1. O Lord, unto my pray'r give ear,my cry let come to thee;
2. And in the day of my distresshide not thy face from me.Give ear to me; what time I call,to answer me make haste:
3. For, as an hearth, my bones are burnt,my days, like smoke, do waste.
4. My heart within me smitten is,and it is witheredLike very grass; so that I doforget to eat my bread.
5. By reason of my groaning voicemy bones cleave to my skin.
6. Like pelican in wildernessforsaken I have been:I like an owl in desert am,that nightly there doth moan;
7. I watch, and like a sparrow amon the house-top alone.
8. My bitter en'mies all the dayreproaches cast on me;And, being mad at me, with rageagainst me sworn they be.
9. For why? I ashes eaten havelike bread, in sorrows deep;My drink I also mingled havewith tears that I did weep.
10. Thy wrath and indignationdid cause this grief and pain;For thou hast lift me up on high,and cast me down again.
11. My days are like unto a shade,which doth declining pass;And I am dry'd and withered,ev'n like unto the grass.
12. But thou, Lord, everlasting art,and thy remembrance shallContinually endure,and be to generations all.
13. Thou shalt arise, and mercy haveupon thy Sion yet;The time to favour her is come,the time that thou hast set.
14. For in her rubbish and her stonesthy servants pleasure take;Yea, they the very dust thereofdo favour for her sake.
15. So shall the heathen people fearthe Lord's most holy name;And all the kings on earth shall dreadthy glory and thy fame.
16. When Sion by the mighty Lordbuilt up again shall be,In glory then and majestyto men appear shall he.