My heart (A)has been struck like [a]grass and has (B)withered,
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 resemble a (E)pelican of the wilderness;
I have become like an owl of the ruins.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 102:4 Lit herbage
  2. Psalm 102:5 Lit voice
  3. Psalm 102:5 Lit have cleaved

My heart is blighted and withered like grass;(A)
    I forget to eat my food.(B)
In my distress I groan aloud(C)
    and am reduced to skin and bones.
I am like a desert owl,(D)
    like an owl among the ruins.

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