My heart is (A)struck down like grass and (B)has withered;
    I (C)forget to eat my bread.
Because of my loud groaning
    my (D)bones cling to my flesh.
I am like (E)a desert owl of the wilderness,
    like an owl[a] of the waste places;

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 102:6 The precise identity of these birds is uncertain

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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