1. HEAR MY prayer, O Lord, and let my cry come to You.
2. Hide not Your face from me in the day when I am in distress! Incline Your ear to me; in the day when I call, answer me speedily.
3. For my days consume away like smoke, and my bones burn like a firebrand or like a hearth.
4. My heart is smitten like grass and withered, so that [in absorption] I forget to eat my food.