New Living Translation | International Standard Version |
1LORD, hear my prayer! Listen to my plea! | 1LORD, hear my prayer! May my cry for help come to you. |
2Don’t turn away from me in my time of distress. Bend down to listen, and answer me quickly when I call to you. | 2Do not hide your face from me when I am in trouble. Listen to me. When I call to out you, hurry to answer me! |
3For my days disappear like smoke, and my bones burn like red-hot coals. | 3For my days are vanishing like smoke; my bones are charred as in a fireplace. |
4My heart is sick, withered like grass, and I have lost my appetite. | 4Withered like grass, my heart is overwhelmed, and I have even forgotten to eat my food. |
5Because of my groaning, I am reduced to skin and bones. | 5Because of the sound of my sighing, my bones cling to my skin. |
6I am like an owl in the desert, like a little owl in a far-off wilderness. | 6I resemble a pelican in the wilderness or an owl in a desolate land. |
7I lie awake, lonely as a solitary bird on the roof. | 7I lie awake, yet I am like a bird isolated on a rooftop. |
8My enemies taunt me day after day. They mock and curse me. | 8My enemies revile me all day long; those who ridicule me use my name to curse. |
9I eat ashes for food. My tears run down into my drink | 9I have eaten ashes as food and mixed my drink with tears |
10because of your anger and wrath. For you have picked me up and thrown me out. | 10because of your indignation and wrath, when you lifted and threw me away. |
11My life passes as swiftly as the evening shadows. I am withering away like grass. | 11My life is like a declining shadow, and I am withering like a plant. |
12But you, O LORD, will sit on your throne forever. Your fame will endure to every generation. | 12But you, LORD, are enthroned forever; You are remembered throughout all generations. |
13You will arise and have mercy on Jerusalem — and now is the time to pity her, now is the time you promised to help. | 13You will arise to extend compassion on Zion, for it is time to show her favor— the appointed time has come. |
14For your people love every stone in her walls and cherish even the dust in her streets. | 14Your servants take pleasure in its stones and delight in its debris. |
15Then the nations will tremble before the LORD. The kings of the earth will tremble before his glory. | 15Nations will fear the name of the LORD, and all the kings of the earth, your splendor. |
16For the LORD will rebuild Jerusalem. He will appear in his glory. | 16When the LORD rebuilds Zion, he will appear in his glory. |
17He will listen to the prayers of the destitute. He will not reject their pleas. | 17He will turn to the prayer of the destitute, not despising their prayer. |
18Let this be recorded for future generations, so that a people not yet born will praise the LORD. | 18Write this for the next generation, that a people yet to be created will praise the LORD. |
19Tell them the LORD looked down from his heavenly sanctuary. He looked down to earth from heaven | 19For when he looked down from his holy heights— the LORD looked over the earth from heaven— |
20to hear the groans of the prisoners, to release those condemned to die. | 20to listen to the groans of prisoners, to set free those condemned to death, |
21And so the LORD’s fame will be celebrated in Zion, his praises in Jerusalem, | 21so they would declare the name of the LORD in Zion and his praise in Jerusalem, |
22when multitudes gather together and kingdoms come to worship the LORD. | 22when people and kingdoms gather together to serve the LORD. |
23He broke my strength in midlife, cutting short my days. | 23He has weakened my strength along the way. He has cut short my days. |
24But I cried to him, “O my God, who lives forever, don’t take my life while I am so young! | 24I say, "My God, whose years continue through all generations, do not take me in the middle of my life. |
25Long ago you laid the foundation of the earth and made the heavens with your hands. | 25You established the earth long ago; the heavens are the work of your hands. |
26They will perish, but you remain forever; they will wear out like old clothing. You will change them like a garment and discard them. | 26They will perish, but you will remain; and they all will become worn out, like a garment. You will change them like clothing, and they will pass away. |
27But you are always the same; you will live forever. | 27But you remain the same; your years never end. |
28The children of your people will live in security. Their children’s children will thrive in your presence.” | 28May the descendants of your servants live securely, and may their children be established in your presence." |
Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. All rights reserved. | The Holy Bible: International Standard Version® Release 2.1 Copyright © 1996-2012 The ISV Foundation ALL RIGHTS RESERVED INTERNATIONALLY. |
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