9. (10) For I have eaten ashes like lechem, and mingled my drink with tears.
10. (11) Because of Thine za'am (indignation) and Thy ketsef (wrath, anger); for Thou hast lifted me up, and cast me down.
11. (12) My days are like a tzel (shadow) that lengtheneth; and I am withered like esev (grass).
12. (13) But Thou, Hashem, shall endure l'olam; and Thy memory unto dor vador.
13. (14) Thou shalt arise, and have mercy upon Tziyon; for the time to favor her, the mo'ed (set time, appointed time) has come.
14. (15) For Thy avadim cherish her avanim (stones), and pity her aphar.
15. (16) So the Goyim shall fear the Shem Hashem, and all the melachim of ha'aretz will revere Thy glory.
16. (17) When Hashem shall build up Tziyon, He shall appear in His Kavod.
17. (18) He will regard the tefillah of the destitute, and not despise their tefillah.
18. (19) This shall be written for a dor acharon (future generation); and the people which shall be created shall praise Hashem.
19. (20) For He hath looked down from the height of His Kodesh; from Shomayim did Hashem behold Eretz;
20. (21) To hear the groaning of the asir (prisoner); to release those that are bnei temutah (men [appointed to] death);