Psalm 102:3-11

New International Version

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