1 And let my cry for help come to You.  |  | 
2 Do not hide Your face from me in the day of my distress; Incline Your ear to me; In the day when I call answer me quickly.  |  | 
3 Hear my prayer, O LORD!  |  | 
3 For my days have beena Or finishedconsumed in smoke, And my bones have been scorched like a hearth.  |  | 
4 My heart has been smitten likeb Lit herbagegrass and has withered away, Indeed, I forget to eat my bread.  |  | 
5 Because of thec Lit voiceloudness of my groaning My bonesd Lit have cleavedcling to my flesh.  |  | 
6 Ie Lit have become similar toresemble a pelican of the wilderness; I have become like an owl of the waste places.  |  | 
7 I lie awake, I have become like a lonely bird on a housetop.  |  | 
8 My enemies have reproached me all day long; Those whof Or made a fool ofderide meg Lit have sworn by mehave used my name as a curse.  |  | 
9 For I have eaten ashes like bread And mingled my drink with weeping  |  | 
10 Because of Your indignation and Your wrath, For You have lifted me up and cast me away.  |  | 
11 My days are like ah Lit stretched outlengthened shadow, Andi Or as for me, II wither away likej Lit herbagegrass.  |  | 
12 But You, O LORD,k Or sit enthronedabide forever, And Yourl Lit memorialname to all generations.  |  | 
13 You will arise and have compassion on Zion; For it is time to be gracious to her, For the appointed time has come.  |  | 
14 Surely Your servantsm Or have foundfind pleasure in her stones And feel pity for her dust.  |  | 
15 n Or AndSo theo Or Gentiles, heathennations will fear the name of the LORD And all the kings of the earth Your glory.  |  | 
16 For the LORD has built up Zion; He has appeared in His glory.  |  | 
17 He has regarded the prayer of thep Or nakeddestitute And has not despised their prayer.  |  | 
18 q Or Let this be writtenThis will be written for the generation to come, r Or AndThat a people yet to be createds Or willmay praiset Heb Yahthe LORD.  |  | 
19 For He looked down from His holy height; From heaven the LORD gazedu Lit towardupon the earth,  |  | 
20 To hear the groaning of the prisoner, To set freev Lit the sons of deaththose who were doomed to death,  |  | 
21 That men may tell of the name of the LORD in Zion And His praise in Jerusalem,  |  | 
22 When the peoples are gathered together, And the kingdoms, to serve the LORD.  |  | 
23 He has weakened my strength in the way; He has shortened my days.  |  | 
24 I say, “O my God, do not take me away in thew Lit halfmidst of my days, Your years are throughout all generations.  |  | 
25 “Of old You founded the earth, And the heavens are the work of Your hands.  |  | 
26 “x Lit They themselvesEven they will perish, but You endure; And all of them will wear out like a garment; Like clothing You will change them and they will be changed.  |  | 
27 “But You arey Lit Hethe same, And Your years will not come to an end.  |  | 
28 “The children of Your servants will continue, And theirz Lit seeddescendants will be established before You.”  |  |