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PSALMS
102 A Prayer of the afflicted, when he fainteth, and poureth out his complaint before the Lord.
- 2O Lord, hear my prayer,
- And let my cry come unto Thee.
- 3Hide 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.
- 4For my days are consumed like smoke,
- And my bones are burned as a hearth.
- 5My heart is smitten like grass, and withered;
- For I forget to eat my bread.
- 6By reason of the voice of my sighing
- My bones cleave to my flesh.
- 7I am like a pelican of the wilderness;
- I am become as an owl of the waste places.
- 8I watch, and am become
- Like a sparrow that is alone upon the housetop.
- 9Mine enemies taunt me all the day;
- They that are mad against me do curse by me.
- 10For I have eaten ashes like bread,
- And mingled my drink with weeping,
- 11Because of Thine indignation and Thy wrath;
- For Thou hast taken me up, and cast me away.
- 12My days are like a lengthening shadow;
- And I am withered like grass.
- 13But Thou, O Lord, sittest enthroned for ever;
- And Thy name is unto all generations.
- 14Thou wilt arise, and have compassion upon Zion;
- For it is time to be gracious unto her, for the appointed time is come.
- 15For Thy servants take pleasure in her stones,
- And love her dust.
- 16So the nations will fear the name of the Lord,
- And all the kings of the earth Thy glory;
- 17When the Lord hath built up Zion,
- When He hath appeared in His glory;
- 18When He hath regarded the prayer of the destitute,
- And hath not despised their prayer.
- 19This shall be written for the generation to come;
- And a people which shall be created shall praise the Lord.
- 20For He hath looked down from the height of His sanctuary;
- From heaven did the Lord behold the earth;
- 21To hear the groaning of the prisoner;
- To loose those that are appointed to death;
- 22That men may tell of the name of the Lord in Zion,
- And His praise in Jerusalem;
- 23When the peoples are gathered together,
- And the kingdoms, to serve the Lord.
- 24He weakened my strength in the way;
- He shortened my days.
- 25I say: 'O my God, take me not away in the midst of my days,
- Thou whose years endure throughout all generations.
- 26Of old Thou didst lay the foundation of the earth;
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