Psalms:101
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The prayer of the poor man ,
when he was anxious ,
and poured out his supplication before the Lord .
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Hear ,
O Lord ,
my prayer :
and let my cry come to thee .
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Turn not away thy face from me :
in the day when I am in trouble ,
incline thy ear to me .
In what day soever I shall call upon thee ,
hear me speedily .
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For my days are vanished like smoke :
and my bones are grown dry like fuel for the fire .
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I am smitten as grass ,
and my heart is withered :
because I forgot to eat my bread .
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Through the voice of my groaning ,
my bone hath cleaved to my flesh .
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I am become like to a pelican of the wilderness :
I am like a night raven in the house .
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I have watched ,
and am become as a sparrow all alone on the housetop .
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All the day long my enemies reproached me :
and they that praised me did swear against me .
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For I did eat ashes like bread ,
and mingled my drink with weeping .
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Because of thy anger and indignation :
for having lifted me up thou hast thrown me down .
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My days have declined like a shadow ,
and I am withered like grass .
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But thou ,
O Lord ,
endurest for ever :
and thy memorial to all generations .
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Thou shalt arise and have mercy on Sion :
for it is time to have mercy on it ,
for the time is come .
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For the stones thereof have pleased thy servants :
and they shall have pity on the earth thereof .
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And the Gentiles shall fear thy name ,
O Lord ,
and all the kings of the earth thy glory .
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For the Lord hath built up Sion :
and he shall be seen in his glory .
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He hath had regard to the prayer of the humble :
and he hath not despised their petition .
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Let these things be written unto another generation :
and the people that shall be created shall praise the Lord :
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Because he hath looked forth from his high sanctuary :
from heaven the Lord hath looked upon the earth .
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That he might hear the groans of them that are in fetters :
that he might release the children of the slain :
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That they may declare the name of the Lord in Sion :
and his praise in Jerusalem ;
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When the people assemble together ,
and kings ,
to serve the Lord .
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He answered him in the way of his strength :
Declare unto me the fewness of my days .
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Call me not away in the midst of my days :
thy years are unto generation and generation .
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In the beginning ,
O Lord ,
thou foundedst the earth :
end the heavens are the works of thy hands .
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They shall perish but thou remainest :
and all of them shall grow old like a garment :
And as a vesture thou shalt change them ,
and they shall be changed .
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But thou art always the selfsame ,
and thy years shall not fail .
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The children of thy servants shall continue :
and their seed shall be directed for ever .