Psalm 102

1 Hear my prayer, O LORD, and let my cry come to you.
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2 Hide not your face from me in the day when I am in trouble; incline your ear to me: in the day when I call answer me speedily.
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3 For my days are consumed like smoke, and my bones are burned as an hearth.
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4 My heart is smitten, and withered like grass; so that I forget to eat my bread.
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5 By reason of the voice of my groaning my bones stick to my skin.
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6 I am like a pelican of the wilderness: I am like an owl of the desert.
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7 I watch, and am as a sparrow alone on the house top.
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8 My enemies reproach me all the day; and they that are mad against me are sworn against me.
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9 For I have eaten ashes like bread, and mingled my drink with weeping.
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10 Because of your indignation and your wrath: for you have lifted me up, and cast me down.
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11 My days are like a shadow that declines; and I am withered like grass.
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12 But you, O LORD, shall endure for ever; and your remembrance to all generations.
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13 You shall arise, and have mercy on Zion: for the time to favor her, yes, the set time, is come.
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14 For your servants take pleasure in her stones, and favor the dust thereof.
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15 So the heathen shall fear the name of the LORD, and all the kings of the earth your glory.
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16 When the LORD shall build up Zion, he shall appear in his glory.
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17 He will regard the prayer of the destitute, and not despise their prayer.
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18 This shall be written for the generation to come: and the people which shall be created shall praise the LORD.
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19 For he has looked down from the height of his sanctuary; from heaven did the LORD behold the earth;
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20 To hear the groaning of the prisoner; to loose those that are appointed to death;
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21 To declare the name of the LORD in Zion, and his praise in Jerusalem;
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22 When the people are gathered together, and the kingdoms, to serve the LORD.
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23 He weakened my strength in the way; he shortened my days.
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24 I said, O my God, take me not away in the middle of my days: your years are throughout all generations.
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25 Of old have you laid the foundation of the earth: and the heavens are the work of your hands.
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26 They shall perish, but you shall endure: yes, all of them shall wax old like a garment; as a clothing shall you change them, and they shall be changed:
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27 But you are the same, and your years shall have no end.
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28 The children of your servants shall continue, and their seed shall be established before you.
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