3. For my days pass away like smoke,and my bones burn like a furnace.
4. My heart is struck down like grass and has withered;I forget to eat my bread.
5. Because of my loud groaningmy bones cling to my flesh.
6. I am like a desert owl of the wilderness,like an owl of the waste places;
7. I lie awake;I am like a lonely sparrow on the housetop.
8. All the day my enemies taunt me;those who deride me use my name for a curse.
9. For I eat ashes like breadand mingle tears with my drink,
10. because of your indignation and anger;for you have taken me up and thrown me down.
11. My days are like an evening shadow;I wither away like grass.
12. But you, O Lord, are enthroned forever;you are remembered throughout all generations.
13. You will arise and have pity on Zion;it is the time to favor her; the appointed time has come.
14. For your servants hold her stones dearand have pity on her dust.
15. Nations will fear the name of the Lord,and all the kings of the earth will fear your glory.
16. For the Lord builds up Zion;he appears in his glory;
17. he regards the prayer of the destituteand does not despise their prayer.
18. Let this be recorded for a generation to come,so that a people yet to be created may praise the Lord: