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Prayer of an Afflicted One for Mercy on himself and on Zion.
A Prayer of the afflicted, when he is overwhelmed, and poureth out his complaint before Jehovah. |
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1 Hear my prayer, O Jehovah,
And let my cry come unto thee.
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2 Hide not thy face from me in the day of my distress:
Incline thine ear unto me;
In the day when I call answer me speedily.
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3 For my days consume away like smoke,
And my bones are burned as a firebrand.
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4 My heart is smitten like grass, and withered;
For I forget 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 like a pelican of the wilderness;
I am become as an owl of the waste places.
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7 I watch, and am become like a sparrow
That is alone upon the housetop.
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8 Mine enemies reproach me all the day;
They that are mad against me do curse 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 taken me up, and cast me away.
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11 My days are like a shadow that declineth;
And I am withered like grass.
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12 But thou, O Jehovah, wilt abide for ever;
And thy memorial name unto all generations.
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13 Thou wilt arise, and have mercy upon Zion;
For it is time to have pity upon her,
Yes, the set time is come.
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14 For thy servants take pleasure in her stones,
And have pity upon her dust.
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15 So the nations shall fear the name of Jehovah,
And all the kings of the earth thy glory:
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16 For Jehovah hath built up Zion;
He hath appeared in his glory;
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17 He hath regarded the prayer of the destitute,
And hath not despised their prayer.
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18 This shall be written for the generation to come;
And a people which shall be created shall praise Jehovah.
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19 For he hath looked down from the height of his Holy;
From heaven did Jehovah behold the earth;
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20 To hear the sighing of the prisoner;
To loose those that are appointed to death;
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21 That men may declare the name of Jehovah in Zion,
And his praise in Jerusalem;
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22 When the peoples are gathered together,
And the kingdoms, to serve Jehovah.
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23 He afflicted me with his strength in the way;
He shortened my days.
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24 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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25 Of old didst thou lay the foundation of the earth;
And the heavens are the works of thy hands.
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26 They shall perish, but thou shalt endure;
Yes, 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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27 But thou art the same,
And thy years shall have no end.
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28 The children of thy servants shall continue,
And their seed shall be established before thee. |
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