The Prayer of the Afflicted 1 DRA The prayer of the poor man, when he was anxious, and poured out his supplication before the Lord. Hear, O Lord, my prayer: 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 DRA Turn not away thy face from me: in the day when I am in trouble, incline thy ear to me. In what day soever I shall call upon thee, hear me speedily. 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 DRA For my days are vanished like smoke: and my bones are grown dry like fuel for the fire. BSB BSB: For my days vanish like smoke, and my bones burn like glowing embers.
4 DRA I am smitten as grass, and my heart is withered: because I forgot to eat my bread. BSB BSB: My heart is afflicted, and withered like grass; I even forget to eat my bread.
5 DRA Through the voice of my groaning, my bone hath cleaved to my flesh. BSB BSB: Through my loud groaning my skin hangs on my bones.
6 DRA I am become like to a pelican of the wilderness: I am like a night raven in the house. BSB BSB: I am like a desert owl, like an owl among the ruins.
7 DRA I have watched, and am become as a sparrow all alone on the housetop. BSB BSB: I lie awake; I am like a lone bird on a housetop.
8 DRA All the day long my enemies reproached me: and they that praised me did swear against me. BSB BSB: All day long my enemies taunt me; they ridicule me and curse me.
9 DRA For I did eat ashes like bread, and mingled my drink with weeping. BSB BSB: For I have eaten ashes like bread and mixed my drink with tears
10 DRA Because of thy anger and indignation: for having lifted me up thou hast thrown me down. BSB BSB: because of Your indignation and wrath, for You have picked me up and cast me aside.
11 DRA 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 DRA But thou, O Lord, endurest for ever: and thy memorial to all generations. BSB BSB: But You, O LORD, sit enthroned forever; Your renown endures to all generations.
13 DRA Thou shalt arise and have mercy on Sion: for it is time to have mercy on it, for the 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 DRA For the stones thereof have pleased thy servants: and they shall have pity on the earth thereof. BSB BSB: For Your servants delight in her stones and take pity on her dust.
15 DRA And the Gentiles shall fear thy name, O Lord, and all the kings of the earth 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 DRA For the Lord hath built up Sion: and he shall be seen in his glory. BSB BSB: For the LORD will rebuild Zion; He has appeared in His glory.
17 DRA He hath had regard to the prayer of the humble: and he hath not despised their petition. BSB BSB: He will turn toward the prayer of the destitute; He will not despise their prayer.
18 DRA Let these things be written unto 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 DRA Because he hath looked forth from his high sanctuary: from heaven the Lord hath looked upon the earth. BSB BSB: For He looked down from the heights of His sanctuary; the LORD gazed out from heaven to earth
20 DRA That he might hear the groans of them that are in fetters: that he might release the children of the slain: BSB BSB: to hear a prisoner’s groaning, to release those condemned to death,
21 DRA That they may declare 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 DRA When the people assemble together, and kings, to serve the Lord. BSB BSB: when peoples and kingdoms assemble to serve the LORD.
23 DRA He answered him in the way of his strength: Declare unto me the fewness of my days. BSB BSB: He has broken my strength on the way; He has cut short my days.
24 DRA Call me not away in the midst of my days: thy years are unto generation and generation. 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 DRA They shall perish but thou remainest: and all of them shall grow old like a garment: And as a vesture thou shalt change 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 DRA But thou art always the selfsame, and thy years shall not fail. BSB BSB: But You remain the same, and Your years will never end.
28 DRA The children of thy servants shall continue: and their seed shall be directed for ever. BSB BSB: The children of Your servants will dwell securely, and their descendants will be established before You.”
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