¹¹My days are like an evening shadow;
   I wither away like grass.

¹²But you, O Lord, are enthroned for ever;
   your name endures to all generations.
¹³You will rise up and have compassion on Zion,
   for it is time to favour it;
   the appointed time has come.
¹⁹that he looked down from his holy height,
   from heaven the Lord looked at the earth,
²⁰to hear the groans of the prisoners,
   to set free those who were doomed to die;
²¹so that the name of the Lord may be declared in Zion,
   and his praise in Jerusalem,
²²when peoples gather together,
   and kingdoms, to worship the Lord.