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1 - Hear my prayer, Yahweh! Let my cry come to you.

2 - Don’t hide your face from me in the day of my distress. Turn your ear to me. Answer me quickly in the day when I call.

3 - For my days consume away like smoke. My bones are burned as a torch.

4 - My heart is blighted like grass, and withered, for I forget to eat my bread.

5 - By reason of the voice of my groaning, my bones stick to my skin.

6 - I am like a pelican of the wilderness. I have become as an owl of the waste places.

7 - I watch, and have become like a sparrow that is alone on the housetop.

8 - My enemies reproach me all day. Those who are mad at me use my name as a curse.

9 - For I have eaten ashes like bread, and mixed my drink with tears,

10 - Because of your indignation and your wrath, for you have taken me up, and thrown me away.

11 - My days are like a long shadow. I have withered like grass.

12 - But you, Yahweh, will remain forever; your renown endures to all generations.

13 - You will arise and have mercy on Zion; for it is time to have pity on her. Yes, the set time has come.

14 - For your servants take pleasure in her stones, and have pity on her dust.

15 - So the nations will fear Yahweh’s name; all the kings of the earth your glory.

16 - For Yahweh has built up Zion. He has appeared in his glory.

17 - He has responded to the prayer of the destitute, and has not despised their prayer.

18 - This will be written for the generation to come. A people which will be created will praise Yah.

19 - For he has looked down from the height of his sanctuary. From heaven, Yahweh saw the earth;

20 - to hear the groans of the prisoner; to free those who are condemned to death;

21 - that men may declare Yahweh’s name in Zion, and his praise in Jerusalem;

22 - when the peoples are gathered together, the kingdoms, to serve Yahweh.

23 - He weakened my strength along the course. He shortened my days.

24 - I said, “My God, don’t take me away in the midst of my days. Your years are throughout all generations.

25 - Of old, you laid the foundation of the earth. The heavens are the work of your hands.

26 - They will perish, but you will endure. Yes, all of them will wear out like a garment. You will change them like a cloak, and they will be changed.

27 - But you are the same. Your years will have no end.

28 - The children of your servants will continue. Their seed will be established before you.”