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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 pours out his complaint before Yahweh.>> Hear my prayer, Yahweh! Let my cry come to you.
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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Don't hide your face from me in the day of my distress. Turn your ear to me. Answer me quickly in the day when I call.
3 For my days vanish like smoke; my bones burn like glowing embers.
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For my days consume away like smoke. My bones are burned as a firebrand.
4 My heart is blighted and withered like grass; I forget to eat my food.
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My heart is blighted like grass, and withered, For 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 stick 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 have become as an owl of the waste places.
7 I lie awake; I have become like a bird alone on a roof.
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I watch, and have become like a sparrow that is alone on 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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My enemies reproach me all day. Those who are mad at me use my name as a curse.
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 mixed my drink with tears,
10 because of your great wrath, for you have taken me up and thrown me aside.
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Because of your indignation and your wrath, For you have taken me up, and thrown me away.
11 My days are like the evening shadow; I wither away like grass.
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My days are like a long shadow. I have withered like grass.
12 But you, LORD, sit enthroned forever; your renown endures through all generations.
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But you, Yahweh, will abide forever; Your renown endures to 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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You will arise and have mercy on Zion; For it is time to have pity on her. Yes, 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 your servants take pleasure in her stones, And have pity on her dust.
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 nations will fear the name of Yahweh; All the kings of the earth your glory.
16 For the LORD will rebuild Zion and appear in his glory.
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For Yahweh has built up Zion. He has appeared in his glory.
17 He will respond to the prayer of the destitute; he will not despise their plea.
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He has responded to the prayer of the destitute, And has not despised 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 will be written for the generation to come. A people which will be created will praise Yah.
19 “The LORD looked down from his sanctuary on high, from heaven he viewed the earth,
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For he has looked down from the height of his sanctuary. From heaven, Yahweh saw the earth;
20 to hear the groans of the prisoners and release those condemned to death.”
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To hear the groans of the prisoner; To free those who are condemned to death;
21 So the name of the LORD will be declared in Zion and his praise in Jerusalem
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That men may declare the name of Yahweh in Zion, And his praise in Jerusalem;
22 when the peoples and the kingdoms assemble to worship the LORD.
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When the peoples are gathered together, The kingdoms, to serve Yahweh.
23 In the course of my life he broke my strength; he cut short my days.
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He weakened my strength along the course. 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, "My God, don't take me away in the midst of my days. Your 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, you laid the foundation of the earth. The heavens are the work of your 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 will perish, but you will endure. Yes, all of them will wear out like a garment. You will change them like a cloak, and they will be changed.
27 But you remain the same, and your years will never end.
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But you are the same. Your years will 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 your servants will continue. Their seed will be established before you."
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