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# Chapter 102
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1 Lord, hear my prayer!
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Listen to my plea!
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2 Don’t turn away from me
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in my time of distress.
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Bend down to listen,
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and answer me quickly when I call to you.
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3 For my days disappear like smoke,
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and my bones burn like red-hot coals.
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4 My heart is sick, withered like grass,
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and I have lost my appetite.
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5 Because of my groaning,
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I am reduced to skin and bones.
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6 I am like an owl in the desert,
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like a little owl in a far-off wilderness.
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7 I lie awake,
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lonely as a solitary bird on the roof.
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8 My enemies taunt me day after day.
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They mock and curse me.
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9 I eat ashes for food.
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My tears run down into my drink
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10 because of your anger and wrath.
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For you have picked me up and thrown me out.
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11 My life passes as swiftly as the evening shadows.
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I am withering away like grass.
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12 But you, O Lord, will sit on your throne forever.
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Your fame will endure to every generation.
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13 You will arise and have mercy on Jerusalem—
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and now is the time to pity her,
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now is the time you promised to help.
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14 For your people love every stone in her walls
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and cherish even the dust in her streets.
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15 Then the nations will tremble before the Lord.
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The kings of the earth will tremble before his glory.
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16 For the Lord will rebuild Jerusalem.
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He will appear in his glory.
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17 He will listen to the prayers of the destitute.
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He will not reject their pleas.
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18 Let this be recorded for future generations,
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so that a people not yet born will praise the Lord.
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19 Tell them the Lord looked down
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from his heavenly sanctuary.
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He looked down to earth from heaven
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20 to hear the groans of the prisoners,
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to release those condemned to die.
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21 And so the Lord’s fame will be celebrated in Zion,
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his praises in Jerusalem,
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22 when multitudes gather together
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and kingdoms come to worship the Lord.
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23 He broke my strength in midlife,
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cutting short my days.
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24 But I cried to him, “O my God, who lives forever,
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don’t take my life while I am so young!
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25 Long ago you laid the foundation of the earth
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and made the heavens with your hands.
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26 They will perish, but you remain forever;
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they will wear out like old clothing.
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You will change them like a garment
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and discard them.
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27 But you are always the same;
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you will live forever.
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28 The children of your people
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will live in security.
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Their children’s children
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will thrive in your presence.” |