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A Prayer of the afflicted, when he is overwhelmed, and poureth out
his complaint before YAHUVEH. |
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Hear my prayer, O YAHUVEH, And let my cry come unto thee. |
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Hide 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. |
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For my days consume away like smoke, And my bones are burned as a
firebrand. |
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My heart is smitten like grass, and withered; For I forget to eat my
bread. |
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By reason of the voice of my groaning My bones cleave to my flesh. |
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I am like a pelican of the wilderness; I am become as an owl of the
waste places. |
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I watch, and am become like a sparrow That is alone upon the house-top. |
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Mine enemies reproach me all the day; They that are mad against me do
curse by me. |
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For I have eaten ashes like bread, And mingled my drink with weeping, |
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Because of thine indignation and thy wrath: For thou hast taken me up,
and cast me away. |
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My days are like a shadow that declineth; And I am withered like grass. |
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But thou, O YAHUVEH, wilt abide for ever; And thy memorial name
unto all generations. |
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Thou wilt arise, and have mercy upon Zion; For it is time to have pity
upon her, Yea, the set time is come. |
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For thy servants take pleasure in her stones, And have pity upon her
dust. |
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So the nations shall fear the name of YAHUVEH, And all the kings of the
earth thy glory. |
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For YAHUVEH hath built up Zion; He hath appeared in his glory. |
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He hath regarded the prayer of the destitute, And hath not despised
their prayer. |
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This shall be written for the generation to come; And a people which
shall be created shall praise Yah. |
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For he hath looked down from the height of his sanctuary; From heaven
did YAHUVEH behold the earth; |
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To hear the sighing of the prisoner; To loose those that are appointed
to death; |
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That men may declare the name of YAHUVEH in Zion, And his praise in
Jerusalem; |
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When the peoples are gathered together, And the kingdoms, to serve
YAHUVEH. |
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He weakened my strength in the way; He shortened my days. |
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I said, O my YAHUVEH, take me not away in the midst of my days: Thy years
are throughout all generations. |
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Of old didst thou lay the foundation of the earth; And the heavens are
the work of thy hands. |
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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. |