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

^{10 Ref} From Thine indignation and Thy wrath, For Thou hast lifted me up, And dost cast me down.

^{11 Ref} My days as a shadow `are' stretched out, And I -- as the herb I am withered.

^{12 Ref} And Thou, O Jehovah, to the age abidest, And Thy memorial to all generations.

^{13 Ref} Thou -- Thou risest -- Thou pitiest Zion, For the time to favour her, For the appointed time hath come.

^{14 Ref} For Thy servants have been pleased with her stones, And her dust they favour.