Psalm 102:1-7

Contemporary English Version

³ My days disappear like smoke,
and my bones are burning
    as though in a furnace.
⁴ I am wasting away like grass,
    and my appetite is gone.
⁵ My groaning never stops,
and my bones can be seen
    through my skin.
⁶ I am like a lonely owl
    in the desert
⁷ or a restless sparrow
    alone on a roof.