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CHAPTER 102
Hear my prayer, O L
ORD
, and let my cry come unto thee.
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.
3
For my days are consumed like smoke, and my bones are burned as an hearth.
4
My heart is smitten, and withered like grass; so that I forget to eat my bread.
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By reason of the voice of my groaning my bones cleave to my skin.
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I am like a pelican of the wilderness: I am like an owl of the desert.
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I watch, and am as a sparrow alone upon the house top.
8
Mine enemies reproach me all the day;
and
they that are mad against me are sworn against
me.
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For I have eaten ashes like bread, and mingled my drink with weeping,
10
Because of thine indignation and thy wrath: for thou hast lifted me up, and cast me down.
11
My days
are
like a shadow that declineth; and I am withered like grass.
12
But thou, O L
ORD
, shalt endure for ever; and thy remembrance unto all generations.
13
Thou shalt arise,
and
have mercy upon Zion: for the time to favour her, yea, the set time,
is come.
14
For thy servants take pleasure in her stones, and favour the dust thereof.
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So the heathen shall fear the name of the L
ORD
, and all the kings of the earth thy glory.
16
When the L
ORD
shall build up Zion, he shall appear in his glory.
17
He will regard the prayer of the destitute, and not despise their prayer.
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This shall be written for the generation to come: and the people which shall be created
shall praise the L
ORD
.
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For he hath looked down from the height of his sanctuary; from heaven did the L
ORD
behold the earth;
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To hear the groaning of the prisoner; to loose those that are appointed to death;
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To declare the name of the L
ORD
in Zion, and his praise in Jerusalem;
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When the people are gathered together, and the kingdoms, to serve the L
ORD
.
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He weakened my strength in the way; he shortened my days.
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I said, O my God, take me not away in the midst of my days: thy years
are
throughout all
generations.
25
Of old hast thou laid the foundation of the earth: and the heavens
are
the work of thy
hands.
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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But thou
art
the same, and thy years shall have no end.
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The children of thy servants shall continue, and their seed shall be established before thee.
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