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2.2 KiB
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63 lines
2.2 KiB
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# Chapter 102
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1 Lord, hear my prayer;
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let my cry for help come before you.
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2 Do not hide your face from me in my day of trouble.
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Listen closely to me;
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answer me quickly when I call.
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3 For my days vanish like smoke,
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and my bones burn like a furnace.
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4 My heart is suffering, withered like grass;
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I even forget to eat my food.
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5 Because of the sound of my groaning,
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my flesh sticks to my bones.
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6 I am like an eagle owl,
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like a little owl among the ruins.
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7 I stay awake;
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I am like a solitary bird on a roof.
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8 My enemies taunt me all day long;
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they ridicule and use my name as a curse.
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9 I eat ashes like bread
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and mingle my drinks with tears
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10 because of your indignation and wrath;
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for you have picked me up and thrown me aside.
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11 My days are like a lengthening shadow,
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and I wither away like grass.
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12 But you, Lord, are enthroned forever;
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your fame endures to all generations.
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13 You will rise up and have compassion on Zion,
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for it is time to show favor to her—
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the appointed time has come.
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14 For your servants take delight in its stones
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and favor its dust.
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15 Then the nations will fear the name of the Lord,
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and all the kings of the earth your glory,
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16 for the Lord will rebuild Zion;
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he will appear in his glory.
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17 He will pay attention to the prayer of the destitute
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and will not despise their prayer.
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18 This will be written for a later generation,
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and a people who have not yet been created will praise the Lord:
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19 He looked down from his holy heights—
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the Lord gazed out from heaven to earth—
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20 to hear a prisoner’s groaning,
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to set free those condemned to die,
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21 so that they might declare
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the name of the Lord in Zion
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and his praise in Jerusalem
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22 when peoples and kingdoms are assembled
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to serve the Lord.
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23 He has broken my strength in midcourse;
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he has shortened my days.
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24 I say, “My God, do not take me
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in the middle of my life!
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Your years continue through all generations.
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25 Long ago you established the earth,
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and the heavens are the work of your hands.
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26 They will perish, but you will endure;
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all of them will wear out like clothing.
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You will change them like a garment,
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and they will pass away.
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27 But you are the same,
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and your years will never end.
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28 Your servants’ children will dwell securely,
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and their offspring will be established before you.” |