Chapter 102
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102:1
- Hear my prayer, O LORD, and let my cry come unto thee.
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102:2
- 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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102:3
- For my days are consumed like smoke, and my bones are burned as an hearth.
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102:4
- My heart is smitten, and withered like grass; so that I forget to eat my bread.
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102:5
- By reason of the voice of my groaning my bones cleave to my skin.
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102:6
- I am like a pelican of the wilderness: I am like an owl of the desert.
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102:7
- I watch, and am as a sparrow alone upon the house top.
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102:8
- Mine enemies reproach me all the day; and they that are mad against me are sworn against me.
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102:9
- For I have eaten ashes like bread, and mingled my drink with weeping.
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102:10
- Because of thine indignation and thy wrath: for thou hast lifted me up, and cast me down.
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102:11
- My days are like a shadow that declineth; and I am withered like grass.
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102:12
- But thou, O LORD, shall endure for ever; and thy remembrance unto all generations.
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102:13
- Thou shalt arise, and have mercy upon Zion: for the time to favour her, yea, the set time, is come.
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102:14
- For thy servants take pleasure in her stones, and favour the dust thereof.
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102:15
- So the heathen shall fear the name of the LORD, and all the kings of the earth thy glory.
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102:16
- When the LORD shall build up Zion, he shall appear in his glory.
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102:17
- He will regard the prayer of the destitute, and not despise their prayer.
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102:18
- This shall be written for the generation to come: and the people which shall be created shall praise the LORD.
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102:19
- For he hath looked down from the height of his sanctuary; from heaven did the LORD behold the earth;
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102:20
- To hear the groaning of the prisoner; to loose those that are appointed to death;
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102:21
- To declare the name of the LORD in Zion, and his praise in Jerusalem;
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102:22
- When the people are gathered together, and the kingdoms, to serve the LORD.
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102:23
- He weakened my strength in the way; he shortened my days.
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102:24
- 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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102:25
- Of old hast thou laid the foundation of the earth: and the heavens are the work of thy hands.
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102:26
- 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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102:27
- But thou art the same, and thy years shall have no end.
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102:28
- The children of thy servants shall continue, and their seed shall be established before thee.
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