1Hear myprayerH8605, OLORDH3068, and let my cry come unto thee.
2Hide not thy face frommeH413in the day of my distress: incline thine ear untomeH413; in the day when Icallשִׁמְעָ֣הshim.'AhH8085answermeH413speedily.
3For mydaysH3117consumeawayהַטֵּֽה־ha.teh-H5186like smoke, and my bones are burned as a firebrand.
4My heart is smitten like grass, and withered; for I forget to eat my bread.
5By reason of the voice of my groaning my bones cleave to my flesh.
6I am like a pelican of the wilderness; I am become as an owl of the waste places.
7I watch, and ambecomeוָאֶֽהְיֶ֑הva.'eh.YehH1961like a sparrow that is aloneuponהָ֝יִ֗יתִיha.Yi.tiH1961the housetop.
8Mine enemies reproachmeH5921all the day; they that are madagainstH5921meH5921do curse bymeH5921.
9For I have eaten ashes like bread, and mingled my drink with weeping.
10BecauseH3588of thine indignation and thy wrath: for thou hast takenmeH398upH398, and castmeH398awayH398.
11My days are like a shadow that declineth; and I am withered like grass.
12But thou, O LORD, shalt abide for ever; and thy memorial untoallיָ֭מַיYa.maiH3117generations.
13Thou shalt arise, and havemercyיְ֭הוָהYah.wehH3068uponH3427Zion: for it is time to have pityuponH3427her, yea, thesetH3427time is come.
14For thy servantstakeH935pleasure inherH935stones, and havepityתְּרַחֵ֣םte.ra.ChemH7355uponH935herH935dust.
15Soכִּֽי־ki-H3588the nations shall fear the name of the LORD, and all the kings of theearthעֲפָרָ֥הּ'a.fa.RahH6083thy glory:
16For theLORDH3068hath builtupH853Zion, he hath appeared in hisgloryH3519;
17He hathregardedנִ֝רְאָ֗הnir.'AhH7200the prayer of the destitute, and hathnotכִּֽי־ki-H3588despised their prayer.
18This shall be written for the generation to come: and apeopleוְלֹֽא־ve.lo'-H3808which shall be created shall praise the LORD.
19For he hath lookeddownתִּכָּ֣תֶבti.Ka.tevH3789from the height of his sanctuary; from heaven did theLORDיָֽהּ׃YahH3050behold the earth;
20To hear the sighing of the prisoner; to loosethoseכִּֽי־ki-H3588that are appointed to death;
21Thatmenבְּנֵ֣יbe.NeiH1121may declare the name of the LORD in Zion, and his praise in Jerusalem;
22When the peoples are gathered together, and the kingdoms, to serve theLORDH3068.
23He weakened my strength in the way; he shortened my days.
24I said, O my God, takemeH3117notבַדֶּ֥רֶךְva.De.rekhH1870away in the midst of mydaysH3117: thyyearsH3117arethroughoutH3117allH3117generations.
25Ofoldשְׁנוֹתֶֽיךָ׃she.no.Tei.khaH8141hast thou laid the foundation of theearthתַּ֭עֲלֵנִיTa.'al.niH5927; and the heavens are the work of thy hands.
26They shall perish, but thou shalt endure: yea, all of them shall waxoldלְ֭פָנִיםLe.fa.nimH6440like a garment; as a vesture shalt thou change them, and they shall be changed:
27But thou art the same, and thy years shall havenoיֹאבֵדוּ֮yoe.DuH6end.
28The children of thy servants shall continue, and their seed shall beestablishedH3808beforeH3808thee.
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