³ For my days vanish like smoke;^(E)
my bones^(F) burn like glowing embers.
⁴ My heart is blighted and withered like grass;^(G)
I forget to eat my food.^(H)
5 In my distress I groan aloud^(I)
and am reduced to skin and bones.
⁶ I am like a desert owl,^(J)
like an owl among the ruins.
⁷ I lie awake;^(K) I have become
like a bird alone^(L) on a roof.
⁸ All day long my enemies^(M) taunt me;^(N)
those who rail against me use my name as a curse.^(O)
9 For I eat ashes^(P) as my food
and mingle my drink with tears^(Q)
10 because of your great wrath,^(R)
for you have taken me up and thrown me aside.
¹¹ My days are like the evening shadow;^(S)
I wither^(T) away like grass.

¹² But you, Lord, sit enthroned forever;^(U)
your renown endures^(V) through all generations.^(W)
13 You will arise^(X) and have compassion^(Y) on Zion,
for it is time^(Z) to show favor^(AA) to her;
the appointed time^(AB) has come.
¹⁴ For her stones are dear to your servants;
her very dust moves them to pity.
¹⁵ The nations will fear^(AC) the name of the Lord,
all the kings^(AD) of the earth will revere your glory.
¹⁶ For the Lord will rebuild Zion^(AE)
and appear in his glory.^(AF)
17 He will respond to the prayer^(AG) of the destitute;
he will not despise their plea.

¹⁸ Let this be written^(AH) for a future generation,
that a people not yet created^(AI) may praise the Lord:
¹⁹ “The Lord looked down^(AJ) from his sanctuary on high,
from heaven he viewed the earth,
²⁰ to hear the groans of the prisoners^(AK)
and release those condemned to death.”
²¹ So the name of the Lord will be declared^(AL) in Zion
and his praise^(AM) in Jerusalem
²² when the peoples and the kingdoms
assemble to worship^(AN) the Lord.

²³ In the course of my life^[b] he broke my strength;
he cut short my days.^(AO)
24 So I said:
“Do not take me away, my God, in the midst of my days;
your years go on^(AP) through all generations.
²⁵ In the beginning^(AQ) you laid the foundations of the earth,
and the heavens^(AR) are the work of your hands.^(AS)
26 They will perish,^(AT) but you remain;
they will all wear out like a garment.
Like clothing you will change them
and they will be discarded.
²⁷ But you remain the same,^(AU)
and your years will never end.^(AV)
28 The children of your servants^(AW) will live in your presence;
their descendants^(AX) will be established before you.”

² Let the redeemed^(C) of the Lord tell their story—
those he redeemed from the hand of the foe,
³ those he gathered^(D) from the lands,
from east and west, from north and south.^[a]

⁴ Some wandered in desert^(E) wastelands,
finding no way to a city^(F) where they could settle.
⁵ They were hungry^(G) and thirsty,^(H)
and their lives ebbed away.
⁶ Then they cried out^(I) to the Lord in their trouble,
and he delivered them from their distress.
⁷ He led them by a straight way^(J)
to a city^(K) where they could settle.
⁸ Let them give thanks^(L) to the Lord for his unfailing love^(M)
and his wonderful deeds^(N) for mankind,
⁹ for he satisfies^(O) the thirsty
and fills the hungry with good things.^(P)

¹⁰ Some sat in darkness,^(Q) in utter darkness,
prisoners suffering^(R) in iron chains,^(S)
11 because they rebelled^(T) against God’s commands
and despised^(U) the plans^(V) of the Most High.
¹² So he subjected them to bitter labor;
they stumbled, and there was no one to help.^(W)
13 Then they cried to the Lord in their trouble,
and he saved them^(X) from their distress.
¹⁴ He brought them out of darkness,^(Y) the utter darkness,^(Z)
and broke away their chains.^(AA)
15 Let them give thanks^(AB) to the Lord for his unfailing love^(AC)
and his wonderful deeds^(AD) for mankind,
¹⁶ for he breaks down gates of bronze
and cuts through bars of iron.

¹⁷ Some became fools^(AE) through their rebellious ways^(AF)
and suffered affliction^(AG) because of their iniquities.
¹⁸ They loathed all food^(AH)
and drew near the gates of death.^(AI)
19 Then they cried^(AJ) to the Lord in their trouble,
and he saved them^(AK) from their distress.
²⁰ He sent out his word^(AL) and healed them;^(AM)
he rescued^(AN) them from the grave.^(AO)
21 Let them give thanks^(AP) to the Lord for his unfailing love^(AQ)
and his wonderful deeds^(AR) for mankind.
²² Let them sacrifice thank offerings^(AS)
and tell of his works^(AT) with songs of joy.^(AU)

²³ Some went out on the sea^(AV) in ships;^(AW)
they were merchants on the mighty waters.
²⁴ They saw the works of the Lord,^(AX)
his wonderful deeds in the deep.
²⁵ For he spoke^(AY) and stirred up a tempest^(AZ)
that lifted high the waves.^(BA)
26 They mounted up to the heavens and went down to the depths;
in their peril^(BB) their courage melted^(BC) away.
²⁷ They reeled^(BD) and staggered like drunkards;
they were at their wits’ end.
²⁸ Then they cried^(BE) out to the Lord in their trouble,
and he brought them out of their distress.^(BF)
29 He stilled the storm^(BG) to a whisper;
the waves^(BH) of the sea^[b] were hushed.^(BI)
30 They were glad when it grew calm,
and he guided them^(BJ) to their desired haven.
³¹ Let them give thanks^(BK) to the Lord for his unfailing love^(BL)
and his wonderful deeds^(BM) for mankind.
³² Let them exalt^(BN) him in the assembly^(BO) of the people
and praise him in the council of the elders.

‘The parents^(G) have eaten sour grapes,
and the children’s teeth are set on edge.’^(H)

³¹ “The days are coming,” declares the Lord,
“when I will make a new covenant^(J)
with the people of Israel
and with the people of Judah.
³² It will not be like the covenant^(K)
I made with their ancestors^(L)
when I took them by the hand
to lead them out of Egypt,^(M)
because they broke my covenant,
though I was a husband^(N) to^[a] them,^[b]”
declares the Lord.
³³ “This is the covenant I will make with the people of Israel
after that time,” declares the Lord.
“I will put my law in their minds^(O)
and write it on their hearts.^(P)
I will be their God,
and they will be my people.^(Q)
34 No longer will they teach^(R) their neighbor,
or say to one another, ‘Know the Lord,’
because they will all know^(S) me,
from the least of them to the greatest,”
declares the Lord.
“For I will forgive^(T) their wickedness
and will remember their sins^(U) no more.”

“Wake up, sleeper,^(W)
rise from the dead,^(X)
and Christ will shine on you.”^(Y)