Psalms 102
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Psalm 102:1
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Hear my prayer, O LORD! And let my cry for help come to You.
Psalm 102:2
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Do not hide Your face from me in the day of my distress; Incline Your ear to me; In the day when I call answer me quickly.
Psalm 102:3
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For my days have been consumed in smoke, And my bones have been scorched like a hearth.
Psalm 102:4
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My heart has been smitten like grass and has withered away, Indeed, I forget to eat my bread.
Psalm 102:5
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Because of the loudness of my groaning My bones cling to my flesh.
Psalm 102:6
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I resemble a pelican of the wilderness; I have become like an owl of the waste places.
Psalm 102:7
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I lie awake, I have become like a lonely bird on a housetop.
Psalm 102:8
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My enemies have reproached me all day long; Those who deride me have used my {name} as a curse.
Psalm 102:9
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For I have eaten ashes like bread And mingled my drink with weeping
Psalm 102:10
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Because of Your indignation and Your wrath, For You have lifted me up and cast me away.
Psalm 102:11
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My days are like a lengthened shadow, And I wither away like grass.
Psalm 102:12
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But You, O LORD, abide forever, And Your name to all generations.
Psalm 102:13
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You will arise {and} have compassion on Zion; For it is time to be gracious to her, For the appointed time has come.
Psalm 102:14
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Surely Your servants find pleasure in her stones And feel pity for her dust.
Psalm 102:15
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So the nations will fear the name of the LORD And all the kings of the earth Your glory.
Psalm 102:16
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For the LORD has built up Zion; He has appeared in His glory.
Psalm 102:17
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He has regarded the prayer of the destitute And has not despised their prayer.
Psalm 102:18
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This will be written for the generation to come, That a people yet to be created may praise the LORD.
Psalm 102:19
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For He looked down from His holy height; From heaven the LORD gazed upon the earth,
Psalm 102:20
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To hear the groaning of the prisoner, To set free those who were doomed to death,
Psalm 102:21
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That {men} may tell of the name of the LORD in Zion And His praise in Jerusalem,
Psalm 102:22
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When the peoples are gathered together, And the kingdoms, to serve the LORD.
Psalm 102:23
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He has weakened my strength in the way; He has shortened my days.
Psalm 102:24
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I say, "O my God, do not take me away in the midst of my days, Your years are throughout all generations.
Psalm 102:25
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"Of old You founded the earth, And the heavens are the work of Your hands.
Psalm 102:26
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"Even they will perish, but You endure; And all of them will wear out like a garment; Like clothing You will change them and they will be changed.
Psalm 102:27
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"But You are the same, And Your years will not come to an end.
Psalm 102:28
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"The children of Your servants will continue, And their descendants will be established before You."
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