^{1 Ref} Hear my prayer, O Jehovah, And let my cry come unto thee.

^{2 Ref} Hide not thy face from me in the day of my distress: Incline thine ear unto me; In the day when I call answer me speedily.

^{3 Ref} For my days consume away like smoke, And my bones are burned as a firebrand.

^{4 Ref} My heart is smitten like grass, and withered; For I forget to eat my bread.

^{5 Ref} By reason of the voice of my groaning My bones cleave to my flesh.

^{6 Ref} I am like a pelican of the wilderness; I am become as an owl of the waste places.

^{7 Ref} I watch, and am become like a sparrow That is alone upon the house-top.

^{8 Ref} Mine enemies reproach me all the day; They that are mad against me do curse by me.

^{9 Ref} For I have eaten ashes like bread, And mingled my drink with weeping,

^{10 Ref} Because of thine indignation and thy wrath: For thou hast taken me up, and cast me away.

^{11 Ref} My days are like a shadow that declineth; And I am withered like grass.

^{12 Ref} But thou, O Jehovah, wilt abide for ever; And thy memorial `name' unto all generations.

^{13 Ref} Thou wilt arise, and have mercy upon Zion; For it is time to have pity upon her, Yea, the set time is come.

^{14 Ref} For thy servants take pleasure in her stones, And have pity upon her dust.

^{15 Ref} So the nations shall fear the name of Jehovah, And all the kings of the earth thy glory.

^{16 Ref} For Jehovah hath built up Zion; He hath appeared in his glory.

^{17 Ref} He hath regarded the prayer of the destitute, And hath not despised their prayer.

^{18 Ref} This shall be written for the generation to come; And a people which shall be created shall praise Jehovah.

^{19 Ref} For he hath looked down from the height of his sanctuary; From heaven did Jehovah behold the earth;

^{20 Ref} To hear the sighing of the prisoner; To loose those that are appointed to death;

^{21 Ref} That men may declare the name of Jehovah in Zion, And his praise in Jerusalem;

^{22 Ref} When the peoples are gathered together, And the kingdoms, to serve Jehovah.

^{23 Ref} He weakened my strength in the way; He shortened my days.

^{24 Ref} I said, O my God, take me not away in the midst of my days: Thy years are throughout all generations.

^{25 Ref} Of old didst thou lay the foundation of the earth; And the heavens are the work of thy hands.

^{26 Ref} They shall perish, but thou shalt endure; Yea, all of them shall wax old like a garment; As a vesture shalt thou change them, and they shall be changed:

^{27 Ref} But thou art the same, And thy years shall have no end.

^{28 Ref} The children of thy servants shall continue, And their seed shall be established before thee. Psalm 103 `A Psalm' of David.