For my days vanish like smoke;(A)
    my bones(B) burn like glowing embers.
My heart is blighted and withered like grass;(C)
    I forget to eat my food.(D)
In my distress I groan aloud(E)
    and am reduced to skin and bones.
I am like a desert owl,(F)
    like an owl among the ruins.
I lie awake;(G) I have become
    like a bird alone(H) on a roof.

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For my days are consumed like smoke, and my bones are burned as an hearth.

My heart is smitten, and withered like grass; so that I forget to eat my bread.

By reason of the voice of my groaning my bones cleave to my skin.

I am like a pelican of the wilderness: I am like an owl of the desert.

I watch, and am as a sparrow alone upon the house top.

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Look and see, there is no one at my right hand;
    no one is concerned for me.
I have no refuge;(A)
    no one cares(B) for my life.

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I looked on my right hand, and beheld, but there was no man that would know me: refuge failed me; no man cared for my soul.

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