1. A Prayer of the afflicted when he is feeble, and before Jehovah poureth out his plaint. O Jehovah, hear my prayer, yea, my cry to Thee cometh.
2. Hide not Thou Thy face from me, In a day of mine adversity, Incline unto me Thine ear, In the day I call, haste, answer me.
3. For consumed in smoke have been my days, And my bones as a fire-brand have burned.
4. Smitten as the herb, and withered, is my heart, For I have forgotten to eat my bread.
5. From the voice of my sighing Hath my bone cleaved to my flesh.
6. I have been like to a pelican of the wilderness, I have been as an owl of the dry places.
7. I have watched, and I am As a bird alone on the roof.
8. All the day mine enemies reproached me, Those mad at me have sworn against me.
9. Because ashes as bread I have eaten, And my drink with weeping have mingled,