<vn='1'>A <sn="8605">Prayer</s> of the <sn="6041">afflicted</s>, <sn="3588">when</s> he is <sn="5848">overwhelmed</s>, and poureth <sn="8210">out</s> his <sn="7879">complaint</s><sn="6440">before</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>. <sn="8085">Hear</s> my <sn="8605">prayer</s>, O <sn="3068">LORD</s>, and let my <sn="7775">cry</s><sn="935">come</s><sn="413">unto</s> thee. </v>
<vn='2'><sn="5641">Hide</s><sn="408">not</s> thy <sn="6440">face</s><sn="4480">from</s> me in the <sn="3117">day</s> when I am in <sn="6862">trouble</s>; <sn="5186">incline</s> thine <sn="241">ear</s><sn="413">unto</s> me: in the <sn="3117">day</s> when I <sn="7121">call</s><sn="6030">answer</s> me <sn="4116">speedily</s>. </v>
<vn='3'><sn="3588">For</s> my <sn="3117">days</s> are <sn="3615">consumed</s> like <sn="6227">smoke</s>, and my <sn="6106">bones</s> are <sn="2787">burned</s><sn="3644">as</s> a <sn="4168">hearth</s>. </v>
<vn='4'>My <sn="3820">heart</s> is <sn="5221">smitten</s>, and <sn="3001">withered</s> like <sn="6212">grass</s>; <sn="3588">so</s> that I <sn="7911">forget</s> to <sn="4480 398">eat</s> my <sn="3899">bread</s>. </v>
<vn='5'>By reason of the <sn="4480 6963">voice</s> of my <sn="585">groaning</s> my <sn="6106">bones</s><sn="1692">cleave</s> to my <sn="1320">skin</s>. </v>
<vn='6'>I am <sn="1819">like</s> a <sn="6893">pelican</s> of the <sn="4057">wilderness</s>: I <sn="1961">am</s> like an <sn="3563">owl</s> of the <sn="2723">desert</s>. </v>
<vn='7'>I <sn="8245">watch</s>, and <sn="1961">am</s> as a <sn="6833">sparrow</s><sn="909">alone</s><sn="5921">upon</s> the house <sn="1406">top</s>. </v>
<vn='8'>Mine <sn="341">enemies</s><sn="2778">reproach</s> me <sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="3117">day</s>; and they that are <sn="1984">mad</s> against me are <sn="7650">sworn</s> against me. </v>
<vn='9'><sn="3588">For</s> I have <sn="398">eaten</s><sn="665">ashes</s> like <sn="3899">bread</s>, and <sn="4537">mingled</s> my <sn="8249">drink</s> with <sn="1065">weeping</s>, </v>
<vn='10'><sn="4480 6440">Because</s> of thine <sn="2195">indignation</s> and thy <sn="7110">wrath</s>: <sn="3588">for</s> thou hast lifted me <sn="5375">up</s>, and cast me <sn="7993">down</s>. </v>
<vn='11'>My <sn="3117">days</s> are like a <sn="6738">shadow</s> that <sn="5186">declineth</s>; and <sn="589">I</s> am <sn="3001">withered</s> like <sn="6212">grass</s>. </v>
<vn='12'>But <sn="859">thou</s>, O <sn="3068">LORD</s>, shalt <sn="3427">endure</s><sn="5769">forever</s>; and thy <sn="2143">remembrance</s> unto all <sn="1755 1755">generations</s>. </v>
<vn='13'><sn="859">Thou</s> shalt <sn="6965">arise</s>, and have mercy <sn="7355">upon</s><sn="6726">Zion</s>: <sn="3588">for</s> the <sn="6256">time</s> to <sn="2603">favor</s> her, <sn="3588">yea</s>, the set <sn="4150">time</s>, is <sn="935">come</s>. </v>
<vn='14'><sn="3588">For</s> thy <sn="5650">servants</s> take pleasure <sn="7521">in</s><sn="*853"></s> her <sn="68">stones</s>, and <sn="2603">favor</s> the <sn="6083">dust</s> thereof. </v>
<vn='15'>So the <sn="1471">heathen</s> shall <sn="3372">fear</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="8034">name</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, and <sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="4428">kings</s> of the <sn="776">earth</s><sn="*853"></s> thy <sn="3519">glory</s>. </v>
<vn='16'><sn="3588">When</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s> shall build <sn="1129">up</s><sn="6726">Zion</s>, he shall <sn="7200">appear</s> in his <sn="3519">glory</s>. </v>
<vn='17'>He will <sn="6437 413">regard</s> the <sn="8605">prayer</s> of the <sn="6199">destitute</s>, and <sn="3808">not</s><sn="959">despise</s><sn="*853"></s> their <sn="8605">prayer</s>. </v>
<vn='18'><sn="2063">This</s> shall be <sn="3789">written</s> for the <sn="1755">generation</s> to <sn="314">come</s>: and the <sn="5971">people</s> which shall be <sn="1254">created</s> shall <sn="1984">praise</s> the <sn="3050">LORD</s>. </v>
<vn='19'><sn="3588">For</s> he hath looked <sn="8259">down</s> from the <sn="4480 4791">height</s> of his <sn="6944">sanctuary</s>; from <sn="4480 8064">heaven</s> did the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="5027 413">behold</s> the <sn="776">earth</s>; </v>
<vn='20'>To <sn="8085">hear</s> the <sn="603">groaning</s> of the <sn="615">prisoner</s>; to <sn="6605">loose</s> those that are <sn="1121">appointed</s> to <sn="8546">death</s>; </v>
<vn='21'>To <sn="5608">declare</s> the <sn="8034">name</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s> in <sn="6726">Zion</s>, and his <sn="8416">praise</s> in <sn="3389">Jerusalem</s>; </v>
<vn='22'>When the <sn="5971">people</s> are <sn="6908">gathered</s><sn="3162">together</s>, and the <sn="4467">kingdoms</s>, to <sn="5647">serve</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>. </v>
<vn='23'>He <sn="6031">weakened</s> my <sn="3581">strength</s> in the <sn="1870">way</s>; he <sn="7114">shortened</s> my <sn="3117">days</s>. </v>
<vn='24'>I <sn="559">said</s>, O my <sn="410">God</s>, <sn="5927">take</s> me <sn="408">not</s> away in the <sn="2677">midst</s> of my <sn="3117">days</s>: thy <sn="8141">years</s> are throughout all <sn="1755 1755">generations</s>. </v>
<vn='25'>Of <sn="6440">old</s> hast thou laid the <sn="3245">foundation</s> of the <sn="776">earth</s>: and the <sn="8064">heavens</s> are the <sn="4639">work</s> of thy <sn="3027">hands</s>. </v>
<vn='26'><sn="1992">They</s> shall <sn="6">perish</s>, but <sn="859">thou</s> shalt <sn="5975">endure</s>: yea, <sn="3605">all</s> of them shall wax <sn="1086">old</s> like a <sn="899">garment</s>; as a <sn="3830">vesture</s> shalt thou <sn="2498">change</s> them, and they shall be <sn="2498">changed</s>: </v>
<vn='27'>But <sn="859">thou</s> art the <sn="1931">same</s>, and thy <sn="8141">years</s> shall have <sn="3808">no</s><sn="8552">end</s>. </v>
<vn='28'>The <sn="1121">children</s> of thy <sn="5650">servants</s> shall <sn="7931">continue</s>, and their <sn="2233">seed</s> shall be <sn="3559">established</s><sn="6440">before</s> thee. </v>