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A Prayer of the afflicted, when he is overwhelmed, and poureth out his complaint before the Lord. Hear my prayer, O Lord, and let my cry come unto thee (102:1)

Hide not thy face from me in the day when I am in trouble; incline thine ear unto me: in the day when I call answer me speedily (102:2)

For my days are consumed like smoke, and my bones are burned as an hearth (102:3)

My heart is smitten, and withered like grass; so that I forget to eat my bread (102:4)

By reason of the voice of my groaning my bones cleave to my skin (102:5)

I am like a pelican of the wilderness: I am like an owl of the desert (102:6)

I watch, and am as a sparrow alone upon the house top (102:7)

Mine enemies reproach me all the day; and they that are mad against me are sworn against me (102:8)

For I have eaten ashes like bread, and mingled my drink with weeping (102:9)

Because of thine indignation and thy wrath: for thou hast lifted me up, and cast me down (102:10)

My days are like a shadow that declineth; and I am withered like grass (102:11)

But thou, O Lord, shalt endure for ever; and thy remembrance unto all generations (102:12)

Thou shalt arise, and have mercy upon Zion: for the time to favour her, yea, the set time, is come (102:13)

For thy servants take pleasure in her stones, and favour the dust thereof (102:14)

So the heathen shall fear the name of the Lord, and all the kings of the earth thy glory (102:15)

When the Lord shall build up Zion, he shall appear in his glory (102:16)

He will regard the prayer of the destitute, and not despise their prayer (102:17)

This shall be written for the generation to come: and the people which shall be created shall praise the Lord (102:18)

For he hath looked down from the height of his sanctuary; from heaven did the Lord behold the earth (102:19)

To hear the groaning of the prisoner; to loose those that are appointed to death (102:20)

To declare the name of the Lord in Zion, and his praise in Jerusalem (102:21)

When the people are gathered together, and the kingdoms, to serve the Lord (102:22)

He weakened my strength in the way; he shortened my days (102:23)

I said, O my God, take me not away in the midst of my days: thy years are throughout all generations (102:24)

Of old hast thou laid the foundation of the earth: and the heavens are the work of thy hands (102:25)

They shall perish, but thou shalt endure: yea, all of them shall wax old like a garment; as a vesture shalt thou change them, and they shall be changed (102:26)

But thou art the same, and thy years shall have no end (102:27)

The children of thy servants shall continue, and their seed shall be established before thee (102:28)

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