1A Prayer of the afflicted, when he is…
2Don’t hide your face from me in the…
3For my days consume away like smoke. My…
4My heart is blighted like grass, and withered,…
5By reason of the voice of my groaning,…
6I am like a pelican of the wilderness.…
7I watch, and have become like a sparrow…
8My enemies reproach me all day. Those who…
9For I have eaten ashes like bread, and…
10because of your indignation and your wrath; for…
11My days are like a long shadow. I…
12But you, LORD, will remain forever; your renown…
13You will arise and have mercy on Zion,…
14For your servants take pleasure in her stones,…
15So the nations will fear the LORD’s name,…
16For the LORD has built up Zion. He…
17He has responded to the prayer of the…
18This will be written for the generation to…
19for he has looked down from the height…
20to hear the groans of the prisoner, to…
21that men may declare the LORD’s name in…
22when the peoples are gathered together, the kingdoms,…
23He weakened my strength along the course. He…
24I said, “My God, don’t take me away…
25Of old, you laid the foundation of the…
26They will perish, but you will endure. Yes,…
27But you are the same. Your years will…
28The children of your servants will continue. Their…
