1A Prayer of the afflicted, when he is overwhelmed, and poureth out his complaint before the LORD. Hear my prayer, O LORD, and let my cry come unto thee.⇆ compare2Hide 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.⇆ compare3For my days are consumed like smoke, and my bones are burned as a hearth.⇆ compare4My heart is smitten, and withered like grass; so that I forget to eat my bread.⇆ compare5By reason of the voice of my groaning my bones cleave to my skin.⇆ compare6I am like a pelican of the wilderness: I am like an owl of the desert.⇆ compare7I watch, and am as a sparrow alone upon the house top.⇆ compare8Mine enemies reproach me all the day; and they that are mad against me are sworn against me.⇆ compare9For I have eaten ashes like bread, and mingled my drink with weeping,⇆ compare10Because of thine indignation and thy wrath: for thou hast lifted me up, and cast me down.⇆ compare11My days are like a shadow that declineth; and I am withered like grass.⇆ compare12But thou, O LORD, shalt endure forever; and thy remembrance unto all generations.⇆ compare13Thou shalt arise, and have mercy upon Zion: for the time to favor her, yea, the set time, is come.⇆ compare14For thy servants take pleasure in her stones, and favor the dust thereof.⇆ compare15So the heathen shall fear the name of the LORD, and all the kings of the earth thy glory.⇆ compare16When the LORD shall build up Zion, he shall appear in his glory.⇆ compare17He will regard the prayer of the destitute, and not despise their prayer.⇆ compare18This shall be written for the generation to come: and the people which shall be created shall praise the LORD.⇆ compare19For he hath looked down from the height of his sanctuary; from heaven did the LORD behold the earth;⇆ compare20To hear the groaning of the prisoner; to loose those that are appointed to death;⇆ compare21To declare the name of the LORD in Zion, and his praise in Jerusalem;⇆ compare22When the people are gathered together, and the kingdoms, to serve the LORD.⇆ compare23He weakened my strength in the way; he shortened my days.⇆ compare24I said, O my God, take me not away in the midst of my days: thy years are throughout all generations.⇆ compare25Of old hast thou laid the foundation of the earth: and the heavens are the work of thy hands.⇆ compare26They shall perish, but thou shalt endure: yea, all of them shall wax old like a garment; as a vesture shalt thou change them, and they shall be changed:⇆ compare27But thou art the same, and thy years shall have no end.⇆ compare28The children of thy servants shall continue, and their seed shall be established before thee.⇆ compare