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Psalm 102
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| 102:1
Hear my prayer, O LORD, and let my cry come unto thee. |
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| 102:2
Hide not thy face from me in the day when I am in trouble; incline thine
ear unto me: in the day when I call answer me speedily. |
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| 102:3
For my days are consumed like smoke, and my bones are burned as an hearth. |
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| 102:4
My heart is smitten, and withered like grass; so that I forget to eat my
bread. |
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| 102:5
By reason of the voice of my groaning my bones cleave to my skin. |
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| 102:6
I am like a pelican of the wilderness: I am like an owl of the desert. |
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| 102:7
I watch, and am as a sparrow alone upon the house top. |
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| 102:8
Mine enemies reproach me all the day; and they that are mad against me are
sworn against me. |
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| 102:9
For I have eaten ashes like bread, and mingled my drink with weeping. |
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| 102:10
Because of thine indignation and thy wrath: for thou hast lifted me up,
and cast me down. |
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| 102:11
My days are like a shadow that declineth; and I am withered like grass. |
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| 102:12
But thou, O LORD, shall endure for ever; and thy remembrance unto all
generations. |
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| 102:13
Thou shalt arise, and have mercy upon Zion: for the time to favour her,
yea, the set time, is come. |
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| 102:14
For thy servants take pleasure in her stones, and favour the dust thereof. |
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| 102:15
So the heathen shall fear the name of the LORD, and all the kings of the
earth thy glory. |
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| 102:16
When the LORD shall build up Zion, he shall appear in his glory. |
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| 102:17
He will regard the prayer of the destitute, and not despise their prayer. |
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| 102:18
This shall be written for the generation to come: and the people which
shall be created shall praise the LORD. |
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| 102:19
For he hath looked down from the height of his sanctuary; from heaven did
the LORD behold the earth; |
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| 102:20
To hear the groaning of the prisoner; to loose those that are appointed to
death; |
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| 102:21
To declare the name of the LORD in Zion, and his praise in Jerusalem; |
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| 102:22
When the people are gathered together, and the kingdoms, to serve the
LORD. |
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| 102:23
He weakened my strength in the way; he shortened my days. |
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| 102:24
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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| 102:25
Of old hast thou laid the foundation of the earth: and the heavens are the work of thy
hands. |
"The earth ... shall perish."
Will the earth last forever?
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| 102:26
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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| 102:27
But thou art the same, and thy years shall have no end. |
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| 102:28
The children of thy servants shall continue, and their seed shall be
established before thee.
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