1 Lord, hear my prayer!Let my cry reach you!
2 Don’t hide your face from mein my time of trouble!Listen to me!Answer me quickly as I cry out!
3 Because my days disappear like smoke,my bones are burned up as if in an oven;
4 my heart is smashed like dried-up grass.I even forget to eat my food
5 because of my intense groans.My bones are protruding from my skin.
6 I’m like some wild owl—like some screech owl in the desert.
7 I lie awake all night.I’m all alone like a bird on a roof.