Psalms 102:1-17
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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, shalt 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.