¹Hear my prayer, Yahweh! Let my cry come to you.

¹(Bøn af en elendig, når hans Kraft svigter, og han udøser sin Klage for HERREN.) HERRE, lyt til min bøn, lad mit råb komme til dig,

²Don’t hide your face from me in the day of my distress. Turn your ear to me. Answer me quickly in the day when I call.

²skjul dog ikke dit Åsyn for mig; den Dag jeg stedes i Nød, bøj da dit Øre til mig; når jeg kalder, så skynd dig og svar mig!

³For my days consume away like smoke. My bones are burned as a torch.

³Thi mine Dage svinder som Røg, mine Ledemod brænder som Ild;

⁴My heart is blighted like grass, and withered, for I forget to eat my bread.

⁴mit Hjerte er svedet og - visnet som Græs, thi jeg glemmer at spise mit Brød.

⁵By reason of the voice of my groaning, my bones stick to my skin.

⁵Under min Stønnen klæber mine Ben til Huden;

⁶I am like a pelican of the wilderness. I have become as an owl of the waste places.

⁶jeg ligner Ørkenens Pelikan, er blevet som Uglen på øde Steder;

⁷om Natten ligger jeg vågen og jamrer så ensom som Fugl på Taget;

⁸My enemies reproach me all day. Those who are mad at me use my name as a curse.

⁸mine Fjender håner mig hele Dagen; de der spotter mig, sværger ved mig.

⁹For I have eaten ashes like bread, and mixed my drink with tears,

⁹Thi Støv er mit daglige Brød, jeg blander min Drik med Tårer

¹⁰Because of your indignation and your wrath, for you have taken me up, and thrown me away.

¹⁰over din Harme og Vrede, fordi du tog mig og slængte mig bort;

¹¹My days are like a long shadow. I have withered like grass.

¹¹mine Dage hælder som Skyggen, som Græsset visner jeg hen.

¹²But you, Yahweh, will remain forever; your renown endures to all generations.

¹²Men du troner evindelig, HERRE, du ihukommes fra Slægt til Slægt;

¹³You will arise and have mercy on Zion; for it is time to have pity on her. Yes, the set time has come.

¹³du vil rejse dig og forbarme dig over Zion, når Nådens Tid, når Timen er inde;

¹⁴For your servants take pleasure in her stones, and have pity on her dust.

¹⁴thi dine Tjenere elsker dets Sten og ynkes over dets Grushobe.

¹⁵So the nations will fear the name of Yahweh; all the kings of the earth your glory.

¹⁵Og HERRENs Navn skal Folkene frygte, din Herlighed alle Jordens Konger;

¹⁶For Yahweh has built up Zion. He has appeared in his glory.

¹⁶thi HERREN opbygger Zion, han lader sig se i sin Herlighed;

¹⁷He has responded to the prayer of the destitute, and has not despised their prayer.

¹⁷han vender sig til de hjælpeløses Bøn, lader ej deres Bøn uænset.

¹⁸This will be written for the generation to come. A people which will be created will praise Yah.

¹⁸For Efterslægten skal det optegnes, af Folk, der skal fødes, skal prise HERREN;

¹⁹For he has looked down from the height of his sanctuary. From heaven, Yahweh saw the earth;

¹⁹thi han ser ned fra sin hellige Højsal, HERREN skuer ned fra Himmel til Jord

²⁰to hear the groans of the prisoner; to free those who are condemned to death;

²⁰for at høre de fangnes Stønnen og give de dødsdømte Frihed,

²¹that men may declare the name of Yahweh in Zion, and his praise in Jerusalem;

²¹at HERRENs Navn kan forkyndes i Zion, hans - Pris i Jerusalem,

²²when the peoples are gathered together, the kingdoms, to serve Yahweh.

²²når Folkeslag og Riger til Hobe samles for at tjene HERREN.

²³He weakened my strength along the course. He shortened my days.

²³Han lammed min Kraft på Vejen, forkorted mit Liv.

²⁴I said, “My God, don’t take me away in the midst of my days. Your years are throughout all generations.

²⁴Jeg siger: Min Gud, tag mig ikke bort i Dagenes Hælvt! Dine År er fra Slægt til Slægt.

²⁵Of old, you laid the foundation of the earth. The heavens are the work of your hands.

²⁵Du grundfæsted fordum Jorden, Himlene er dine Hænders Værk;

²⁶They will perish, but you will endure. Yes, all of them will wear out like a garment. You will change them like a cloak, and they will be changed.

²⁶de falder, men du består, alle slides de op som en Klædning;

²⁷But you are the same. Your years will have no end.

²⁷som Klæder skifter du dem; de skiftes, men du er den samme, og dine År får aldrig Ende!

²⁸The children of your servants will continue. Their seed will be established before you.”

²⁸Dine Tjeneres Børn fæster Bo, deres Sæd skal bestå for dit Åsyn.