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1 Hear my prayer, O LORD! And let my cry for help come to You.
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2 Do not hide Your face from me in the day of my distress; Incline Your ear to me; In the day when I call answer me quickly. 3 For my days have been consumed in smoke, And my bones have been scorched like a hearth.
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4 My heart has been smitten like grass and has withered away, Indeed, I forget to eat my bread.
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5 Because of the loudness of my groaning My bones cling to my flesh.
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6 I resemble a pelican of the wilderness; I have become like an owl of the waste places.
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7 I lie awake, I have become like a lonely bird on a housetop. 8 My enemies have reproached me all day long; Those who deride me have used my I name as a curse.
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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 Your indignation and Your wrath, For You have lifted me up and cast me away.
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11 My days are like a lengthened shadow, And I wither away like grass.
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12 But You, O LORD, abide forever, And Your name to all generations.
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13 You will arise I and have compassion on Zion; For it is time to be gracious to her, For the appointed time has come.
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14 Surely Your servants find pleasure in her stones And feel pity for her dust.
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15 So the nations will fear the name of the LORD And all the kings of the earth Your glory.
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16 For the LORD has built up Zion; He has appeared in His glory.
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17 He has regarded the prayer of the destitute And has not despised their prayer. 18 This will be written for the generation to come, That a people yet to be created may praise the LORD.
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19 For He looked down from His holy height; From heaven the LORD gazed upon the earth,
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20 To hear the groaning of the prisoner, To set free those who were doomed to death,
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21 That I men may tell of the name of the LORD in Zion And His praise in Jerusalem,
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22 When the peoples are gathered together, And the kingdoms, to serve the LORD.
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23 He has weakened my strength in the way; He has shortened my days.
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24 I say, "O my God, do not take me away in the midst of my days, Your years are throughout all generations.
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25 "Of old You founded the earth, And the heavens are the work of Your hands. 26 "Even they will perish, but You endure; And all of them will wear out like a garment; Like clothing You will change them and they will be changed.
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27 "But You are the same, And Your years will not come to an end. 28 "The children of Your servants will continue, And their descendants will be established before You."
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