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10 because of your anger and wrath. For you have picked me up and thrown me out.
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because of your great wrath, for you have taken me up and thrown me aside.
11 My life passes as swiftly as the evening shadows. I am withering away like grass.
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My days are like the evening shadow; I wither away like grass.
12 But you, O LORD, will sit on your throne forever. Your fame will endure to every generation.
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But you, LORD, sit enthroned forever; your renown endures through all generations.
13 You will arise and have mercy on Jerusalem — and now is the time to pity her, now is the time you promised to help.
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You will arise and have compassion on Zion, for it is time to show favor to her; the appointed time has come.
14 For your people love every stone in her walls and cherish even the dust in her streets.
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For her stones are dear to your servants; her very dust moves them to pity.
15 Then the nations will tremble before the LORD . The kings of the earth will tremble before his glory.
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The nations will fear the name of the LORD, all the kings of the earth will revere your glory.
16 For the LORD will rebuild Jerusalem. He will appear in his glory.
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For the LORD will rebuild Zion and appear in his glory.
17 He will listen to the prayers of the destitute. He will not reject their pleas.
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He will respond to the prayer of the destitute; he will not despise their plea.
18 Let this be recorded for future generations, so that a people not yet born will praise the LORD .
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Let this be written for a future generation, that a people not yet created may praise the LORD:
19 Tell them the LORD looked down from his heavenly sanctuary. He looked down to earth from heaven
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“The LORD looked down from his sanctuary on high, from heaven he viewed the earth,
20 to hear the groans of the prisoners, to release those condemned to die.
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to hear the groans of the prisoners and release those condemned to death.”
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