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

^{2 Ref} Hide not thy face from me in the day when I am in trouble; incline thine ear unto me: in the day when I call answer me speedily.

^{3 Ref} For my days are consumed like smoke, and my bones are burned as an hearth.

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

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

^{6 Ref} I am like a pelican of the wilderness: I am like an owl of the desert.

^{7 Ref} I watch, and am as a sparrow alone upon the house top.

^{8 Ref} Mine enemies reproach me all the day; and they that are mad against me are sworn against 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 lifted me up, and cast me down.

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

^{12 Ref} But thou, O LORD, shall endure for ever; and thy remembrance unto all generations.

^{13 Ref} Thou shalt arise, and have mercy upon Zion: for the time to favour her, yea, the set time, is come.

^{14 Ref} For thy servants take pleasure in her stones, and favour the dust thereof.

^{15 Ref} So the heathen shall fear the name of the LORD, and all the kings of the earth thy glory.

^{16 Ref} When the LORD shall build up Zion, he shall appear in his glory.

^{17 Ref} He will regard the prayer of the destitute, and not despise their prayer.

^{18 Ref} This shall be written for the generation to come: and the people which shall be created shall praise the LORD.

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

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

^{21 Ref} To declare the name of the LORD in Zion, and his praise in Jerusalem;

^{22 Ref} When the people are gathered together, and the kingdoms, to serve the LORD.

^{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 hast thou laid 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.