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1 Hear my prayer, O LORD ! And let my cry for help come to You.
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1 Hear my prayer, O LORD; 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.
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2 Do not hide your face from me when I am in distress. Turn your ear to me; when I call, answer me quickly.
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3 For my days have been consumed in smoke, And my bones have been scorched like a hearth.
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3 For my days vanish like smoke; my bones burn like glowing embers.
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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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4 My heart is blighted and withered like grass; I forget to eat my food.
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5 Because of the loudness of my groaning My bones cling to my flesh.
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5 Because of my loud groaning I am reduced to skin and bones.
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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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6 I am like a desert owl, like an owl among the ruins.
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7 I lie awake, I have become like a lonely bird on a housetop.
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7 I lie awake; I have become like a bird alone on a roof.
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8 My enemies have reproached me all day long; Those who deride me have used my name as a curse.
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8 All day long my enemies taunt me; those who rail against me use my 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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9 For I eat ashes as my food and mingle my drink with tears
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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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10 because of your great wrath, for you have taken me up and thrown me aside.
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11 My days are like a lengthened shadow, And I wither away like grass.
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11 My days are like the evening shadow; 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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12 But you, O LORD, sit enthroned forever; your renown endures through all generations.
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13 You will arise and have compassion on Zion ; For it is time to be gracious to her, For the appointed time has come.
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13 You will arise and have compassion on Zion, for it is time to show favor to her; 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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14 For her stones are dear to your servants; her very dust moves them to pity.
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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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15 The nations will fear the name of the LORD, all the kings of the earth will revere your glory.
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16 For the LORD has built up Zion ; He has appeared in His glory.
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16 For the LORD will rebuild Zion and appear in his glory.
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17 He has regarded the prayer of the destitute And has not despised their prayer.
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17 He will respond to the prayer of the destitute; he will not despise their plea.
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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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18 Let this be written for a future generation, that a people not yet 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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19 "The LORD looked down from his sanctuary on high, from heaven he viewed 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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20 to hear the groans of the prisoners and release those condemned to death."
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21 That men may tell of the name of the LORD in Zion And His praise in Jerusalem,
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21 So the name of the LORD will be declared 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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22 when the peoples and the kingdoms assemble to worship the LORD.
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23 He has weakened my strength in the way ; He has shortened my days.
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23 In the course of my life he broke my strength; he cut short 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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24 So I said: "Do not take me away, O my God, in the midst of my days; your years go on through all generations.
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25 "Of old You founded the earth, And the heavens are the work of Your hands.
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25 In the beginning you laid the foundations of the earth, and the heavens are the work of your hands.
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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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26 They will perish, but you remain; they will all wear out like a garment. Like clothing you will change them and they will be discarded.
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27 "But You are the same, And Your years will not come to an end.
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27 But you remain the same, and your years will never end.
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28 "The children of Your servants will continue, And their descendants will be established before You."
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28 The children of your servants will live in your presence; their descendants will be established before you."
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