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1[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 1The prayer of an oppressed man, as he grows faint and pours out his lament before the LORD. O LORD, hear my prayer! Pay attention to my cry for help! |
2[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 2Do not ignore me in my time of trouble! Listen to me! When I call out to you, quickly answer me! |
3[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 3For my days go up in smoke, and my bones are charred like a fireplace. |
4[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 4My heart is parched and withered like grass, for I am unable to eat food. |
5[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 5Because of the anxiety that makes me groan, my bones protrude from my skin. |
6[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 6I am like an owl in the wilderness; I am like a screech owl among the ruins. |
7[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 7I stay awake; I am like a solitary bird on a roof. |
8[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 8All day long my enemies taunt me; those who mock me use my name in their curses. |
9[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 9For I eat ashes as if they were bread, and mix my drink with my tears, |
10[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 10because of your anger and raging fury. Indeed, you pick me up and throw me away. |
11[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 11My days are coming to an end, and I am withered like grass. |
12[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 12But you, O LORD, rule forever, and your reputation endures. |
13[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 13You will rise up and have compassion on Zion. For it is time to have mercy on her, for the appointed time has come. |
14[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 14Indeed, your servants take delight in her stones, and feel compassion for the dust of her ruins. |
15[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 15The nations will respect the reputation of the LORD, and all the kings of the earth will respect his splendor, |
16[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 16when the LORD rebuilds Zion, and reveals his splendor, |
17[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 17when he responds to the prayer of the destitute, and does not reject their request. |
18[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 18The account of his intervention will be recorded for future generations; people yet to be born will praise the LORD. |
19[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 19For he will look down from his sanctuary above; from heaven the LORD will look toward earth, |
20[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 20in order to hear the painful cries of the prisoners, and to set free those condemned to die, |
21[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 21so they may proclaim the name of the LORD in Zion, and praise him in Jerusalem, |
22[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 22when the nations gather together, and the kingdoms pay tribute to the LORD. |
23[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 23He has taken away my strength in the middle of life; he has cut short my days. |
24[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 24I say, "O my God, please do not take me away in the middle of my life! You endure through all generations. |
25[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 25In earlier times you established the earth; the skies are your handiwork. |
26[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 26They will perish, but you will endure. They will wear out like a garment; like clothes you will remove them and they will disappear. |
27[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 27But you remain; your years do not come to an end. |
28[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 28The children of your servants will settle down here, and their descendants will live securely in your presence." |
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