^{1 Ref} > Hear my prayer, Yahweh! Let my cry come to you.

^{2 Ref} 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 Ref} For my days consume away like smoke. My bones are burned as a firebrand.

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

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

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

^{7 Ref} I watch, and have become like a sparrow that is alone on the housetop.

^{8 Ref} My enemies reproach me all day. Those who are mad at me use my name as a curse.

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

^{10 Ref} Because of your indignation and your wrath, For you have taken me up, and thrown me away.

^{11 Ref} My days are like a long shadow. I have withered like grass.

^{12 Ref} But you, Yahweh, will abide forever; Your renown endures to all generations.

^{13 Ref} You will arise and have mercy on Zion; For it is time to have pity on her. Yes, the set time has come.

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

^{15 Ref} So the nations will fear the name of Yahweh; All the kings of the earth your glory.

^{16 Ref} For Yahweh has built up Zion. He has appeared in his glory.

^{17 Ref} He has responded to the prayer of the destitute, And has not despised their prayer.

^{18 Ref} This will be written for the generation to come. A people which will be created will praise Yah.

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

^{20 Ref} To hear the groans of the prisoner; To free those who are condemned to death;

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

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

^{23 Ref} He weakened my strength along the course. He shortened my days.

^{24 Ref} I said, "My God, don't take me away in the midst of my days. Your years are throughout all generations.

^{25 Ref} Of old, you laid the foundation of the earth. The heavens are the work of your hands.

^{26 Ref} 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 Ref} But you are the same. Your years will have no end.

^{28 Ref} The children of your servants will continue. Their seed will be established before you."