10 I eat ashes like bread,mingle my drink with tears.
11 Because of your furious wrath,you lifted me up just to cast me down.
12 My days are like a lengthening shadow;I wither like the grass.
13 But you, Lord, are enthroned forever;your renown is for all generations.
14 You will again show mercy to Zion;now is the time for pity;the appointed time has come.
15 Its stones are dear to your servants;its dust moves them to pity.
16 The nations shall fear your name, Lord,all the kings of the earth, your glory,