11. My days are like an evening shadow that stretches out and declines [with the sun]; and I am withered like grass.
12. But You, O Lord, are enthroned forever; and the fame of Your name endures to all generations.
13. You will arise and have mercy and loving-kindness for Zion, for it is time to have pity and compassion for her; yes, the set time has come [the moment designated]. [Ps. 12:5; 119:126.]
14. For Your servants take [melancholy] pleasure in the stones [of her ruins] and show pity for her dust.
15. So the nations shall fear and worshipfully revere the name of the Lord, and all the kings of the earth Your glory. [Ps. 96:9.]
16. When the Lord builds up Zion, He will appear in His glory;
17. He will regard the plea of the destitute and will not despise their prayer.
18. Let this be recorded for the generation yet unborn, that a people yet to be created shall praise the Lord.