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1 A Prayer of one afflicted, when he is faint and pours out his complaint before the LORD. Hear my prayer, O LORD; let my cry come to you!
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2 Do not hide your face from me in the day of my distress! Incline your ear to me; answer me speedily in the day when I call! 3 For my days pass away like smoke, and my bones burn like a furnace.
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4 My heart is struck down like grass and has withered; I forget to eat my bread.
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5 Because of my loud groaning my bones cling to my flesh.
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6 I am like a desert owl of the wilderness, like an owl of the waste places;
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7 I lie awake; I am like a lonely sparrow on the housetop. 8 All the day my enemies taunt me; those who deride me use my name for a curse.
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9 For I eat ashes like bread and mingle tears with my drink,
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10 because of your indignation and anger; for you have taken me up and thrown me down.
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11 My days are like an evening shadow; I wither away like grass.
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12 But you, O LORD, are enthroned forever; you are remembered throughout all generations.
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13 You will arise and have pity on Zion; it is the time to favor her; the appointed time has come.
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14 For your servants hold her stones dear and have pity on her dust.
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15 Nations will fear the name of the LORD, and all the kings of the earth will fear your glory.
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16 For the LORD builds up Zion; he appears in his glory;
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17 he regards the prayer of the destitute and does not despise their prayer. 18 Let this be recorded for a generation to come, so that a people yet to be created may praise the LORD:
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19 that he looked down from his holy height; from heaven the LORD looked at the earth,
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20 to hear the groans of the prisoners, to set free those who were doomed to die,
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21 that they may declare in Zion the name of the LORD, and in Jerusalem his praise,
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22 when peoples gather together, and kingdoms, to worship the LORD.
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23 He has broken my strength in midcourse; he has shortened my days.
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24 "O my God," I say, "take me not away in the midst of my days-- you whose years endure throughout all generations!"
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25 Of old you laid the foundation of the earth, and the heavens are the work of your hands. 26 They will perish, but you will remain; they will all wear out like a garment. You will change them like a robe, and they will pass away,
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27 but you are the same, and your years have no end. 28 The children of your servants shall dwell secure; their offspring shall be established before you.
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