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\c 102
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\d A prayer of the afflicted when he is overwhelmed and pours out his lament before Yahweh.
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\q
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\v 1 Hear my prayer, Yahweh;
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\q hear my cry to you.
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\q
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\v 2 Do not hide your face from me in my time of trouble.
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\q Listen to me.
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\q When I call out to you, answer me quickly.
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\q
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\v 3 For my days pass away like smoke,
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\q and my bones burn like fire.
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\q
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\v 4 My heart is crushed, and I am like grass that has withered.
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\q I forget to eat any food.
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\q
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\v 5 With my continual groaning,
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\q I have become very thin.
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\q
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\v 6 I am like a pelican of the wilderness;
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\q I have become like an owl in the ruins.
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\q
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\v 7 I lie awake like a solitary bird,
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\q alone on the housetop.
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\q
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\v 8 My enemies taunt me all day long;
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\q those who mock me use my name in curses.
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\q
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\v 9 I eat ashes like bread
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\q and mix my drink with tears.
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\q
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\v 10 Because of your raging anger,
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\q you have lifted me up to throw me down.
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\q
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\v 11 My days are like a shadow that fades,
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\q and I have withered like grass.
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\q
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\v 12 But you, Yahweh, live forever,
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\q and your fame is for all generations.
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\q
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\v 13 You will rise up and have mercy on Zion.
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\q Now is the time to have mercy upon her;
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\q the appointed time has come.
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\q
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\v 14 For your servants hold her stones dear
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\q and feel compassion for the dust of her ruins.
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\q
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\v 15 The nations will respect your name, Yahweh,
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\q and all the kings of the earth will honor your glory.
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\q
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\v 16 Yahweh will rebuild Zion
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\q and will appear in his glory.
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\q
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\v 17 At that time, he will respond to the prayer of the destitute;
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\q he will not reject their prayer.
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\q
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\v 18 This will be written for future generations,
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\q and a people not yet born will praise Yahweh.
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\q
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\v 19 For he has looked down from the holy heights;
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\q from heaven Yahweh has viewed the earth,
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\q
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\v 20 to hear the groaning of the prisoners,
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\q to release those who were condemned to death.
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\q
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\v 21 Then men will proclaim the name of Yahweh in Zion
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\q and his praise in Jerusalem
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\q
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\v 22 when the peoples and kingdoms gather together
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\q to serve Yahweh.
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\q
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\v 23 He has taken away my strength in the middle of life.
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\q He has shortened my days.
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\q
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\v 24 I said, "My God, do not take me away in the middle of life;
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\q you are here throughout all generations.
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\q
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\v 25 In ancient times you set the earth in place;
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\q the heavens are the work of your hands.
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\q
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\v 26 They will perish, but you will remain;
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\q they will all grow old like a garment;
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\q like clothing, you will remove them, and they will disappear.
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\q
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\v 27 But you are the same,
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\q and your years will have no end.
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\v 28 The children of your servants will live on,
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\q and their descendants will live in your presence."
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