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1 | Hear my prayer, O LORD, and let my cry come unto thee. |
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2 | 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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3 | For my days are consumed like smoke, and my bones are burned
as an hearth. |
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4 | My heart is smitten, and withered like grass; so that I forget
to eat my bread. |
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5 | By reason of the voice of my groaning my bones cleave to my
skin. |
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6 | I am like a pelican of the wilderness: I am like an owl of the
desert. |
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7 | I watch, and am as a sparrow alone upon the house top. |
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8 | Mine enemies reproach me all the day; and they that are mad
against me are sworn against 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 shadow that declineth; and I am withered
like grass. |
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12 | But thou, O LORD, shall endure for ever; and thy remembrance
unto all generations. |
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13 | Thou shalt arise, and have mercy upon Zion: for the time to
favour her, yea, the set time, is come. |
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14 | For thy servants take pleasure in her stones, and favour the
dust thereof. |
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15 | So the heathen shall fear the name of the LORD, and all the
kings of the earth thy glory. |
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16 | When the LORD shall build up Zion, he shall appear in his
glory. |
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17 | He will regard the prayer of the destitute, and not despise
their prayer. |
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18 | This shall be written for the generation to come: and the
people which shall be created shall praise the LORD. |
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19 | For he hath looked down from the height of his sanctuary; from
heaven did the LORD behold the earth; |
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20 | To hear the groaning of the prisoner; to loose those that are
appointed to death; |
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21 | To declare the name of the LORD in Zion, and his praise in
Jerusalem; |
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22 | When the people are gathered together, and the kingdoms, to
serve the LORD. |
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23 | He weakened my 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 hast thou laid the foundation of the earth: and the
heavens are the work of thy hands. |
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26 | 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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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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