1. Hear my prayer, O Lord! And let my cry for help come to You.
2. Do not hide Your face from me in the day of my distress; Incline Your ear to me; In the day when I call answer me quickly.
3. For my days have been consumed in smoke, And my bones have been scorched like a hearth.
4. My heart has been smitten like grass and has withered away, Indeed, I forget to eat my bread.
5. Because of the loudness of my groaning My bones cling to my flesh.
6. I resemble a pelican of the wilderness; I have become like an owl of the waste places.
7. I lie awake, I have become like a lonely bird on a housetop.
8. My enemies have reproached me all day long; Those who deride me have used my name as a curse.
9. For I have eaten ashes like bread And mingled my drink with weeping