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| [1]A Prayer of the afflicted, when he fainteth, and poureth out his complaint before 𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇. |
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| [2]O 𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇, hear my prayer, and let my cry come unto Thee. |
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| [3]Hide 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. |
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| [4]For my days consumed like smoke, and my bones are burned as a hearth. |
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| [5]My heart is smitten like grass, and withered; for I forget to eat my bread. |
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| [6]By reason of the voice of my sighing my bones cleave to my flesh. |
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| [7]I am like a pelican of the wilderness; I am become as an owl of the waste places. |
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| [8]I watch, and am become like a sparrow that is alone upon the housetop. |
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| [9]Mine enemies taunt me all the day; they that are mad against me do curse by me. |
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| [10]For I have eaten ashes like bread, and mingled my drink with weeping, |
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| [11]Because of Thine indignation and Thy wrath; for Thou hast taken me up, and cast me away. |
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| [12]My days are like a lengthening shadow; and I am withered like grass. |
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| [13]But Thou, O 𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇, sittest enthroned for ever; and Thy name is unto all generations. |
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| [14]Thou wilt arise, and have compassion upon Zion; for it is time to be gracious unto her, for the appointed time is come. |
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| [15]For Thy servants take pleasure in her stones, and love her dust. |
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| [16]So the nations will fear the name of 𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇, and all the kings of the earth Thy glory; |
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| [17]When 𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇 hath built up Zion, when He hath appeared in His glory; |
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| [18]When He hath regarded the prayer of the destitute, and hath not despised their prayer. |
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| [19]This shall be written for the generation to come; and a people which shall be created shall praise 𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇. |
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| [20]For He hath looked down from the height of His sanctuary; from heaven did 𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇 behold the earth; |
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| [21]To hear the groaning of the prisoner; to loose those that a appointed to death; |
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| [22]That men may tell of the name of 𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇 in Zion, and His praise in Jerusalem; |
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| [23]When the peoples are gathered together, and the kingdoms, to serve 𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇. |
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| [24]H weakened my strength in the way; He shortened my days. |
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| [25]I say: 'O my God, take me not away in the midst of my days, Thou whose years endure throughout all generations. |
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| [26]Of old Thou didst lay the foundation of the earth; and the heavens are the work of Thy hands. |
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| [27]They 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 pass away; |
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| [28]But Thou art the selfsame, and Thy years shall have no end. |
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| [29]The children of Thy servants shall dwell securely, and their seed shall be established before Thee.' |
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