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Psalms 102

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¹Hear my prayer, O Jehovah, And let my cry come unto thee. ²Hide 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. ³For my days consume away like smoke, And my bones are burned as a firebrand. ⁴My heart is smitten like grass, and withered; For I forget to eat my bread. ⁵By reason of the voice of my groaning My bones cleave to my flesh. ⁶I am like a pelican of the wilderness; I am become as an owl of the waste places. ⁷I watch, and am become like a sparrow That is alone upon the house-top. ⁸Mine enemies reproach me all the day; They that are mad against me do curse by me. ⁹For I have eaten ashes like bread, And mingled my drink with weeping, ¹⁰Because of thine indignation and thy wrath: For thou hast taken me up, and cast me away. ¹¹My days are like a shadow that declineth; And I am withered like grass. ¹²But thou, O Jehovah, wilt abide for ever; And thy memorial name unto all generations. ¹³Thou wilt arise, and have mercy upon Zion; For it is time to have pity upon her, Yea, the set time is come. ¹⁴For thy servants take pleasure in her stones, And have pity upon her dust. ¹⁵So the nations shall fear the name of Jehovah, And all the kings of the earth thy glory. ¹⁶For Jehovah hath built up Zion; He hath appeared in his glory. ¹⁷He hath regarded the prayer of the destitute, And hath not despised their prayer. ¹⁸This shall be written for the generation to come; And a people which shall be created shall praise Jehovah. ¹⁹For he hath looked down from the height of his sanctuary; From heaven did Jehovah behold the earth; ²⁰To hear the sighing of the prisoner; To loose those that are appointed to death; ²¹That men may declare the name of Jehovah in Zion, And his praise in Jerusalem; ²²When the peoples are gathered together, And the kingdoms, to serve Jehovah. ²³He weakened my strength in the way; He shortened my days. ²⁴I said, O my God, take me not away in the midst of my days: Thy years are throughout all generations. ²⁵Of old didst thou lay the foundation of the earth; And the heavens are the work of thy hands. ²⁶They 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: ²⁷But thou art the same, And thy years shall have no end. ²⁸The children of thy servants shall continue, And their seed shall be established before thee.