- A Prayer of the afflicted,
when he is overwhelmed, and poureth out his complaint before the LORD.
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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.
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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.
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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 house top.
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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,
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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.
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- Thou shalt arise, and have mercy upon Zion: for the time to favour her, yea, the set time, is come.
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- For thy servants take pleasure in her stones, and favour the dust thereof.
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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.
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- He will regard the prayer of the destitute, and not despise their prayer.
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- This shall be written for the generation to come: and the people which shall be created shall praise the LORD.
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- For he hath looked down from the height of his sanctuary;
from heaven did the LORD behold the earth;
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- To hear the groaning of the prisoner;
to loose those that are appointed to death;
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- To declare the name of the LORD in Zion, and his praise in Jerusalem;
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- When the people are gathered together, and the kingdoms, to serve the LORD.
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- He weakened my strength in the way;
he shortened my days.
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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.
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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.
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