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Do Not Hide Your Face from Me
A Prayer of one afflicted, when he is faint and pours out his complaint before the Lord.
Hear my prayer, O Lord;
let my cry come to you!
A Prayer of one afflicted, when he is faint and pours out his complaint before the Lord.
Hear my prayer, O Lord;
let my cry come to you!
Do Not Hide Your Face From Me
{A Prayer of the afflicted, when he is overwhelmed, and poureth out his complaint before the LORD.} Hear my prayer, O LORD, and let my cry come unto thee.
{A Prayer of the afflicted, when he is overwhelmed, and poureth out his complaint before the LORD.} Hear my prayer, O LORD, and let my cry come unto thee.
Do not hide your face from me
in the day of my distress!
Incline your ear to me;
answer me speedily in the day when I call!
in the day of my distress!
Incline your ear to me;
answer me speedily in the day when I call!
Hide not thy face from me in the day when I am in trouble; incline thine ear unto me: in the day when I call answer me speedily.
For my days pass away like smoke,
and my bones burn like a furnace.
and my bones burn like a furnace.
For my days are consumed like smoke, and my bones are burned as an hearth.
My heart is struck down like grass and has withered;
I forget to eat my bread.
I forget to eat my bread.
My heart is smitten, and withered like grass; so that I forget to eat my bread.
Because of my loud groaning
my bones cling to my flesh.
my bones cling to my flesh.
By reason of the voice of my groaning my bones cleave to my skin.
I am like a pelican of the wilderness: I am like an owl of the desert.
I lie awake;
I am like a lonely sparrow on the housetop.
I am like a lonely sparrow on the housetop.
I watch, and am as a sparrow alone upon the house top.
All the day my enemies taunt me;
those who deride me use my name for a curse.
those who deride me use my name for a curse.
Mine enemies reproach me all the day; and they that are mad against me are sworn against me.
For I eat ashes like bread
and mingle tears with my drink,
and mingle tears with my drink,
For I have eaten ashes like bread, and mingled my drink with weeping,
because of your indignation and anger;
for you have taken me up and thrown me down.
for you have taken me up and thrown me down.
Because of thine indignation and thy wrath: for thou hast lifted me up, and cast me down.
My days are like an evening shadow;
I wither away like grass.
I wither away like grass.
My days are like a shadow that declineth; and I am withered like grass.
But you, O Lord, are enthroned forever;
you are remembered throughout all generations.
you are remembered throughout all generations.
But thou, O LORD, shalt endure for ever; and thy remembrance unto all generations.
You will arise and have pity on Zion;
it is the time to favor her;
the appointed time has come.
it is the time to favor her;
the appointed time has come.
Thou shalt arise, and have mercy upon Zion: for the time to favour her, yea, the set time, is come.
For your servants hold her stones dear
and have pity on her dust.
and have pity on her dust.
For thy servants take pleasure in her stones, and favour the dust thereof.
Nations will fear the name of the Lord,
and all the kings of the earth will fear your glory.
and all the kings of the earth will fear your glory.
So the heathen shall fear the name of the LORD, and all the kings of the earth thy glory.
For the Lord builds up Zion;
he appears in his glory;
he appears in his glory;
When the LORD shall build up Zion, he shall appear in his glory.
he regards the prayer of the destitute
and does not despise their prayer.
and does not despise their prayer.
He will regard the prayer of the destitute, and not despise their prayer.
Let this be recorded for a generation to come,
so that a people yet to be created may praise the Lord:
so that a people yet to be created may praise the Lord:
This shall be written for the generation to come: and the people which shall be created shall praise the LORD.
that he looked down from his holy height;
from heaven the Lord looked at the earth,
from heaven the Lord looked at the earth,
For he hath looked down from the height of his sanctuary; from heaven did the LORD behold the earth;
to hear the groans of the prisoners,
to set free those who were doomed to die,
to set free those who were doomed to die,
To hear the groaning of the prisoner; to loose those that are appointed to death;
that they may declare in Zion the name of the Lord,
and in Jerusalem his praise,
and in Jerusalem his praise,
To declare the name of the LORD in Zion, and his praise in Jerusalem;
when peoples gather together,
and kingdoms, to worship the Lord.
and kingdoms, to worship the Lord.
When the people are gathered together, and the kingdoms, to serve the LORD.
He has broken my strength in midcourse;
he has shortened my days.
he has shortened my days.
He weakened my strength in the way; he shortened my days.
“O my God,” I say, “take me not away
in the midst of my days —
you whose years endure
throughout all generations!”
in the midst of my days —
you whose years endure
throughout all generations!”
I said, O my God, take me not away in the midst of my days: thy years are throughout all generations.
Of old you laid the foundation of the earth,
and the heavens are the work of your hands.
and the heavens are the work of your hands.
Of old hast thou laid the foundation of the earth: and the heavens are the work of thy hands.
They will perish, but you will remain;
they will all wear out like a garment.
You will change them like a robe, and they will pass away,
they will all wear out like a garment.
You will change them like a robe, and they will pass away,
They shall perish, but thou shalt endure: yea, all of them shall wax old like a garment; as a vesture shalt thou change them, and they shall be changed:
but you are the same, and your years have no end.
But thou art the same, and thy years shall have no end.