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1. A Prayer of the afflicted, when he is faint and pours out his complaint before Jehovah. Hear my prayer, O Jehovah, and let my cry come to You.
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1. A Prayer H8605 of the afflicted H6041 , when H3588 he is overwhelmed H5848 , and poureth out H8210 his complaint H7879 before H6440 the LORD H3068 . Hear H8085 my prayer H8605 , O LORD H3068 , and let my cry H7775 come H935 unto H413 thee.
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2. Do not hide Your face from me in the day of my trouble; bow down Your ear to me in the day I call; answer me quickly.
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2. Hide H5641 not H408 thy face H6440 from H4480 me in the day H3117 when I am in trouble H6862 ; incline H5186 thine ear H241 unto H413 me : in the day H3117 when I call H7121 answer H6030 me speedily H4116 .
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3. For my days are finished in smoke, and my bones are burned like a burning heap.
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3. For H3588 my days H3117 are consumed H3615 like smoke H6227 , and my bones H6106 are burned H2787 as H3644 a hearth H4168 .
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4. My heart is stricken and dried like grass, so that I forget to eat my bread.
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4. My heart H3820 is smitten H5221 , and withered H3001 like grass H6212 ; so H3588 that I forget H7911 to eat H4480 H398 my bread H3899 .
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5. Because of the voice of my sighing, my bones cleave to my flesh.
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5. By reason of the voice H4480 H6963 of my groaning H585 my bones H6106 cleave H1692 to my skin H1320 .
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6. I am like a pelican of the wilderness; I am like an owl of the desert.
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6. I am like H1819 a pelican H6893 of the wilderness H4057 : I am H1961 like an owl H3563 of the desert H2723 .
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7. I watch and am like a sparrow alone on the housetop.
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7. I watch H8245 , and am H1961 as a sparrow H6833 alone H909 upon H5921 the house top H1406 .
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8. My enemies curse me all the day long; those who rave against me have sworn against me.
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8. Mine enemies H341 reproach H2778 me all H3605 the day H3117 ; and they that are mad H1984 against me are sworn H7650 against me.
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9. For I have eaten ashes like bread, and have mixed my drink with weeping,
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9. For H3588 I have eaten H398 ashes H665 like bread H3899 , and mingled H4537 my drink H8249 with weeping H1065 ,
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10. because of Your anger and Your wrath; for You have lifted me and cast me down.
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10. Because H4480 H6440 of thine indignation H2195 and thy wrath H7110 : for H3588 thou hast lifted me up H5375 , and cast me down H7993 .
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11. My days are like a shadow stretched out, and I wither like grass.
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11. My days H3117 are like a shadow H6738 that declineth H5186 ; and I H589 am withered H3001 like grass H6212 .
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12. But You, O Jehovah, shall dwell forever, and Your memory to generation and generation.
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12. But thou H859 , O LORD H3068 , shalt endure H3427 forever H5769 ; and thy remembrance H2143 unto all generations H1755 H1755 .
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13. You shall arise; have mercy on Zion, for the time to pity her, yea, the appointed time has come.
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13. Thou H859 shalt arise H6965 , and have mercy upon H7355 Zion H6726 : for H3588 the time H6256 to favor H2603 her, yea H3588 , the set time H4150 , is come H935 .
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14. For Your servants take pleasure in its stones, and pity its dust.
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14. For H3588 thy servants H5650 take pleasure in H7521 H853 her stones H68 , and favor H2603 the dust H6083 thereof.
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15. So nations shall fear the name of Jehovah, and all the kings of the earth Your glory.
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15. So the heathen H1471 shall fear H3372 H853 the name H8034 of the LORD H3068 , and all H3605 the kings H4428 of the earth H776 H853 thy glory H3519 .
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16. When Jehovah shall build up Zion, He shall be seen in His glory.
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16. When H3588 the LORD H3068 shall build up H1129 Zion H6726 , he shall appear H7200 in his glory H3519 .
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17. He will turn to the prayer of the destitute, and will not despise their prayer.
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17. He will regard H6437 H413 the prayer H8605 of the destitute H6199 , and not H3808 despise H959 H853 their prayer H8605 .
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18. This shall be written for the generation to come, and people to be created shall praise Jehovah.
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18. This H2063 shall be written H3789 for the generation H1755 to come H314 : and the people H5971 which shall be created H1254 shall praise H1984 the LORD H3050 .
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19. For He has looked down from the height of His sanctuary; Jehovah looked from Heaven to the earth,
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19. For H3588 he hath looked down H8259 from the height H4480 H4791 of his sanctuary H6944 ; from heaven H4480 H8064 did the LORD H3068 behold H5027 H413 the earth H776 ;
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20. to hear the groaning of the prisoner, to set free the sons of death,
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20. To hear H8085 the groaning H603 of the prisoner H615 ; to loose H6605 those that are appointed H1121 to death H8546 ;
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21. to declare the name of Jehovah in Zion, and His praise in Jerusalem,
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21. To declare H5608 the name H8034 of the LORD H3068 in Zion H6726 , and his praise H8416 in Jerusalem H3389 ;
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22. when the peoples and the kingdoms are gathered together to serve Jehovah.
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22. When the people H5971 are gathered H6908 together H3162 , and the kingdoms H4467 , to serve H5647 H853 the LORD H3068 .
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23. He diminished my strength in the way; He shortened my days.
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23. He weakened H6031 my strength H3581 in the way H1870 ; he shortened H7114 my days H3117 .
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24. I said, O my God, do not take me up in the half of my days; Your years are through the generation of generations.
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24. I said H559 , O my God H410 , take H5927 me not H408 away in the midst H2677 of my days H3117 : thy years H8141 are throughout all generations H1755 H1755 .
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25. Before time You founded the earth, and the heavens are the work of Your hands.
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25. Of old H6440 hast thou laid the foundation H3245 of the earth H776 : and the heavens H8064 are the work H4639 of thy hands H3027 .
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26. They shall perish, but You shall endure; yea, all of them shall wear out like a garment; You shall change them like clothing, and they shall be changed.
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26. They H1992 shall perish H6 , but thou H859 shalt endure H5975 : yea, all H3605 of them shall wax old H1086 like a garment H899 ; as a vesture H3830 shalt thou change H2498 them , and they shall be changed H2498 :
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27. But You are He, and Your years shall not be ended.
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27. But thou H859 art the same H1931 , and thy years H8141 shall have no H3808 end H8552 .
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28. The sons of Your servants shall dwell, and their seed shall be established before You.
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28. The children H1121 of thy servants H5650 shall continue H7931 , and their seed H2233 shall be established H3559 before H6440 thee.
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