2. Hide not thy face from me in the day of my distress: Incline thine ear unto me; In the day when I call answer me speedily.
3. For my days consume away like smoke, And my bones are burned as a firebrand.
4. My heart is smitten like grass, and withered; For I forget to eat my bread.
5. By reason of the voice of my groaning My bones cleave to my flesh.
6. I am like a pelican of the wilderness; I am become as an owl of the waste places.
7. I watch, and am become like a sparrow That is alone upon the house-top.
8. Mine enemies reproach me all the day; They that are mad against me do curse by me.
9. For I have eaten ashes like bread, And mingled my drink with weeping,
10. Because of thine indignation and thy wrath: For thou hast taken me up, and cast me away.
11. My days are like a shadow that declineth; And I am withered like grass.
12. But thou, O Jehovah, wilt abide for ever; And thy memorial name unto all generations.
13. Thou wilt arise, and have mercy upon Zion; For it is time to have pity upon her, Yea, the set time is come.