6. I am like a pelican of the wilderness; I am like an owl of the desert.
7. I watch and am as a sparrow alone upon the house top.
8. My enemies reproach me all the day, and those that are mad against me are sworn against me.
9. For I have eaten ashes like bread and mingled my drink with weeping,
10. because of thine indignation and thy wrath; for thou hast lifted me up and cast me down.
11. My days are like a shadow that declines, and I am withered like grass.
12. But thou, O Lord, shalt endure for ever and thy remembrance unto all generations.