A lament - a prayer of an afflicted man. The psalmist cries for help from God because he is in distress. His bones are like glowing embers and he is reduced to skin and bones like a desert owl! His enemies taunt him and use his name as a curse and he withers away like grass. However in verse 12 the psalmist changes tack with "But you, O Lord!" Now his focus is not on his suffering but on his saviour! He looks to God who is enthroned forever and whom he believes will have compassion on Zion. "The Lord will rebuild Zion," he exclaims, and appear in his glory and answer prayer. God's name will be declared in Zion". Then the psalmist closes comparing God's "years go on through all generations" with the brevity of human existence.
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