A Cry in Distress |
| A Prayer of the afflicted, when he is overwhelmed, and poureth out his complaint before the LORD. |
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Hear my prayer, O LORD,
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and let my cry come unto thee. |
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Hide not thy face from me
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in the day when I am in trouble; |
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incline thine ear unto me: |
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in the day when I call answer me speedily. |
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For my days are consumed like smoke,
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and my bones are burned as a hearth. |
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My heart is smitten, and withered like grass;
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so that I forget to eat my bread. |
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By reason of the voice of my groaning
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my bones cleave to my skin. |
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I am like a pelican of the wilderness:
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I am like an owl of the desert. |
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I watch, and am as a sparrow alone upon the housetop.
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Mine enemies reproach me all the day;
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and they that are mad against me are sworn against me. |
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For I have eaten ashes like bread,
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and mingled my drink with weeping, |
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because of thine indignation and thy wrath:
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for thou hast lifted me up, and cast me down. |
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My days are like a shadow that declineth;
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and I am withered like grass. |
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But thou, O LORD, shalt endure for ever;
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and thy remembrance unto all generations. |
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Thou shalt arise, and have mercy upon Zion:
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for the time to favor her, yea, the set time, is come. |
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For thy servants take pleasure in her stones,
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and favor the dust thereof. |
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So the heathen shall fear the name of the LORD,
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and all the kings of the earth thy glory. |
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When the LORD shall build up Zion,
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he shall appear in his glory. |
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He will regard the prayer of the destitute,
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and not despise their prayer. |
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This shall be written for the generation to come:
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and the people which shall be created shall praise the LORD. |
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For he hath looked down from the height of his sanctuary;
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from heaven did the LORD behold the earth; |
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to hear the groaning of the prisoner;
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to loose those that are appointed to death; |
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to declare the name of the LORD in Zion,
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and his praise in Jerusalem; |
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when the people are gathered together,
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and the kingdoms, to serve the LORD. |
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He weakened my strength in the way;
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I said, O my God, take me not away in the midst of my days:
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thy years are throughout all generations. |
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Of old hast thou laid the foundation of the earth:
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and the heavens are the work of thy hands. |
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They shall perish, but thou shalt endure:
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yea, all of them shall wax old like a garment; |
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as a vesture shalt thou change them, |
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and they shall be changed: |
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but thou art the same,
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The children of thy servants shall continue,
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and their seed shall be established before thee. |
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