PSALM 102. _Domine, exaudi_.
Hear my prayer, O Lord: and let my crying come unto thee.
2 Hide not thy face from me in the time of my trouble: incline
thine ear unto me when I call; O hear me, and that right soon.
3 For my days are consumed away like smoke: and my bones are burnt
up as it were a fire-brand.
4 My heart is smitten down, and withered like grass: so that I
forget to eat my bread.
5 For the voice of my groaning: my bones will scarce cleave to
my flesh.
6 I am become like a pelican in the wilderness: and like an owl
that is in the desert.
7 I have watched, and am even as it were a sparrow: that sitteth
alone upon the house-top.
8 Mine enemies revile me all the day long: and they that are mad
upon me are sworn together against me.
9 For I have eaten ashes as it were bread: and mingled my drink
with weeping;
10 And that because of thine indignation and wrath: for thou hast
taken me up, and cast me down.