| [an error occurred while processing this directive] | Holman Christian Standard Bible |
| 1[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 1A prayer of an afflicted person who is weak and pours out his lament before the LORD. LORD, hear my prayer; let my cry for help come before You. |
| 2[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 2Do not hide Your face from me in my day of trouble. Listen closely to me; answer me quickly when I call. |
| 3[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 3For my days vanish like smoke, and my bones burn like a furnace. |
| 4[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 4My heart is afflicted, withered like grass; I even forget to eat my food. |
| 5[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 5Because of the sound of my groaning, my flesh sticks to my bones. |
| 6[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 6I am like a desert owl, like an owl among the ruins. |
| 7[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 7I stay awake; I am like a solitary bird on a roof. |
| 8[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 8My enemies taunt me all day long; they ridicule and curse me. |
| 9[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 9I eat ashes like bread and mingle my drinks with tears |
| 10[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 10because of Your indignation and wrath; for You have picked me up and thrown me aside. |
| 11[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 11My days are like a lengthening shadow, and I wither away like grass. |
| 12[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 12But You, LORD, are enthroned forever; Your fame endures to all generations. |
| 13[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 13You will rise up and have compassion on Zion, for it is time to show favor to her-- the appointed time has come. |
| 14[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 14For Your servants take delight in its stones and favor its dust. |
| 15[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 15Then the nations will fear the name of Yahweh, and all the kings of the earth Your glory, |
| 16[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 16for the LORD will rebuild Zion; He will appear in His glory. |
| 17[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 17He will pay attention to the prayer of the destitute and will not despise their prayer. |
| 18[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 18This will be written for a later generation, and a newly created people will praise the LORD: |
| 19[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 19He looked down from His holy heights-- the LORD gazed out from heaven to earth-- |
| 20[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 20to hear a prisoner's groaning, to set free those condemned to die, |
| 21[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 21so that they might declare the name of Yahweh in Zion and His praise in Jerusalem, |
| 22[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 22when peoples and kingdoms are assembled to serve the LORD. |
| 23[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 23He has broken my strength in midcourse; He has shortened my days. |
| 24[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 24I say: "My God, do not take me in the middle of my life! Your years continue through all generations. |
| 25[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 25Long ago You established the earth, and the heavens are the work of Your hands. |
| 26[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 26They will perish, but You will endure; all of them will wear out like clothing. You will change them like a garment, and they will pass away. |
| 27[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 27But You are the same, and Your years will never end. |
| 28[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 28Your servants' children will dwell securely, and their offspring will be established before You." |
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