Hear My Cry for Aid

1 LORD, listen to my prayer, and hear my cry for aid. 2 Hide not your face from me, for I am so afraid. Incline your ear to me in need; and, when I call, be swift to heed. 3 Like smoke my days are gone; my bones are burned away. 4 My appetite is lost; my heart is parched like hay. 5 Because of my incessant groans I am no more than skin and bones. 6 I’m like a desert owl, an owl midst tumbled stone, 7 Or bird upon a roof— I lie awake, alone. 8 My foes revile me all day long; my haters mock my name in song. 9 For ashes are my food; I weep incessantly 10 Because in your great wrath you have abandoned me. 11 My days like evening shadows pass; I wither like the sun-dried grass. The psalm continues at Psalm 102B.   – Sing Psalms, alt.