1A prayer of one who is afflicted, when…
2Do not hide Your face from me in…
3For my days vanish like smoke, and my…
4My heart is afflicted, and withered like grass;…
5Through my loud groaning my skin hangs on…
6I am like a desert owl, like an…
7I lie awake; I am like a lone…
8All day long my enemies taunt me; they…
9For I have eaten ashes like bread and…
10because of Your indignation and wrath, for You…
11My days are like lengthening shadows, and I…
12But You, O LORD, sit enthroned forever; Your…
13You will rise up and have compassion on…
14For Your servants delight in her stones and…
15So the nations will fear the name of…
16For the LORD will rebuild Zion; He has…
17He will turn toward the prayer of the…
18Let this be written for the generation to…
19For He looked down from the heights of…
20to hear a prisoner’s groaning, to release those…
21that they may proclaim the name of the…
22when peoples and kingdoms assemble to serve the…
23He has broken my strength on the way;…
24I say: “O my God, do not take…
25In the beginning You laid the foundations of…
26They will perish, but You remain; they will…
27But You remain the same, and Your years…
28The children of Your servants will dwell securely,…
