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Chapter 102
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Hear my prayer, O LORD, and let my cry come unto thee. |
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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
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For my days are consumed like smoke, and my bones are
burned as an hearth. |
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My heart is smitten, and withered like grass; so that
I forget to eat my bread. |
5
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By reason of the voice of my groaning my bones cleave
to my skin. |
6
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I am like a pelican of the wilderness: I am like an
owl of the desert. |
7
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I watch, and am as a sparrow alone upon the house top. |
8
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Mine enemies reproach me all the day; and they 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. |
10
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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. |
12
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But thou, O LORD, shall endure for ever; and thy remembrance
unto all generations. |
13
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Thou shalt arise, and have mercy upon Zion: for the
time to favour her, yea, the set time, is come. |
14
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For thy servants take pleasure in her stones, and favour
the dust thereof. |
15
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So the heathen shall fear the name of the LORD, and
all the kings of the earth thy glory. |
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When the LORD shall build up Zion, he shall appear
in his glory. |
17
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He will regard the prayer of the destitute, and not
despise their prayer. |
18
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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
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For he hath looked down from the height of his sanctuary;
from heaven did the LORD behold the earth; |
20
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To hear the groaning of the prisoner; to loose those
that are appointed to death; |
21
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To declare the name of the LORD in Zion, and his praise
in Jerusalem; |
22
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When the people are gathered together, and the kingdoms,
to serve the LORD. |
23
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He weakened my strength in the way; he shortened my
days. |
24
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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
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Of old hast thou laid the foundation of the earth:
and the heavens are the work of thy hands. |
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They shall perish, but thou shalt endure: yea, all
of them shall wax old like a garment; as a vesture shalt
thou change them, and they shall be changed: |
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But thou art the same, and thy years shall have no
end. |
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The children of thy servants shall continue, and their
seed shall be established before thee. |
