The Prayer of the Afflicted 1 Brenton Hear my prayer, O Lord, and let my cry come to thee. BSB BSB: A prayer of one who is afflicted, when he grows faint and pours out his lament before the LORD. Hear my prayer, O LORD; let my cry for help come before You.
2 Brenton Turn not away thy face from me: in the day when I am afflicted, incline thine ear to me: in the day when I shall call upon thee, speedily hear me. BSB BSB: Do not hide Your face from me in my day of distress. Incline Your ear to me; answer me quickly when I call.
3 Brenton For my days have vanished like smoke, and my bones have been parched like a stick. BSB BSB: For my days vanish like smoke, and my bones burn like glowing embers.
4 Brenton I am blighted like grass, and my heart is dried up; for I have forgotten to eat my bread. BSB BSB: My heart is afflicted, and withered like grass; I even forget to eat my bread.
5 Brenton By reason of the voice of my groaning, my bone has cleaved to my flesh. BSB BSB: Through my loud groaning my skin hangs on my bones.
6 Brenton I have become like a pelican of the wilderness; BSB BSB: I am like a desert owl, like an owl among the ruins.
7 Brenton I have become like an owl in a ruined house. I have watched, and am become as a sparrow dwelling alone on a roof. BSB BSB: I lie awake; I am like a lone bird on a housetop.
8 Brenton All the day long mine enemies have reproached me; and they that praised me have sworn against me. BSB BSB: All day long my enemies taunt me; they ridicule me and curse me.
9 Brenton For I have eaten ashes as it were bread, and mingled my drink with weeping; BSB BSB: For I have eaten ashes like bread and mixed my drink with tears
10 Brenton because of thine anger and thy wrath: for thou hast lifted me up, and dashed me down. BSB BSB: because of Your indignation and wrath, for You have picked me up and cast me aside.
11 Brenton My days have declined like a shadow; and I am withered like grass. BSB BSB: My days are like lengthening shadows, and I wither away like grass.
12 Brenton But thou, Lord, endurest for ever, and thy memorial to generation and generation. BSB BSB: But You, O LORD, sit enthroned forever; Your renown endures to all generations.
13 Brenton Thou shalt arise, and have mercy upon Sion: for it is time to have mercy upon her, for the set time is come. BSB BSB: You will rise up and have compassion on Zion, for it is time to show her favor—the appointed time has come.
14 Brenton For thy servants have taken pleasure in her stones, and they shall pity her dust. BSB BSB: For Your servants delight in her stones and take pity on her dust.
15 Brenton So the nations shall fear thy name, O Lord, and all kings thy glory. BSB BSB: So the nations will fear the name of the LORD, and all the kings of the earth will fear Your glory.
16 Brenton For the Lord shall build up Sion, and shall appear in his glory. BSB BSB: For the LORD will rebuild Zion; He has appeared in His glory.
17 Brenton He has had regard to the prayer of the lowly, and has not despised their petition. BSB BSB: He will turn toward the prayer of the destitute; He will not despise their prayer.
18 Brenton Let this be written for another generation; and the people that shall be created shall praise the Lord. BSB BSB: Let this be written for the generation to come, so that a people not yet created may praise the LORD.
19 Brenton For he has looked out from the height of his sanctuary; the Lord looked upon the earth from heaven; BSB BSB: For He looked down from the heights of His sanctuary; the LORD gazed out from heaven to earth
20 Brenton to hear the groaning of the fettered ones, to loosen the sons of the slain; BSB BSB: to hear a prisoner’s groaning, to release those condemned to death,
21 Brenton to proclaim the name of the Lord in Sion, and his praise in Jerusalem; BSB BSB: that they may proclaim the name of the LORD in Zion and praise Him in Jerusalem,
22 Brenton when the people are gathered together, and the kings, to serve the Lord. BSB BSB: when peoples and kingdoms assemble to serve the LORD.
23 Brenton He answered him in the way of his strength: tell me the fewness of my days. BSB BSB: He has broken my strength on the way; He has cut short my days.
24 Brenton Take me not away in the midst of my days: thy years are through all generations. BSB BSB: I say: “O my God, do not take me in the midst of my days! Your years go on through all generations.
26 Brenton They shall perish, but thou remainest: and they all shall wax old as a garment; and as a vesture shalt thou fold them, and they shall be changed. BSB BSB: They will perish, but You remain; they will all wear out like a garment. Like clothing You will change them, and they will be passed on.
27 Brenton But thou art the same, and thy years shall not fail. BSB BSB: But You remain the same, and Your years will never end.
28 Brenton The children of thy servants shall dwell securely , and their seed shall prosper for ever. BSB BSB: The children of Your servants will dwell securely, and their descendants will be established before You.”
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