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 they that are enraged against me are sworn against me.
9. For I have eaten ashes like bread, and mingled my drink with weeping,
10. Because of thy indignation and thy wrath: for thou hast lifted me up, and cast me down.
11. My days are like a shadow that declineth; and I am withered like grass.
12. But thou, O LORD, shalt endure for ever; and thy remembrance to all generations.
13. Thou shalt arise, and have mercy upon Zion: for the time to favor her, yes, the set time, is come.
14. For thy servants take pleasure in her stones, and favor the dust thereof.
15. So the heathen shall fear the name of the LORD: and all the kings of the earth thy glory.
16. When the LORD shall build up Zion, he will appear in his glory.
17. He will regard the prayer of the destitute, and not despise their prayer.