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[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,
[10]From Thine indignation and Thy wrath, For Thou hast lifted me up, And dost cast me down.
[11]My days as a shadow [are] stretched out, And I -- as the herb I am withered.
[12]And Thou, O Jehovah, to the age abidest, And Thy memorial to all generations.
[13]Thou -- Thou risest -- Thou pitiest Zion, For the time to favour her, For the appointed time hath come.
[14]For Thy servants have been pleased with her stones, And her dust they favour.
[15]And nations fear the name of Jehovah, And all kings of the earth Thine honour,
[16]For Jehovah hath builded Zion, He hath been seen in His honour,
[17]He turned unto the prayer of the destitute, And He hath not despised their prayer.
[18]This is written for a later generation, And the people created do praise Jah.
[19]For He hath looked From the high place of His sanctuary. Jehovah from heaven unto earth looked attentively,
[20]To hear the groan of the prisoner, To loose sons of death,
[21]To declare in Zion the name of Jehovah, And His praise in Jerusalem,
[22]In the peoples being gathered together, And the kingdoms -- to serve Jehovah.
[23]He hath humbled in the way my power, He hath shortened my days.
[24]I say, `My God, take me not up in the midst of my days,' Through all generations [are] Thine years.
[25]Beforetime the earth Thou didst found, And the work of Thy hands [are] the heavens.
[26]They -- They perish, and Thou remainest, And all of them as a garment become old, As clothing Thou changest them, And they are changed.
[27]And Thou [art] the same, and Thine years are not finished.
[28]The sons of Thy servants do continue, And their seed before Thee is established!
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