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1 Hear my prayer, LORD; let my cry for help come to you.
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<<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.
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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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.
3 For my days vanish like smoke; my bones burn like glowing embers.
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For my days are consumed like smoke, and my bones are burned as a hearth.
4 My heart is blighted and withered like grass; I forget to eat my food.
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My heart is smitten and withered like grass, so that I forget to eat my bread.
5 In my distress I groan aloud and am reduced to skin and bones.
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By reason of the voice of my groaning my bones cleave to my skin.
6 I am like a desert owl, like an owl among the ruins.
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I am like a pelican of the wilderness; I am like an owl of the desert.
7 I lie awake; I have become like a bird alone on a roof.
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I watch, and am as a sparrow alone upon the housetop.
8 All day long my enemies taunt me; those who rail against me use my name as a curse.
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Mine enemies reproach me all the day, and them that are mad against me are sworn against me.
9 For I eat ashes as my food and mingle my drink with tears
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For I have eaten ashes like bread and mingled my drink with weeping,
10 because of your great wrath, for you have taken me up and thrown me aside.
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because of Thine indignation and Thy wrath; for Thou hast lifted me up, and cast me down.
11 My days are like the evening shadow; I wither away like grass.
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My days are like a shadow that declineth, and I am withered like grass.
12 But you, LORD, sit enthroned forever; your renown endures through all generations.
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But Thou, O LORD, shalt endure for ever, and Thy remembrance unto all generations.
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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Thou shalt arise and have mercy upon Zion; for the time to favor her, yea, the set time has come.
14 For her stones are dear to your servants; her very dust moves them to pity.
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For Thy servants take pleasure in her stones, and favor the dust thereof.
15 The nations will fear the name of the LORD, all the kings of the earth will revere your glory.
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So the heathen shall fear the name of the LORD, and all the kings of the earth Thy glory.
16 For the LORD will rebuild Zion and appear in his glory.
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When the LORD shall build up Zion, He shall appear in His glory.
17 He will respond to the prayer of the destitute; he will not despise their plea.
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He will regard the prayer of the destitute, and not despise their prayer.
18 Let this be written for a future generation, that a people not yet created may praise the LORD:
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This shall be written for the generation to come, and the people which shall be created shall praise the LORD.
19 “The LORD looked down from his sanctuary on high, from heaven he viewed the earth,
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For He hath looked down from the height of His sanctuary; from heaven did the LORD behold the earth,
20 to hear the groans of the prisoners and release those condemned to death.”
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to hear the groaning of the prisoner, to loose those that are appointed to death,
21 So the name of the LORD will be declared in Zion and his praise in Jerusalem
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to declare the name of the LORD in Zion, and His praise in Jerusalem,
22 when the peoples and the kingdoms assemble to worship the LORD.
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when people are gathered together, and the kingdoms, to serve the LORD.
23 In the course of my life he broke my strength; he cut short my days.
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He weakened my strength on the way; He shortened my days.
24 So I said: “Do not take me away, my God, in the midst of my days; your years go on through all generations.
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I said, "O my God, take me not away in the midst of my days; Thy years are throughout all generations.
25 In the beginning you laid the foundations of the earth, and the heavens are the work of your hands.
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Of old hast Thou laid the foundation of the earth, and the heavens are the work of Thy hands.
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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They shall perish, but Thou shalt endure; yea, all of them shall wax old like a garment; and as a vesture shalt Thou change them, and they shall be changed.
27 But you remain the same, and your years will never end.
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But Thou art the same, and Thy years shall have no end.
28 The children of your servants will live in your presence; their descendants will be established before you.”
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The children of Thy servants shall continue, and their seed shall be established before Thee."
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