7. I watch, and am like a sparrow alone upon the housetop.
8. Mine enemies reproach me all the day; they that are mad against me swear 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 lifted me up, and cast me down.
11. My days are like a lengthened-out shadow, and I, I am withered like grass.
12. But thou, Jehovah, abidest for ever, and thy memorial from generation to generation.