeed, the appointed time has come.