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102:1  A Prayer of the afflicted, when he is overwhelmed, and poureth out his complaint before the LORD. Hear my prayer, O LORD, and let my cry come unto thee.
102:2  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.
102:3  For my days consume away like smoke, and my bones are burned as a firebrand.
102:4  My heart is smitten like grass, and withered; for I forget to eat my bread.
102:5  By reason of the voice of my groaning my bones cleave to my flesh.
102:6  I am like a pelican of the wilderness; I am become as an owl of the waste places.
102:7  I watch, and am become like a sparrow that is alone upon the housetop.
102:8  Mine enemies reproach me all the day; they that are mad against me do curse by me.
102:9  For I have eaten ashes like bread, and mingled my drink with weeping.
102:10  Because of thine indignation and thy wrath: for thou hast taken me up, and cast me away.
102:11  My days are like a shadow that declineth; and I am withered like grass.
102:12  But thou, O LORD, shalt abide for ever; and thy memorial unto all generations.
102:13  Thou shalt arise, and have mercy upon Zion: for it is time to have pity upon her, yea, the set time is come.
102:14  For thy servants take pleasure in her stones, and have pity upon her dust.
102:15  So the nations shall fear the name of the LORD, and all the kings of the earth thy glory:
102:16  For the LORD hath built up Zion, he hath appeared in his glory;
102:17  He hath regarded the prayer of the destitute, and hath not despised their prayer.
102:18  This shall be written for the generation to come: and a people which shall be created shall praise the LORD.
102:19  For he hath looked down from the height of his sanctuary; from heaven did the LORD behold the earth;
102:20  To hear the sighing of the prisoner; to loose those that are appointed to death;
102:21  That men may declare the name of the LORD in Zion, and his praise in Jerusalem;
102:22  When the peoples are gathered together, and the kingdoms, to serve the LORD.
102:23  He weakened my strength in the way; he shortened my days.
102:24  I said, O my God, take me not away in the midst of my days: thy years are throughout all generations.
102:25  Of old hast thou laid the foundation of the earth; and the heavens are the work of thy hands.
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:
102:27  But thou art the same, and thy years shall have no end.
102:28  The children of thy servants shall continue, and their seed shall be established before thee.