1 H ear my prayer, O Jehovah, And let my cry come unto thee.

Hear my prayer, O Lord, and let my cry come unto thee.

2 H ide not thy face from me in the day of my distress: Incline thine ear unto me; In the day when I call answer me speedily.

Hide 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.

3 F or my days consume away like smoke, And my bones are burned as a firebrand.

For my days are consumed like smoke, and my bones are burned as an hearth.

4 M y heart is smitten like grass, and withered; For I forget to eat my bread.

My heart is smitten, and withered like grass; so that I forget to eat my bread.

5 B y reason of the voice of my groaning My bones cleave to my flesh.

By reason of the voice of my groaning my bones cleave to my skin.

6 I am like a pelican of the wilderness; I am become as an owl of the waste places.

I am like a pelican of the wilderness: I am like an owl of the desert.

7 I watch, and am become like a sparrow That is alone upon the house-top.

I watch, and am as a sparrow alone upon the house top.

8 M ine enemies reproach me all the day; They that are mad against me do curse by me.

Mine enemies reproach me all the day; and they that are mad against me are sworn against me.

9 F or I have eaten ashes like bread, And mingled my drink with weeping,

For I have eaten ashes like bread, and mingled my drink with weeping.

10 B ecause of thine indignation and thy wrath: For thou hast taken me up, and cast me away.

Because of thine indignation and thy wrath: for thou hast lifted me up, and cast me down.

11 M y days are like a shadow that declineth; And I am withered like grass.

My days are like a shadow that declineth; and I am withered like grass.

12 B ut thou, O Jehovah, wilt abide for ever; And thy memorial name unto all generations.

But thou, O Lord, shall endure for ever; and thy remembrance unto all generations.

13 T hou wilt arise, and have mercy upon Zion; For it is time to have pity upon her, Yea, the set time is come.

Thou shalt arise, and have mercy upon Zion: for the time to favour her, yea, the set time, is come.

14 F or thy servants take pleasure in her stones, And have pity upon her dust.

For thy servants take pleasure in her stones, and favour the dust thereof.

15 S o the nations shall fear the name of Jehovah, And all the kings of the earth thy glory.

So the heathen shall fear the name of the Lord, and all the kings of the earth thy glory.

16 F or Jehovah hath built up Zion; He hath appeared in his glory.

When the Lord shall build up Zion, he shall appear in his glory.

17 H e hath regarded the prayer of the destitute, And hath not despised their prayer.

He will regard the prayer of the destitute, and not despise their prayer.

18 T his shall be written for the generation to come; And a people which shall be created shall praise Jehovah.

This shall be written for the generation to come: and the people which shall be created shall praise the Lord.

19 F or he hath looked down from the height of his sanctuary; From heaven did Jehovah behold the earth;

For he hath looked down from the height of his sanctuary; from heaven did the Lord behold the earth;

20 T o hear the sighing of the prisoner; To loose those that are appointed to death;

To hear the groaning of the prisoner; to loose those that are appointed to death;

21 T hat men may declare the name of Jehovah in Zion, And his praise in Jerusalem;

To declare the name of the Lord in Zion, and his praise in Jerusalem;

22 W hen the peoples are gathered together, And the kingdoms, to serve Jehovah.

When the people are gathered together, and the kingdoms, to serve the Lord.

23 H e weakened my strength in the way; He shortened my days.

He weakened my strength in the way; he shortened my days.

24 I said, O my God, take me not away in the midst of my days: Thy years are throughout all generations.

I said, O my God, take me not away in the midst of my days: thy years are throughout all generations.

25 O f old didst thou lay the foundation of the earth; And the heavens are the work of thy hands.

Of old hast thou laid the foundation of the earth: and the heavens are the work of thy hands.

26 T hey 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:

They 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:

27 B ut thou art the same, And thy years shall have no end.

But thou art the same, and thy years shall have no end.

28 T he children of thy servants shall continue, And their seed shall be established before thee.

The children of thy servants shall continue, and their seed shall be established before thee.