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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.
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For my days are consumed like smoke, and my bones are burned as a hearth.
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My heart is smitten and withered like grass, so that I forget to eat my bread.
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By reason of the voice of my groaning my bones cleave to my skin.
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I am like a pelican of the wilderness; I am like an owl of the desert.
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I watch, and am as a sparrow alone upon the housetop.
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Mine enemies reproach me all the day, and them that are mad against me are sworn against me.
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For I have eaten ashes like bread and mingled my drink with weeping,
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because of Thine indignation and Thy wrath; for Thou hast lifted me up, and cast me down.
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My days are like a shadow that declineth, and I am withered like grass.
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But Thou, O LORD, shalt endure for ever, and Thy remembrance unto all generations.