1Hear my prayer, Lord! Let my cry come to you.

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Psalms 18:6, Psalms 18:6, Psalms 130:1, Psalms 130:2, Psalms 130:1

2Do not hide your face from me in the day of my distress. Turn your ear to me. Answer me quickly in the day when I call.

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Psalms 69:17, Psalms 69:17, Isaiah 8:17, Psalms 27:9, Isaiah 8:17

3For my days consume away like smoke. My bones are burned as a firebrand.

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James 4:14, James 4:14, Lamentations 1:13, Psalms 37:20, Job 30:30

4My heart is blighted like grass, and withered, for I forget to eat my bread.

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Psalms 37:2, Isaiah 40:7, Psalms 37:2, Isaiah 40:7, Ezra 10:6

5By reason of the voice of my groaning, my bones stick to my skin.

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Job 19:20, Job 19:20, Lamentations 4:8, Lamentations 4:8, Proverbs 17:22

6I am like a pelican of the wilderness. I have become as an owl of the waste places.

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Isaiah 38:14, Zephaniah 2:14, Isaiah 38:14, Zephaniah 2:14, Revelation 18:2

7I watch, and have become like a sparrow that is alone on the housetop.

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Psalms 77:4, Psalms 77:4, Psalms 38:11, Psalms 38:11, Lamentations 3:28

8My enemies reproach me all day. Those who are mad at me use my name as a curse.

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Acts 26:11, Acts 26:11, Psalms 69:9, Psalms 69:10, Psalms 69:9

9For I have eaten ashes like bread, and mixed my drink with tears,

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Psalms 42:3, Psalms 42:3, Psalms 80:5, Psalms 80:5, Lamentations 3:48

10Because of your indignation and your wrath, for you have taken me up, and thrown me away.

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Psalms 38:3, Psalms 38:3, Psalms 90:7, Psalms 90:9, Psalms 147:6

11My days are like a long shadow. I have withered like grass.

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Job 14:2, Psalms 109:23, Job 14:2, Psalms 109:23, Psalms 144:4

12But you, Lord, will abide forever; your renown endures to all generations.

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Psalms 135:13, Psalms 135:13, Lamentations 5:19, Lamentations 5:19, Exodus 3:15

13You will arise and have mercy on Zion; for it is time to have pity on her. Yes, the set time has come.

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Galatians 4:4, Galatians 4:4, Isaiah 40:2, Isaiah 60:1, Isaiah 40:2

14For your servants take pleasure in her stones, and have pity on her dust.

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Nehemiah 4:2, Nehemiah 4:2, Psalms 79:1, Nehemiah 1:3, Psalms 79:7

15So the nations will fear the name of the Lord; all the kings of the earth your glory.

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1 Kings 8:43, 1 Kings 8:43, Psalms 138:4, Psalms 138:4, Isaiah 60:3

16For the Lord has built up Zion. He has appeared in his glory.

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Isaiah 60:1, Isaiah 60:2, Isaiah 60:1, Isaiah 60:2, Psalms 147:2

17He has responded to the prayer of the destitute, and has not despised their prayer.

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Nehemiah 1:6, Nehemiah 1:6, Psalms 22:24, Jeremiah 29:11, Jeremiah 29:14

18This will be written for the generation to come. A people which will be created will praise Yah.

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Psalms 22:30, Psalms 22:31, Psalms 22:30, Psalms 22:31, Romans 15:4

19For he has looked down from the height of his sanctuary. From heaven, the Lord saw the earth;

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Deuteronomy 26:15, Deuteronomy 26:15, Psalms 14:2, Psalms 14:2, 2 Chronicles 16:9

20to hear the groans of the prisoner; to free those who are condemned to death;

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Psalms 79:11, Psalms 79:11, Psalms 146:7, Psalms 146:7, Exodus 3:7

21that men may declare the name of the Lord in Zion, and his praise in Jerusalem;

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Psalms 22:22, Psalms 22:22, Ephesians 3:21, 1 Peter 2:9, Psalms 79:13

22when the peoples are gathered together, the kingdoms, to serve the Lord.

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Zechariah 8:20, Zechariah 8:23, Zechariah 8:20, Zechariah 8:23, Isaiah 49:22

23He weakened my strength along the course. He shortened my days.

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Psalms 89:38, Psalms 89:47, 2 Thessalonians 2:3, 2 Thessalonians 2:12, 1 Timothy 4:1

24I said, "My God, do not take me away in the midst of my days. Your years are throughout all generations.

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Psalms 39:13, Psalms 39:13, Habakkuk 1:12, Psalms 102:12, Habakkuk 1:12

25Of old, you laid the foundation of the earth. The heavens are the work of your hands.

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Genesis 1:1, Genesis 1:1, Exodus 20:11, Exodus 20:11, Jeremiah 32:17

26They will perish, but you will endure. Yes, all of them will wear out like a garment. You will change them like a cloak, and they will be changed.

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Isaiah 51:6, Isaiah 51:6, Matthew 24:35, Matthew 24:35, Isaiah 34:4

27But you are the same. Your years will have no end.

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Hebrews 13:8, Hebrews 13:8, Malachi 3:6, James 1:17, Malachi 3:6

28The children of your servants will continue. Their seed will be established before you."

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Psalms 69:35, Psalms 69:36, Psalms 69:35, Psalms 69:36, Psalms 45:16