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A Prayer of the Afflicted when he is faint and ^[a]pours out his complaint before the Lord .

^(a)Hear my prayer, O Lord ! And let my cry for help ^(b)come to You.

^(c)Do not hide Your face from me in the day of my distress; ^(d)Incline Your ear to me; In the day when I call ^(e)answer me quickly.

For my days ^(f)have been ^[b]consumed in smoke, And my ^(g)bones have been scorched like a hearth.

My heart ^(h)has been smitten like ^[c]grass and has ⁽ⁱ⁾withered away, Indeed, I ^(j)forget to eat my bread.

Because of the ^[d]loudness of my groaning My ^(k)bones ^[e]cling to my flesh.

I ^[f]resemble a ^(l)pelican of the wilderness; I have become like an owl of the waste places.

I ^(m)lie awake, I have become like a lonely bird on a housetop.

My enemies ⁽ⁿ⁾have reproached me all day long; Those who ^[g](o)deride me ^[h]have used my name as a ^(p)curse.

For I have eaten ashes like bread And ^(q)mingled my drink with weeping

^(r)Because of Your indignation and Your wrath, For You have ^(s)lifted me up and cast me away.

My days are like a ^[i](t)lengthened shadow, And ^[j]I ^(u)wither away like ^[k]grass.