Nov 27, 2017
1 Hear my prayer, Lord;
let my cry for help come to
you.
2 Do not hide your face from
me
when I am in distress.
Turn your ear to me;
when I call, answer me quickly.
3 For my days
vanish like smoke;
my bones burn like glowing
embers.
4 My heart is blighted and withered like
grass;
I forget to eat my food.
5 In my distress I groan aloud
and am reduced to skin and bones.
6 I am like a desert owl,
like an owl among the ruins.
7 I lie awake; I have become
like a bird alone on a roof.
8 All day long my enemies taunt
me;
those who rail against me use my name as a
curse.
9 For I eat ashes as my food
and mingle my drink with tears
10 because of your great wrath,
for you have taken me up and thrown me
aside.
11 My days are like the evening
shadow;
I wither away like grass.
12 But
you, Lord, sit enthroned
forever;
your renown endures through all
generations.
13 You will arise and have
compassion on Zion,
for it is time to show favor to
her;
the appointed time has
come.
14 For her stones are dear to your
servants;
her very dust moves them to
pity.
15 The nations will fear the name of
the Lord,
all the kings of the earth will revere your
glory.
16 For the Lord will rebuild Zion
and appear in his glory.
17 He will respond to the prayer of the
destitute;
he will not despise their plea.
18 Let this be
written for a future generation,
that a people not yet created may praise
the Lord: