1Yahweh, listen to what I am praying;
2Do not ◄turn away/hide yourself► from me when I ◄have troubles/am distressed►!
3My life is ending, like smoke that disappears [SIM];
4I feel like I am drying up like grass [SIM] that has been beaten/trampled down,
5I groan loudly,
6I am like a lonely and despised vulture in the desert,
7I lie awake at night;
8All during the day my enemies insult me;
9My time to remain alive is like an evening shadow that will soon be gone [SIM].
10But Yahweh, you are our king who rules [MTY] forever;
11You will arise and be merciful to the people of [MTY] Jerusalem;
12Even though ◄the city has been destroyed/our enemies have destroyed our city►,
13Yahweh, some day the people of other nations will revere you [MTY];
14You will rebuild Jerusalem,
15You will listen to the prayers of your people who are homeless,
16Yahweh, I want to write these words
17They will know that you looked down from your holy/sacred place in heaven [DOU]
18They will know that you hear prisoners groaning
19As a result, people in Jerusalem will praise you [DOU] for what you have done
20when many people from other people-groups and those who are citizens of other kingdoms gather to worship you.
21But now you have caused me to become weak while I am still young;
22I say to you, “My God, do not cause me to die now,
23You created the world long ago,
24The earth and the heavens/sky will disappear, but you will remain.
25but you are not like the things that you created,
26Some day our children will live safely in Jerusalem,