| New International Version | Christian Standard Bible |
| 1A prayer of an afflicted person who has grown weak and pours out a lament before the LORD. Hear my prayer, LORD; let my cry for help come to you. | 1LORD, hear my prayer; let my cry for help come before you. |
| 2Do not hide your face from me when I am in distress. Turn your ear to me; when I call, answer me quickly. | 2Do not hide your face from me in my day of trouble. Listen closely to me; answer me quickly when I call. |
| 3For my days vanish like smoke; my bones burn like glowing embers. | 3For my days vanish like smoke, and my bones burn like a furnace. |
| 4My heart is blighted and withered like grass; I forget to eat my food. | 4My heart is suffering, withered like grass; I even forget to eat my food. |
| 5In my distress I groan aloud and am reduced to skin and bones. | 5Because of the sound of my groaning, my flesh sticks to my bones. |
| 6I am like a desert owl, like an owl among the ruins. | 6I am like an eagle owl, like a little owl among the ruins. |
| 7I lie awake; I have become like a bird alone on a roof. | 7I stay awake; I am like a solitary bird on a roof. |
| 8All day long my enemies taunt me; those who rail against me use my name as a curse. | 8My enemies taunt me all day long; they ridicule and use my name as a curse. |
| 9For I eat ashes as my food and mingle my drink with tears | 9I eat ashes like bread and mingle my drinks with tears |
| 10because of your great wrath, for you have taken me up and thrown me aside. | 10because of your indignation and wrath; for you have picked me up and thrown me aside. |
| 11My days are like the evening shadow; I wither away like grass. | 11My days are like a lengthening shadow, and I wither away like grass. |
| 12But you, LORD, sit enthroned forever; your renown endures through all generations. | 12But you, LORD, are enthroned forever; your fame endures to all generations. |
| 13You will arise and have compassion on Zion, for it is time to show favor to her; the appointed time has come. | 13You will rise up and have compassion on Zion, for it is time to show favor to her--the appointed time has come. |
| 14For her stones are dear to your servants; her very dust moves them to pity. | 14For your servants take delight in its stones and favor its dust. |
| 15The nations will fear the name of the LORD, all the kings of the earth will revere your glory. | 15Then the nations will fear the name of the LORD, and all the kings of the earth your glory, |
| 16For the LORD will rebuild Zion and appear in his glory. | 16for the LORD will rebuild Zion; he will appear in his glory. |
| 17He will respond to the prayer of the destitute; he will not despise their plea. | 17He will pay attention to the prayer of the destitute and will not despise their prayer. |
| 18Let this be written for a future generation, that a people not yet created may praise the LORD: | 18This will be written for a later generation, and a people who have not yet been created will praise the LORD: |
| 19"The LORD looked down from his sanctuary on high, from heaven he viewed the earth, | 19He looked down from his holy heights--the LORD gazed out from heaven to earth-- |
| 20to hear the groans of the prisoners and release those condemned to death." | 20to hear a prisoner's groaning, to set free those condemned to die, |
| 21So the name of the LORD will be declared in Zion and his praise in Jerusalem | 21so that they might declare the name of the LORD in Zion and his praise in Jerusalem, |
| 22when the peoples and the kingdoms assemble to worship the LORD. | 22when peoples and kingdoms are assembled to serve the LORD. |
| 23In the course of my life he broke my strength; he cut short my days. | 23He has broken my strength in midcourse; he has shortened my days. |
| 24So I said: "Do not take me away, my God, in the midst of my days; your years go on through all generations. | 24I say: "My God, do not take me in the middle of my life! Your years continue through all generations. |
| 25In the beginning you laid the foundations of the earth, and the heavens are the work of your hands. | 25Long ago you established the earth, and the heavens are the work of your hands. |
| 26They will perish, but you remain; they will all wear out like a garment. Like clothing you will change them and they will be discarded. | 26They will perish, but you will endure; all of them will wear out like clothing. You will change them like a garment, and they will pass away. |
| 27But you remain the same, and your years will never end. | 27But you are the same, and your years will never end. |
| 28The children of your servants will live in your presence; their descendants will be established before you." | 28Your servants' children will dwell securely, and their offspring will be established before you." |
| New International Version (NIV) Holy Bible, New International Version®, NIV® Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.® Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide. | The Christian Standard Bible. Copyright © 2017 by Holman Bible Publishers. Used by permission. |
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