My heart (A)has been smitten like [a]grass and has (B)withered away,
Indeed, I (C)forget to eat my bread.
Because of the [b]loudness of my groaning
My (D)bones [c]cling to my flesh.
I [d]resemble a (E)pelican of the wilderness;
I have become like an owl of the waste places.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 102:4 Lit herbage
  2. Psalm 102:5 Lit voice
  3. Psalm 102:5 Lit have cleaved
  4. Psalm 102:6 Lit have become similar to