Psalm 102- 1
- Psalm 102 A prayer of an afflicted man. When he is faint and pours out his lament before the LORD.
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- Hear my prayer, O LORD; let my cry for help come to you.
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- Do not hide your face from me when I am in distress. Turn your ear to me; when I call, answer me quickly.
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- For my days vanish like smoke; my bones burn like glowing embers.
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- My heart is blighted and withered like grass; I forget to eat my food.
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- Because of my loud groaning I am reduced to skin and bones.
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- I am like a desert owl, like an owl among the ruins.
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- I lie awake; I have become like a bird alone on a roof.
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- All day long my enemies taunt me; those who rail against me use my name as a curse.
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- For I eat ashes as my food and mingle my drink with tears
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- because of your great wrath, for you have taken me up and thrown me aside.
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- My days are like the evening shadow; I wither away like grass.
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- But you, O LORD, sit enthroned forever; your renown endures through all generations.
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- You will arise and have compassion on Zion, for it is time to show favor to her; the appointed time has come.
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- For her stones are dear to your servants; her very dust moves them to pity.
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- The nations will fear the name of the LORD, all the kings of the earth will revere your glory.
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- For the LORD will rebuild Zion and appear in his glory.
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- He will respond to the prayer of the destitute; he will not despise their plea.
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- Let this be written for a future generation, that a people not yet created may praise the LORD:
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- "The LORD looked down from his sanctuary on high, from heaven he viewed the earth,
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- to hear the groans of the prisoners and release those condemned to death."
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- So the name of the LORD will be declared in Zion and his praise in Jerusalem
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- when the peoples and the kingdoms assemble to worship the LORD.
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- In the course of my life [1] he broke my strength; he cut short my days.
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- So I said: "Do not take me away, O my God, in the midst of my days; your years go on through all generations.
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- In the beginning you laid the foundations of the earth, and the heavens are the work of your hands.
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- They will perish, but you remain; they will all wear out like a garment. Like clothing you will change them and they will be discarded.
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- But you remain the same, and your years will never end.
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- The children of your servants will live in your presence; their descendants will be established before you."
- [23] Or By his power