2 Do not hide your face from mein the day of my distress! Incline your ear to me; answer me speedily in the day when I call!
3 For my days pass away like smoke,and my bones burn like a furnace.
4 My heart is struck down like grass and has withered;I forget to eat my bread.
5 Because of my loud groaningmy bones cling to my flesh.
6 I am like a desert owl of the wilderness,like an owl of the waste places;
7 I lie awake;I am like a lonely sparrow on the housetop.
8 All the day my enemies taunt me;those who deride me use my name for a curse.