| NET Bible | New American Standard Bible 1995 |
| 1The prayer of an oppressed man, as he grows faint and pours out his lament before the LORD. O LORD, hear my prayer! Pay attention to my cry for help! | 1A Prayer of the Afflicted when he is faint and pours out his complaint before the LORD. Hear my prayer, O LORD! And let my cry for help come to You. |
| 2Do not ignore me in my time of trouble! Listen to me! When I call out to you, quickly answer me! | 2Do not hide Your face from me in the day of my distress; Incline Your ear to me; In the day when I call answer me quickly. |
| 3For my days go up in smoke, and my bones are charred like a fireplace. | 3For my days have been consumed in smoke, And my bones have been scorched like a hearth. |
| 4My heart is parched and withered like grass, for I am unable to eat food. | 4My heart has been smitten like grass and has withered away, Indeed, I forget to eat my bread. |
| 5Because of the anxiety that makes me groan, my bones protrude from my skin. | 5Because of the loudness of my groaning My bones cling to my flesh. |
| 6I am like an owl in the wilderness; I am like a screech owl among the ruins. | 6I resemble a pelican of the wilderness; I have become like an owl of the waste places. |
| 7I stay awake; I am like a solitary bird on a roof. | 7I lie awake, I have become like a lonely bird on a housetop. |
| 8All day long my enemies taunt me; those who mock me use my name in their curses. | 8My enemies have reproached me all day long; Those who deride me have used my name as a curse. |
| 9For I eat ashes as if they were bread, and mix my drink with my tears, | 9For I have eaten ashes like bread And mingled my drink with weeping |
| 10because of your anger and raging fury. Indeed, you pick me up and throw me away. | 10Because of Your indignation and Your wrath, For You have lifted me up and cast me away. |
| 11My days are coming to an end, and I am withered like grass. | 11My days are like a lengthened shadow, And I wither away like grass. |
| 12But you, O LORD, rule forever, and your reputation endures. | 12But You, O LORD, abide forever, And Your name to all generations. |
| 13You will rise up and have compassion on Zion. For it is time to have mercy on her, for the appointed time has come. | 13You will arise and have compassion on Zion; For it is time to be gracious to her, For the appointed time has come. |
| 14Indeed, your servants take delight in her stones, and feel compassion for the dust of her ruins. | 14Surely Your servants find pleasure in her stones And feel pity for her dust. |
| 15The nations will respect the reputation of the LORD, and all the kings of the earth will respect his splendor, | 15So the nations will fear the name of the LORD And all the kings of the earth Your glory. |
| 16when the LORD rebuilds Zion, and reveals his splendor, | 16For the LORD has built up Zion; He has appeared in His glory. |
| 17when he responds to the prayer of the destitute, and does not reject their request. | 17He has regarded the prayer of the destitute And has not despised their prayer. |
| 18The account of his intervention will be recorded for future generations; people yet to be born will praise the LORD. | 18This will be written for the generation to come, That a people yet to be created may praise the LORD. |
| 19For he will look down from his sanctuary above; from heaven the LORD will look toward earth, | 19For He looked down from His holy height; From heaven the LORD gazed upon the earth, |
| 20in order to hear the painful cries of the prisoners, and to set free those condemned to die, | 20To hear the groaning of the prisoner, To set free those who were doomed to death, |
| 21so they may proclaim the name of the LORD in Zion, and praise him in Jerusalem, | 21That men may tell of the name of the LORD in Zion And His praise in Jerusalem, |
| 22when the nations gather together, and the kingdoms pay tribute to the LORD. | 22When the peoples are gathered together, And the kingdoms, to serve the LORD. |
| 23He has taken away my strength in the middle of life; he has cut short my days. | 23He has weakened my strength in the way; He has shortened my days. |
| 24I say, "O my God, please do not take me away in the middle of my life! You endure through all generations. | 24I say, "O my God, do not take me away in the midst of my days, Your years are throughout all generations. |
| 25In earlier times you established the earth; the skies are your handiwork. | 25"Of old You founded the earth, And the heavens are the work of Your hands. |
| 26They will perish, but you will endure. They will wear out like a garment; like clothes you will remove them and they will disappear. | 26"Even they will perish, but You endure; And all of them will wear out like a garment; Like clothing You will change them and they will be changed. |
| 27But you remain; your years do not come to an end. | 27"But You are the same, And Your years will not come to an end. |
| 28The children of your servants will settle down here, and their descendants will live securely in your presence." | 28"The children of Your servants will continue, And their descendants will be established before You." |
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