Catholic Public Domain Version
"For my days have faded away like smoke, and my bones have dried out like firewood. "
— Psalms 101:4, Catholic Public Domain Version
“A froward heart shall depart from me: I will not know a wicked person.”
“A perverse heart shall depart from me: I will know no evil thing. ”
“A perverse heart will be far from me. I will have nothing to do with evil.”
“I will have nothing to do with a perverse person; I will not permit evil.”
“For my days are vanished like smoke, and my bones are grown dry like fuel for the fire.”
“The false heart I will send away from me: I will not have an evil-doer for a friend.”
“A froward heart shall depart from me: I will not know a wicked person.”
The prayer of the pauper, when he was anxious, and so he poured out his petition in the sight of the Lord.
O Lord, hear my prayer, and let my outcry reach you.
Do not turn your face away from me. In whatever day that I am in trouble, incline your ear to me. In whatever day that I will call upon you, heed me quickly.
For my days have faded away like smoke, and my bones have dried out like firewood.
I have been cut down like hay, and my heart has withered, for I had forgotten to eat my bread.
Before the voice of my groaning, my bone has adhered to my flesh.
I have become like a pelican in solitude. I have become like a night raven in a house.