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| 1. | {A Prayer of the afflicted, when he is overwhelmed, and poureth out his complaint before Jehovah.} |
| 2. | Jehovah, hear my prayer, and let my cry come unto thee. |
| 3. | Hide not thy face from me: in the day of my trouble, incline thine ear unto me; in the day I call, answer me speedily. |
| 4. | For my days are consumed like smoke, and my bones are burned as a firebrand. |
| 5. | My heart is smitten and withered like grass; yea, I have forgotten to eat my bread. |
| 6. | By reason of the voice of my groaning, my bones cleave to my flesh. |
| 7. | I am become like the pelican of the wilderness, I am as an owl in desolate places; |
| 8. | I watch, and am like a sparrow alone upon the housetop. |
| 9. | Mine enemies reproach me all the day; they that are mad against me swear by me. |
| 10. | For I have eaten ashes like bread, and mingled my drink with weeping, |
| 11. | Because of thine indignation and thy wrath; for thou hast lifted me up, and cast me down. |
| 12. | My days are like a lengthened-out shadow, and I, I am withered like grass. |
| 13. | But thou, Jehovah, abidest for ever, and thy memorial from generation to generation. |
| 14. | Thou wilt rise up, thou wilt have mercy upon Zion: for it is the time to be gracious to her, for the set time is come. |
| 15. | For thy servants take pleasure in her stones, and favour her dust. |
| 16. | And the nations shall fear the name of Jehovah, and all the kings of the earth thy glory. |
| 17. | When Jehovah shall build up Zion, he will appear in his glory. |
| 18. | He will regard the prayer of the destitute one, and not despise their prayer. |
| 19. | This shall be written for the generation to come; and a people that shall be created shall praise Jah: |
| 20. | For he hath looked down from the height of his sanctuary; from the heavens hath Jehovah beheld the earth, |
| 21. | To hear the groaning of the prisoner, to loose those that are appointed to die; |
| 22. | That the name of Jehovah may be declared in Zion, and his praise in Jerusalem, |
| 23. | When the peoples shall be gathered together, and the kingdoms, to serve Jehovah. |
| 24. | He weakened my strength in the way, he shortened my days. |
| 25. | I said, My łGod, take me not away in the midst of my days! ... Thy years are from generation to generation. |
| 26. | Of old hast thou founded the earth, and the heavens are the work of thy hands: |
| 27. | They shall perish, but thou continuest; and all of them shall grow old as a garment: as a vesture shalt thou change them, and they shall be changed. |
| 28. | But thou art the Same, and thy years shall have no end. |
| 29. | The children of thy servants shall abide, and their seed shall be established before thee. |