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| 1 A Prayer of the afflicted, when he is overwhelmed, and poureth out his complaint before Jehovah. Jehovah, hear my prayer, and let my cry come unto thee. |
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| 2 Hide not thy face from me: in the day of my trouble, incline thine ear unto me; in the day I call, answer me speedily. |
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| 3 For my days are consumed like smoke, and my bones are burned as a firebrand. |
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| 4 My heart is smitten and withered like grass; yea, I have forgotten to eat my bread. |
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| 5 By reason of the voice of my groaning, my bones cleave to my flesh. |
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| 6 I am become like the pelican of the wilderness, I am as an owl in desolate places; |
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| 7 I watch, and am like a sparrow alone upon the housetop. |
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| 8 Mine enemies reproach me all the day; they that are mad against me swear by me. |
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| 9 For I have eaten ashes like bread, and mingled my drink with weeping, |
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| 10 Because of thine indignation and thy wrath; for thou hast lifted me up, and cast me down. |
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| 11 My days are like a lengthened-out shadow, and I, I am withered like grass. |
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| 12 But thou, Jehovah, abidest for ever, and thy memorial from generation to generation. |
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| 13 *Thou* wilt rise up, thou wilt have mercy upon Zion: for it is the time to be gracious to her, for the set time is come. |
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| 14 For thy servants take pleasure in her stones, and favour her dust. |
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| 15 And the nations shall fear the name of Jehovah, and all the kings of the earth thy glory. |
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| 16 When Jehovah shall build up Zion, he will appear in his glory. |
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| 17 He will regard the prayer of the destitute one, and not despise their prayer. |
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| 18 This shall be written for the generation to come; and a people that shall be created shall praise Jah: |
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| 19 For he hath looked down from the height of his sanctuary; from the heavens hath Jehovah beheld the earth, |
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| 20 To hear the groaning of the prisoner, to loose those that are appointed to die; |
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| 21 That the name of Jehovah may be declared in Zion, and his praise in Jerusalem, |
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| 22 When the peoples shall be gathered together, and the kingdoms, to serve Jehovah. |
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| 23 He weakened my strength in the way, he shortened my days. |
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| 24 I said, My *God, take me not away in the midst of my days! ...Thy years are from generation to generation. |
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| 25 Of old hast thou founded the earth, and the heavens are the work of thy hands: |
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| 26 *They* shall perish, but *thou* continuest; and all of them shall grow old as a garment: as a vesture shalt thou change them, and they shall be changed. |
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| 27 But thou art the Same, and thy years shall have no end. |
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| 28 The children of thy servants shall abide, and their seed shall be established before thee. |
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