1A Prayer of one afflicted, when he is faint and pours out his complaint before the Lord. Hear my prayer, O Lord; let my cry come to you! (خر 2:23; 1صم 9:16; مز 18:6; مز 39:12; مز 61:2; مز 142:2)2Do not hide your face from me in the day of my distress! Incline your ear to me; answer me speedily in the day when I call! (مز 18:6; مز 27:9; مز 31:2; مز 56:9; مز 69:17)3For my days pass away like smoke, and my bones burn like a furnace. (أي 30:30; مز 31:10; مز 37:20; مرا 1:13; يع 4:14)4My heart is struck down like grass and has withered; I forget to eat my bread. (1صم 1:7; 2صم 12:17; 1مل 21:4; أي 33:20; مز 37:2; مز 121:6; إش 40:7; يع 1:10)5Because of my loud groaning my bones cling to my flesh. (أي 19:20)6I am like a desert owl of the wilderness, like an owl[1] of the waste places; (أي 30:29; إش 34:11; صف 2:14)7I lie awake; I am like a lonely sparrow on the housetop. (مز 77:4)8All the day my enemies taunt me; those who deride me use my name for a curse. (إش 65:15; إر 29:22; أع 26:11)9For I eat ashes like bread and mingle tears with my drink, (مز 42:3)10because of your indignation and anger; for you have taken me up and thrown me down. (مز 51:11; حز 3:12; حز 3:14)11My days are like an evening shadow; I wither away like grass. (أي 8:9; مز 102:4; مز 109:23; مز 144:4)12But you, O Lord, are enthroned forever; you are remembered throughout all generations. (خر 3:15; مز 9:7; مز 102:26; مز 135:13)13You will arise and have pity on Zion; it is the time to favor her; the appointed time has come. (مز 68:1; مز 75:2; إش 40:2; إش 60:10; إر 29:10; دا 9:2; زك 1:12)14For your servants hold her stones dear and have pity on her dust. (نح 4:2; مرا 4:1)15Nations will fear the name of the Lord, and all the kings of the earth will fear your glory. (1مل 8:43; مز 138:4; إش 59:19; إش 60:3)16For the Lord builds up Zion; he appears in his glory; (مز 147:2; إش 60:1)17he regards the prayer of the destitute and does not despise their prayer. (نح 1:6; نح 1:11)18Let this be recorded for a generation to come, so that a people yet to be created may praise the Lord: (تث 31:19; مز 22:31; مز 48:13; مز 78:4; مز 78:6; إش 43:21; رو 15:4; 1كو 10:1)19that he looked down from his holy height; from heaven the Lord looked at the earth, (مز 11:4)20to hear the groans of the prisoners, to set free those who were doomed to die, (مز 79:11)21that they may declare in Zion the name of the Lord, and in Jerusalem his praise, (مز 22:22)22when peoples gather together, and kingdoms, to worship the Lord. (مز 22:27; إش 45:14)23He has broken my strength in midcourse; he has shortened my days. (مز 89:45)24“O my God,” I say, “take me not away in the midst of my days— you whose years endure throughout all generations!” (أي 36:26; مز 90:2; إش 38:10; حب 1:12)25Of old you laid the foundation of the earth, and the heavens are the work of your hands. (تك 1:1; تك 2:1; مز 96:5; عب 1:10)26They will perish, but you will remain; they will all wear out like a garment. You will change them like a robe, and they will pass away, (مز 102:12; إش 34:4; إش 51:6; مت 24:35; عب 1:11; 2بط 3:7; 2بط 3:10; 2بط 3:12; رؤ 20:11; رؤ 21:1)27but you are the same, and your years have no end. (إش 41:4; إش 48:12; ملا 3:6; عب 13:8; يع 1:17)28The children of your servants shall dwell secure; their offspring shall be established before you. (مز 37:29; مز 69:36; مز 112:2)