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Psalm 102
1 Hear my
prayer, O Lord, 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.
5 By reason of the voice of my groaning my bones
cleave to my skin.
6 I am like a pelican of the wilderness: I am like
an owl of the desert.
7 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.
9 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 Lord, 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.
15 So the heathen shall fear the name of the Lord,
and all the kings of the earth thy glory.
16 When the Lord shall build up Zion, he shall
appear in his glory.
17 He will regard the prayer of the destitute, and
not despise their prayer.
18 This shall be written for the generation to come:
and the people which shall be created shall praise
the Lord.
19 For he hath looked down from the height of his
sanctuary; from heaven did the Lord behold the
earth;
20 To hear the groaning of the prisoner; to loose
those that are appointed to death;
21 To declare the name of the Lord in Zion, and his
praise in Jerusalem;
22 When the people are gathered together, and the
kingdoms, to serve the Lord.
23 He weakened my strength in the way; he shortened
my days.
24 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:
27 But thou art the same, and thy years shall have
no end.
28 The children of thy servants shall continue, and
their seed shall be established before thee.
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Psalm 102
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