Chapter 102
1 A Prayer of the afflicted, when he is overwhelmed, and poureth out his complaint before the Lord.Hear my prayer, O Lord, and let my cry come unto thee.1
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2 Hide not thy face from me in the day when I am in trouble; incline thine ear unto me: in the day when I call answer me speedily.
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3 For my days are consumed like smoke, and my bones are burned as an hearth.1
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4 My heart is smitten, and withered like grass; so that I forget to eat my bread.
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5 By reason of the voice of my groaning my bones cleave to my skin.1
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6 I am like a pelican of the wilderness: I am like an owl of the desert.
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7 I watch, and am as a sparrow alone upon the house top.
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8 Mine enemies reproach me all the day; and they that are mad against me are sworn against me.
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9 For I have eaten ashes like bread, and mingled my drink with weeping,
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10 Because of thine indignation and thy wrath: for thou hast lifted me up, and cast me down.
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11 My days are like a shadow that declineth; and I am withered like grass.
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12 But thou, O Lord, shalt endure for ever; and thy remembrance unto all generations.
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13 Thou shalt arise, and have mercy upon Zion: for the time to favour her, yea, the set time, is come.
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14 For thy servants take pleasure in her stones, and favour the dust thereof.
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15 So the heathen shall fear the name of the Lord, and all the kings of the earth thy glory.
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16 When the Lord shall build up Zion, he shall appear in his glory.
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17 He will regard the prayer of the destitute, and not despise their prayer.
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18 This shall be written for the generation to come: and the people which shall be created shall praise the Lord.
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19 For he hath looked down from the height of his sanctuary; from heaven did the Lord behold the earth;
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20 To hear the groaning of the prisoner; to loose those that are appointed to death;1
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21 To declare the name of the Lord in Zion, and his praise in Jerusalem;
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22 When the people are gathered together, and the kingdoms, to serve the Lord.
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23 He weakened my strength in the way; he shortened my days.1
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24 I said, O my God, take me not away in the midst of my days: thy years are throughout all generations.
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25 Of old hast thou laid the foundation of the earth: and the heavens are the work of thy hands.
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26 They shall perish, but thou shalt endure: yea, all of them shall wax old like a garment; as a vesture shalt thou change them, and they shall be changed:1
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27 But thou art the same, and thy years shall have no end.
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28 The children of thy servants shall continue, and their seed shall be established before thee.
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