Verse
YLT
Young's Literal Translation
KJV
King James Version
A
Prayer
of
the
afflicted
when
he
is
feeble,
and
before
Jehovah
poureth
out
his
plaint.
O
Jehovah,
hear my prayer, yea
, my cry to
Thee cometh
.
Hear my prayer, O
LORD
, and
let
my cry come
unto
thee.
Hide not Thou
Thy face from me ,
In a
day of
mine
adversity,
Incline unto
me
Thine ear ,
In the day I call ,
haste,
answer me.
Hide not thy face from me in the
day when
I
am
in
trouble;
incline thine ear unto
me:
in the day when
I call answer me speedily
.
For consumed
in
smoke
have
been
my days, And my bones as
a
fire-brand
have
burned.
For my days are
consumed
like
smoke
, and my bones are
burned as
an
hearth
.
Smitten as
the
herb
, and withered ,
is
my
heart,
For
I have
forgotten
to eat my bread.
My
heart
is
smitten, and withered like
grass;
so
that
I forget
to eat my bread.
From
the voice of my sighing
Hath
my bone
cleaved
to my flesh
.
By
reason
of
the voice of my groaning
my bones
cleave
to my skin
.
I have
been
like to
a pelican of the wilderness ,
I have
been
as
an owl of the dry
places
.
I am
like a pelican of the wilderness :
I am
like
an owl of the desert
.
I have
watched
, and I
am As a bird
alone on
the roof
.
I watch
, and am as a sparrow
alone upon
the house
top
.
All
the
day
mine enemies reproached
me ,
Those
mad at
me have
sworn against me.
Mine enemies reproach
me all
the
day;
and
they
that
are
mad against
me are
sworn against me.
Because
ashes
as
bread
I have eaten, And my drink with weeping have
mingled,
For
I have eaten ashes
like
bread
, and mingled
my drink with weeping .
From
Thine indignation and Thy wrath ,
For Thou hast lifted me up, And dost
cast me down.
Because
of
thine indignation and thy wrath :
for thou hast lifted me up, and cast me down.
My days as
a shadow `are'
stretched
out,
And I --
as
the
herb
I
am withered.
My days are
like
a shadow that
declineth;
and I am withered like
grass
.
And
Thou, O Jehovah,
to
the
age
abidest
, And Thy memorial
to
all generations.
But
thou, O LORD
, shall
endure
for
ever;
and thy remembrance
unto
all generations.
Thou --
Thou
risest
--
Thou
pitiest
Zion
, For the time to favour her, For
the appointed
time hath
come.
Thou shalt
arise
, and
have
mercy
upon
Zion:
for the time to favour her, yea,
the set
time ,
is
come.
For Thy servants have
been
pleased
with
her stones, And her
dust
they
favour.
For thy servants take
pleasure
in
her stones, and favour the
dust
thereof
.
And
nations
fear the name of Jehovah
, And all kings of the earth Thine
honour,
So
the
heathen
shall
fear the name of the
LORD
, and all the
kings of the earth thy
glory.
For
Jehovah
hath
builded
Zion, He hath
been
seen
in His honour,
When
the
LORD
shall
build
up
Zion, he shall
appear
in his glory.
He turned
unto
the prayer of the destitute, And He
hath
not despised
their prayer.
He will
regard
the prayer of the destitute, and not despise
their prayer.
This is
written for a
later
generation ,
And the people created do
praise Jah
.
This shall
be
written for the
generation to
come:
and the people which
shall
be
created shall
praise the
LORD
.
For He hath looked From the high
place
of His sanctuary .
Jehovah
from heaven unto
earth looked
attentively,
For he hath looked down
from the height
of his sanctuary ;
from heaven did
the
LORD
behold
the
earth ;
To hear the groan
of the prisoner ,
To loose sons
of
death ,
To hear the groaning
of the prisoner ;
to loose those
that
are
appointed
to
death ;
To declare in
Zion
the name of Jehovah
, And His praise in Jerusalem ,
To declare the name of the
LORD
in
Zion
, and his praise in Jerusalem ;
In
the peoples
being
gathered together, And the kingdoms --
to serve Jehovah
.
When
the people
are
gathered together, and the kingdoms ,
to serve the
LORD
.
He hath
humbled
in the way my
power,
He hath
shortened my days.
He weakened
my
strength
in the way ;
he shortened my days.
I say
, `
My God, take me not up
in the midst of my days ,'
Through
all generations `are'
Thine
years
.
I said
, O
my God, take me not away
in the midst of my days :
thy
years
are
throughout
all generations.
Beforetime
the earth Thou
didst
found,
And the work of Thy hands `are'
the
heavens
.
Of
old
hast
thou
laid
the foundation
of
the
earth :
and the heavens
are
the
work of thy hands.
They --
They
perish, and
Thou remainest
, And
all of them as
a garment become
old,
As clothing
Thou changest
them, And they are
changed .
They shall
perish, but
thou shalt
endure:
yea
, all of them shall
wax
old
like
a garment ;
as a
vesture
shalt
thou change
them, and they shall
be
changed :
And
Thou `
art '
the same, and Thine
years are
not
finished
.
But
thou art the same, and thy
years shall
have
no
end
.
The sons
of Thy servants do
continue, And their seed before Thee is
established!
The children
of thy servants shall
continue, and their seed shall
be
established
before thee .
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