Psalm 102:3–11

³For my days vanish like smoke,

and my bones burn like glowing embers.

⁴My heart is afflicted, and withered like grass;

I even forget to eat my bread.

⁵Through my loud groaning

my skin hangs on my bones.

⁶I am like a desert owl,

like an owl among the ruins.

⁷I lie awake;

I am like a lone bird on a housetop.

⁸All day long my enemies taunt me;

they ridicule me and curse me.

⁹For I have eaten ashes like bread

and mixed my drink with tears

¹⁰because of Your indignation and wrath,

for You have picked me up and cast me aside.

¹¹My days are like lengthening shadows,

and I wither away like grass.