Old Testament
Psalms 101
Focused passage
Psalms 101:2-12
- Verse 2. Lord hear my prayer: and let my cry come to thee.
- Verse 3. Turn not away thy face from me: in what day soever I am in tribulation, incline thine ear to me. In what day soever I shall invocate thee, hear me speedily.
- Verse 4. Because my days have vanished as smoke: and my bones are withered as a dry burnt firebrand.
- Verse 5. I am strucken as grass, and my heart is withered: because I have forgotten to eat my bread.
- Verse 6. For the voice of my groaning, my bone hath cleaved to my flesh.
- Verse 7. I am become like a pelican of the wilderness: I am become as a night crow in the house.
- Verse 8. I have watched, and am become as a sparrow solitary in the house-top.
- Verse 9. All the day did mine enemies upbraid me: and they that praised me sware against me.
- Verse 10. Because I did eat ashes as bread, & mingled my drink with weeping.
- Verse 11. At the face of thy wrath and indignation: because lifting me up thou hast thrown me down.
- Verse 12. My days have declined as a shadow: and I am withered as grass.