Psalms:102

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* Hear my prayer , O LORD , And let my cry come to You . * Do not hide Your face from me in the day of my trouble ; Incline Your ear to me ; In the day that I call , answer me speedily . * For my days are consumed like smoke , And my bones are burned like a hearth . * My heart is stricken and withered like grass , So that I forget to eat my bread . * Because of the sound of my groaning My bones cling to my skin . * I am like a pelican of the wilderness ; I am like an owl of the desert . * I lie awake , And am like a sparrow alone on the housetop . * My enemies reproach me all day long ; Those who deride me swear an oath against me . * For I have eaten ashes like bread , And mingled my drink with weeping , * Because of Your indignation and Your wrath ; For You have lifted me up and cast me away . * My days are like a shadow that lengthens , And I wither away like grass . * But You , O LORD , shall endure forever , And the remembrance of Your name to all generations . * You will arise and have mercy on Zion ; For the time to favor her , Yes , the set time , has come . * For Your servants take pleasure in her stones , And show favor to her dust . * So the nations shall fear the name of the LORD , And all the kings of the earth Your glory . * For the LORD shall build up Zion ; He shall appear in His glory . * He shall regard the prayer of the destitute , And shall not despise their prayer . * This will be written for the generation to come , That a people yet to be created may praise the LORD . * For He looked down from the height of His sanctuary ; From heaven the LORD viewed the earth , * To hear the groaning of the prisoner , To release those appointed to death , * To declare the name of the LORD in Zion , And His praise in Jerusalem , * When the peoples are gathered together , And the kingdoms , to serve the LORD . * He weakened my strength in the way ; He shortened my days . * I said , "O my God , Do not take me away in the midst of my days ; Your years are throughout all generations . * Of old You laid the foundation of the earth , And the heavens are the work of Your hands . * They will perish , but You will endure ; Yes , they will all grow old like a garment ; Like a cloak You will change them , And they will be changed . * But You are the same , And Your years will have no end . * The children of Your servants will continue , And their descendants will be established before You ".

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