19 Deal favourably, O Lord, in thy good will with Sion, that the walls of Jerusalem may be built up.
20 Then shalt thou accept the sacrifice of justice, oblations, and whole burnt-offerings: then shall they lay victims upon thine altars.
Glory, etc.
Psalm CI. Domine, exaudi.
1. The extreme affliction of the Psalmist. 12. The eternity and the mercy of God, 19. to be recorded and praised by future generations. 26. The unchangeableness of God.
1 O Lord, hear my prayer: and let my cry come unto thee.
2 Turn not away thy face from me: in the day when I am in trouble, incline thine ear unto me.
3 In what day soever I shall call upon thee: O hearken unto me speedily.
4 For my days are vanished like smoke: and my bones are dried up like fuel for the fire.
5 I am smitten as grass, and my heart is withered: for I have forgotten to eat my bread.
6 Through the voice of my groaning, my bones have cleaved to my flesh.
7 I am become like a pelican in the wilderness: and like a night-raven in the house.
8 I have watched, and am become like a sparrow that sitteth alone on the house-top.
9 My enemies reviled me all the day long: and they that praised me have sworn together against me.
10 For I have eaten ashes as it were bread, and mingled my drink with weeping.
11 Because of thine indignation and wrath: for thou hast lifted me up and cast me down.
12. My days are gone down like a shadow, and I am withered like grass.
