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Do Not Hide Your Face From Me
{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.
{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.
A prayer of one overwhelmed with trouble, pouring out problems before the LORD.
LORD, hear my prayer!
Listen to my plea!
LORD, hear my prayer!
Listen to my plea!
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.
Don’t turn away from me
in my time of distress.
Bend down to listen,
and answer me quickly when I call to you.
in my time of distress.
Bend down to listen,
and answer me quickly when I call to you.
For my days are consumed like smoke, and my bones are burned as an hearth.
For my days disappear like smoke,
and my bones burn like red-hot coals.
and my bones burn like red-hot coals.
My heart is smitten, and withered like grass; so that I forget to eat my bread.
My heart is sick, withered like grass,
and I have lost my appetite.
and I have lost my appetite.
By reason of the voice of my groaning my bones cleave to my skin.
Because of my groaning,
I am reduced to skin and bones.
I am reduced to skin and bones.
I am like a pelican of the wilderness: I am like an owl of the desert.
I am like an owl in the desert,
like a little owl in a far-off wilderness.
like a little owl in a far-off wilderness.
I watch, and am as a sparrow alone upon the house top.
I lie awake,
lonely as a solitary bird on the roof.
lonely as a solitary bird on the roof.
Mine enemies reproach me all the day; and they that are mad against me are sworn against me.
My enemies taunt me day after day.
They mock and curse me.
They mock and curse me.
For I have eaten ashes like bread, and mingled my drink with weeping,
I eat ashes for food.
My tears run down into my drink
My tears run down into my drink
Because of thine indignation and thy wrath: for thou hast lifted me up, and cast me down.
because of your anger and wrath.
For you have picked me up and thrown me out.
For you have picked me up and thrown me out.
My days are like a shadow that declineth; and I am withered like grass.
My life passes as swiftly as the evening shadows.
I am withering away like grass.
I am withering away like grass.
But thou, O LORD, shalt endure for ever; and thy remembrance unto all generations.
But you, O LORD, will sit on your throne forever.
Your fame will endure to every generation.
Your fame will endure to every generation.
Thou shalt arise, and have mercy upon Zion: for the time to favour her, yea, the set time, is come.
For thy servants take pleasure in her stones, and favour the dust thereof.
For your people love every stone in her walls
and cherish even the dust in her streets.
and cherish even the dust in her streets.
So the heathen shall fear the name of the LORD, and all the kings of the earth thy glory.
Then the nations will tremble before the LORD.
The kings of the earth will tremble before his glory.
The kings of the earth will tremble before his glory.
When the LORD shall build up Zion, he shall appear in his glory.
For the LORD will rebuild Jerusalem.
He will appear in his glory.
He will appear in his glory.
He will regard the prayer of the destitute, and not despise their prayer.
He will listen to the prayers of the destitute.
He will not reject their pleas.
He will not reject their pleas.
This shall be written for the generation to come: and the people which shall be created shall praise the LORD.
Let this be recorded for future generations,
so that a people not yet born will praise the LORD.
so that a people not yet born will praise the LORD.
For he hath looked down from the height of his sanctuary; from heaven did the LORD behold the earth;
Tell them the LORD looked down
from his heavenly sanctuary.
He looked down to earth from heaven
from his heavenly sanctuary.
He looked down to earth from heaven
To hear the groaning of the prisoner; to loose those that are appointed to death;
to hear the groans of the prisoners,
to release those condemned to die.
to release those condemned to die.
To declare the name of the LORD in Zion, and his praise in Jerusalem;
And so the LORD’s fame will be celebrated in Zion,
his praises in Jerusalem,
his praises in Jerusalem,
When the people are gathered together, and the kingdoms, to serve the LORD.
when multitudes gather together
and kingdoms come to worship the LORD.
and kingdoms come to worship the LORD.
He weakened my strength in the way; he shortened my days.
He broke my strength in midlife,
cutting short my days.
cutting short my days.
I said, O my God, take me not away in the midst of my days: thy years are throughout all generations.
But I cried to him, “O my God, who lives forever,
don’t take my life while I am so young!
don’t take my life while I am so young!
Of old hast thou laid the foundation of the earth: and the heavens are the work of thy hands.
Long ago you laid the foundation of the earth
and made the heavens with your hands.
and made the heavens with your hands.
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:
They will perish, but you remain forever;
they will wear out like old clothing.
You will change them like a garment
and discard them.
they will wear out like old clothing.
You will change them like a garment
and discard them.
But thou art the same, and thy years shall have no end.
But you are always the same;
you will live forever.
you will live forever.