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102.1 A Prayer of the afflicted, when he fainteth, and poureth out his complaint before the.


 * O, hear my prayer,
 * And let my cry come unto Thee.
 * Hide not Thy face from me in the day of my distress;
 * Incline Thine ear unto me;
 * In the day when I call answer me speedily.


 * For my days are consumed like smoke,
 * And my bones are burned as a hearth.
 * My heart is smitten like grass, and withered;
 * For I forget to eat my bread.
 * By reason of the voice of my sighing
 * My bones cleave to my flesh.
 * I am like a pelican of the wilderness;
 * I am become as an owl of the waste places.
 * I watch, and am become
 * Like a sparrow that is alone upon the housetop.
 * Mine enemies taunt me all the day;
 * They that are mad against me do curse by me.
 * For I have eaten ashes like bread,
 * And mingled my drink with weeping,
 * Because of Thine indignation and Thy wrath;
 * For Thou hast taken me up, and cast me away.
 * My days are like a lengthening shadow;
 * And I am withered like grass.


 * But Thou, O, sittest enthroned for ever;
 * And Thy name is unto all generations.
 * Thou wilt arise, and have compassion upon Zion;
 * For it is time to be gracious unto her, for the appointed time is come.
 * For Thy servants take pleasure in her stones,
 * And love her dust.
 * So the nations will fear the name of the ,
 * And all the kings of the earth Thy glory;
 * When the hath built up Zion,
 * When He hath appeared in His glory;
 * When He hath regarded the prayer of the destitute,
 * And hath not despised their prayer.


 * This shall be written for the generation to come;
 * And a people which shall be created shall praise the.
 * For He hath looked down from the height of His sanctuary;
 * From heaven did the behold the earth;
 * To hear the groaning of the prisoner;
 * To loose those that are appointed to death;
 * That men may tell of the name of the in Zion,
 * And His praise in Jerusalem;
 * When the peoples are gathered together,
 * And the kingdoms, to serve the.


 * He weakened my strength in the way;
 * He shortened my days.
 * I say: 'O my God, take me not away in the midst of my days,
 * Thou whose years endure throughout all generations.
 * Of old Thou didst lay the foundation of the earth;