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Psalms 102

A Prayer of the Afflicted when he is faint and  apours out his complaint before the LORD.

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 aHear my prayer, O LORD! And let my cry for help  bcome to You.

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 aDo not hide Your face from me in the day of my distress;  bIncline Your ear to me; In the day when I call  aanswer me quickly.

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For my days  ahave been  1consumed in smoke, And my  bbones have been scorched like a hearth.

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My heart  ahas been smitten like  1grass and has  bwithered away, Indeed, I  cforget to eat my bread.

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Because of the  1loudness of my groaning My  abones  2cling to my flesh.

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I  1resemble a  apelican of the wilderness; I have become like an owl of the waste places.

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I  alie awake, I have become like a lonely bird on a housetop.

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My enemies  ahave reproached me all day long; Those who  1 bderide me  2have used my name as a  ccurse.

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For I have eaten ashes like bread And  amingled my drink with weeping

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 aBecause of Your indignation and Your wrath, For You have  blifted me up and cast me away.

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My days are like a  1 alengthened shadow, And  2I  bwither away like  3grass.

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But You, O LORD,  1 aabide forever, And Your  2 bname to all generations.

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You will  aarise and have  bcompassion on Zion; For  cit is time to be gracious to her, For the  dappointed time has come.

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Surely Your servants  1find pleasure in her stones And feel pity for her dust.

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 1So the  2 anations will fear the name of the LORD And  ball the kings of the earth Your glory.

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For the LORD has  abuilt up Zion; He has  bappeared in His glory.

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He has  aregarded the prayer of the  1destitute And has not despised their prayer.

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 1This will be  awritten for the  bgeneration to come,  2That  ca people yet to be created  3may praise  4the LORD.

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For He  alooked down from His holy height;  bFrom heaven the LORD gazed  1upon the earth,

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To hear the  agroaning of the prisoner, To  bset free  1those who were doomed to death,

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That men may  atell of the name of the LORD in Zion And His praise in Jerusalem,

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When  athe peoples are gathered together, And the kingdoms, to serve the LORD.

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He has weakened my strength in the way; He has  ashortened my days.

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I say, "O my God,  ado not take me away in the  1midst of my days, Your  byears are throughout all generations.

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"Of old You  afounded the earth, And the  bheavens are the work of Your hands.

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1Even they will  aperish, but You endure; And all of them will wear out like a garment; Like clothing You will change them and they will be changed.

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"But You are  1 athe same, And Your years will not come to an end.

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"The  achildren of Your servants will continue, And their  1 bdescendants will be established before You."



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