Douay-Rheims Catholic Bible RHE
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1 (101-1) <The prayer of the poor man, when he was anxious, and poured out his supplication before the Lord.> (101-2) Hear, O Lord, my prayer: and let my cry come to thee.
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LORD, hear my prayer! Listen to my plea!
2 (101-3) Turn not away thy face from me: in the day when I am in trouble, incline thy ear to me. In what day soever I shall call upon thee, hear me speedily.
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Don’t turn away from me in my time of distress. Bend down to listen, and answer me quickly when I call to you.
3 (101-4) For my days are vanished like smoke, and my bones are grown dry like fuel for the fire.
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For my days disappear like smoke, and my bones burn like red-hot coals.
4 (101-5) I am smitten as grass, and my heart is withered: because I forgot to eat my bread.
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My heart is sick, withered like grass, and I have lost my appetite.
5 (101-6) Through the voice of my groaning, my bone hath cleaved to my flesh.
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Because of my groaning, I am reduced to skin and bones.
6 (101-7) I am become like to a pelican of the wilderness: I am like a night raven in the house.
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I am like an owl in the desert, like a little owl in a far-off wilderness.
7 (101-8) I have watched, and am become as a sparrow all alone on the housetop.
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I lie awake, lonely as a solitary bird on the roof.
8 (101-9) All the day long my enemies reproached me: and they that praised me did swear against me.
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My enemies taunt me day after day. They mock and curse me.
9 (101-10) For I did eat ashes like bread, and mingled my drink with weeping.
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I eat ashes for food. My tears run down into my drink
10 (101-11) Because of thy anger and indignation: for having lifted me up thou hast thrown me down.
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because of your anger and wrath. For you have picked me up and thrown me out.
11 (101-12) My days have declined like a shadow, and I am withered like grass.
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My life passes as swiftly as the evening shadows. I am withering away like grass.
12 (101-13) But thou, O Lord, endurest for ever: and thy memorial to all generations.
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But you, O LORD, will sit on your throne forever. Your fame will endure to every generation.
13 (101-14) Thou shalt arise and have mercy on Sion: for it is time to have mercy on it, for the time is come.
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You will arise and have mercy on Jerusalem — and now is the time to pity her, now is the time you promised to help.
14 (101-15) For the stones thereof have pleased thy servants: and they shall have pity on the earth thereof.
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For your people love every stone in her walls and cherish even the dust in her streets.
15 (101-16) All the Gentiles shall fear thy name, O Lord, and all the kings of the earth thy glory.
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Then the nations will tremble before the LORD . The kings of the earth will tremble before his glory.
16 (101-17) For the Lord hath built up Sion: and he shall be seen in his glory.
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For the LORD will rebuild Jerusalem. He will appear in his glory.
17 (101-18) He hath had regard to the prayer of the humble: and he hath not despised their petition.
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He will listen to the prayers of the destitute. He will not reject their pleas.
18 (101-19) Let these things be written unto another generation: and the people that shall be created shall praise the Lord:
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Let this be recorded for future generations, so that a people not yet born will praise the LORD .
19 (101-20) Because he hath looked forth from his high sanctuary: from heaven the Lord hath looked upon the earth.
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Tell them the LORD looked down from his heavenly sanctuary. He looked down to earth from heaven
20 (101-21) That he might hear the groans of them that are in fetters: that he might release the children of the slain:
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to hear the groans of the prisoners, to release those condemned to die.
21 (101-22) That they may declare the name of the Lord in Sion: and his praise in Jerusalem;
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And so the LORD ’s fame will be celebrated in Zion, his praises in Jerusalem,
22 (101-23) When the people assemble together, and kings, to serve the Lord.
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when multitudes gather together and kingdoms come to worship the LORD .
23 (101-24) He answered him in the way of his strength: Declare unto me the fewness of my days.
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He broke my strength in midlife, cutting short my days.
24 (101-25) Call me not away in the midst of my days: thy years are unto generation and generation.
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But I cried to him, “O my God, who lives forever, don’t take my life while I am so young!
25 (101-26) In the beginning, O Lord, thou foundedst the earth: and the heavens are the works of thy hands.
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Long ago you laid the foundation of the earth and made the heavens with your hands.
26 (101-27) They shall perish but thou remainest: and all of them shall grow old like a garment: And as a vesture thou shalt change them, and they shall be changed.
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They will perish, but you remain forever; they will wear out like old clothing. You will change them like a garment and discard them.
27 (101-28) But thou art always the selfsame, and thy years shall not fail.
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But you are always the same; you will live forever.
28 (101-29) The children of thy servants shall continue and their seed shall be directed for ever.
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The children of your people will live in security. Their children’s children will thrive in your presence.”
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