1 H ear my prayer, O Lord, 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 when I am in trouble; 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 are consumed like smoke, and my bones are burned as an hearth.

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

4 M y heart is smitten, and withered like grass; so that 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 skin.

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 like an owl of the desert.

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

7 I watch, and am as a sparrow 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; and they that are mad against me are sworn against me.

My enemies reproach me all the day, and those 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 lifted me up, and cast me down.

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 declines, and I am withered like grass.

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

¶ But thou, O LORD, shalt endure for ever and thy remembrance unto all generations.

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

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

14 F or thy servants take pleasure in her stones, and favour the dust thereof.

For thy slaves love her stones and have compassion on the dust thereof.

15 S o the heathen shall fear the name of the Lord, and all the kings of the earth thy glory.

So the Gentiles shall fear the name of the LORD, and all the kings of the earth thy glory

16 W hen the Lord shall build up Zion, he shall appear in his glory.

because the LORD shall have built up Zion, and he shall be seen in his glory.

17 H e will regard the prayer of the destitute, and not despise their prayer.

He shall have regarded the prayer of those who are alone and destitute and not despised their prayer.

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

This shall be written for the generation to come, and the people who shall be created shall praise JAH.

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

For he has looked down from the height of his sanctuary; from the heavens the LORD beheld the earth

20 T o hear the groaning 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 o declare the name of the Lord in Zion, and his praise in Jerusalem;

that they might declare the name of the LORD in Zion and his praise in Jerusalem,

22 W hen the people are gathered together, and the kingdoms, to serve the Lord.

when the people are gathered together as one 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, do not cut me off in the midst of my days; thy years are from generation to generation.

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

Of old thou hast 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 thou shalt 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 sons of thy slaves shall continue, and their seed shall be established before thee.