Cry For Help

Hear my prayer, Lord;
    let my cry for help come to you.
Do not hide your face from me
    when I am in distress.
Turn your ear to me;
    when I call, answer me quickly.

For my days vanish like smoke;
    my bones burn like glowing embers.

My heart is blighted and withered like grass;
    I forget to eat my food.

In my distress I groan aloud
    and am reduced to skin and bones.

I am like a desert owl,
    like an owl among the ruins.

I lie awake; I have become
    like a bird alone on a roof.

Hear my prayer, Lord;
    let my cry for help come to you.
Do not hide your face from me
    when I am in distress.

(Psalm 102:1-7)