[A Prayer of the afflicted, when he is overwhelmed, and poureth out his complaint before Jehovah.] Hear my prayer, O Jehovah, And let my cry come unto thee.
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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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For my days consume away like smoke, And my bones are burned as a firebrand.
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My heart is smitten like grass, and withered; For I forget to eat my bread.
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By reason of the voice of my groaning My bones cleave to my flesh.
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I am like a pelican of the wilderness; I am become as an owl of the waste places.
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I watch, and am become like a sparrow That is alone upon the house-top.
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Mine enemies reproach me all the day; They that are mad against me do curse by me.
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For I have eaten ashes like bread, And mingled my drink with weeping,
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Because of thine indignation and thy wrath: For thou hast taken me up, and cast me away.
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My days are like a shadow that declineth; And I am withered like grass.
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But thou, O Jehovah, wilt abide for ever; And thy memorial [name] unto all generations.
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Thou wilt arise, and have mercy upon Zion; For it is time to have pity upon her, Yea, the set time is come.
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For thy servants take pleasure in her stones, And have pity upon her dust.
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So the nations shall fear the name of Jehovah, And all the kings of the earth thy glory.
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For Jehovah hath built up Zion; He hath appeared in his glory.
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He hath regarded the prayer of the destitute, And hath not despised their prayer.
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This shall be written for the generation to come; And a people which shall be created shall praise Jehovah.
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For he hath looked down from the height of his sanctuary; From heaven did Jehovah behold the earth;
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To hear the sighing of the prisoner; To loose those that are appointed to death;
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That men may declare the name of Jehovah in Zion, And his praise in Jerusalem;
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When the peoples are gathered together, And the kingdoms, to serve Jehovah.
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He weakened my strength in the way; He shortened my days.
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I said, O my God, take me not away in the midst of my days: Thy years are throughout all generations.
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Of old didst thou lay the foundation of the earth; And the heavens are the work of thy hands.
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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 be changed:
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But thou art the same, And thy years shall have no end.
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The children of thy servants shall continue, And their seed shall be established before thee.
1 [To the chief Musician upon Gittith, A Psalm for the sons of Korah.] How amiable are thy tabernacles, O LORD of hosts!
2 My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth for the courts of the LORD: my heart and my flesh crieth out for the living God.
3 Yea, the sparrow hath found an house, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she may lay her young, even thine altars, O LORD of hosts, my King, and my God.
4 Blessed are they that dwell in thy house: they will be still praising thee. Selah.
5 Blessed is the man whose strength is in thee; in whose heart are the ways of them.
6 Who passing through the valley of Baca make it a well; the rain also filleth the pools.
7 They go from strength to strength, every one of them in Zion appeareth before God.
8 O LORD God of hosts, hear my prayer: give ear, O God of Jacob. Selah.
9 Behold, O God our shield, and look upon the face of thine anointed.
10 For a day in thy courts is better than a thousand. I had rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of wickedness.
11 For the LORD God is a sun and shield: the LORD will give grace and glory: no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly.
12 O LORD of hosts, blessed is the man that trusteth in thee.
