2. Do not hide your face from mewhen I am in distress.Turn your ear to me;when I call, answer me quickly.
3. For my days vanish like smoke;my bones burn like glowing embers.
4. My heart is blighted and withered like grass;I forget to eat my food.
5. In my distress I groan aloudand am reduced to skin and bones.
6. I am like a desert owl,like an owl among the ruins.
7. I lie awake; I have becomelike a bird alone on a roof.
8. All day long my enemies taunt me;those who rail against me use my name as a curse.
9. For I eat ashes as my foodand mingle my drink with tears
10. because of your great wrath,for you have taken me up and thrown me aside.
11. My days are like the evening shadow;I wither away like grass.
12. But you, Lord, sit enthroned for ever;your renown endures through all generations.
13. You will arise and have compassion on Zion,for it is time to show favour to her;the appointed time has come.
14. For her stones are dear to your servants;her very dust moves them to pity.
15. The nations will fear the name of the Lord,all the kings of the earth will revere your glory.
16. For the Lord will rebuild Zionand appear in his glory.