1Hear my prayer, O Jehovah,
2Hide not thy face from me in the day of my distress:
3For my days consume away like smoke,
4My heart is smitten like grass, and withered;
5By reason of the voice of my groaning
6I am like a pelican of the wilderness;
7I watch, and am become like a sparrow
8Mine enemies reproach me all the day;
9For I have eaten ashes like bread,
10Because of thine indignation and thy wrath:
11My days are like a shadow that declineth;
12But thou, O Jehovah, wilt abide for ever;
13Thou wilt arise, and have mercy upon Zion;
14For thy servants take pleasure in her stones,
15So the nations shall fear the name of Jehovah,
16For Jehovah hath built up Zion;
17He hath regarded the prayer of the destitute,
18This shall be written for the generation to come;
19For he hath looked down from the height of his sanctuary;
20To hear the sighing of the prisoner;
21That men may declare the name of Jehovah in Zion,
22When the peoples are gathered together,
23He weakened my strength in the way;
24I said, O my God, take me not away in the midst of my days:
25Of old didst thou lay the foundation of the earth;
26They shall perish, but thou shalt endure;
27But thou art the same,
28The children of thy servants shall continue,