2. Hide not thy face from me in the day when I am in trouble; incline thine ear unto me; in the day when I call, answer me speedily.
3. For my days are consumed like smoke, and my bones are burned as in a hearth.
4. My heart is smitten and withered like grass so that I forget to eat my bread.
5. By reason of the voice of my groaning, my bones cleave to my skin.
6. I am like a pelican of the wilderness; I am like an owl of the desert.
7. I watch and am as a sparrow alone upon the house top.
8. My enemies reproach me all the day, and those that are mad against me are sworn against 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 shadow that declines, and I am withered like grass.
12. But thou, O Lord, shalt endure for ever and thy remembrance unto all generations.
13. Thou shalt arise and have mercy upon Zion; for the time to favour her, the set time, is come.
14. For thy slaves love her stones and have compassion on the dust thereof.