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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!
Do not hide your face from me
when I am in distress.
Turn your ear to me;
when I call, answer me quickly.
when I am in distress.
Turn your ear to me;
when I call, answer me quickly.
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 vanish like smoke;
my bones burn like glowing embers.
my bones burn like glowing embers.
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 blighted and withered like grass;
I forget to eat my food.
I forget to eat my food.
My heart is sick, withered like grass,
and I have lost my appetite.
and I have lost my appetite.
In my distress I groan aloud
and am reduced to skin and bones.
and am reduced to skin and bones.
Because of my groaning,
I am reduced to skin and bones.
I am reduced to skin and bones.
I am like a desert owl,
like an owl among the ruins.
like an owl among the ruins.
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 lie awake; I have become
like a bird alone on a roof.
like a bird alone on a roof.
I lie awake,
lonely as a solitary bird on the roof.
lonely as a solitary bird on the roof.
All day long my enemies taunt me;
those who rail against me use my name as a curse.
those who rail against me use my name as a curse.
My enemies taunt me day after day.
They mock and curse me.
They mock and curse me.
For I eat ashes as my food
and mingle my drink with tears
and mingle my drink with tears
I eat ashes for food.
My tears run down into my drink
My tears run down into my drink
because of your great wrath,
for you have taken me up and thrown me aside.
for you have taken me up and thrown me aside.
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 the evening shadow;
I wither away like grass.
I wither away like grass.
My life passes as swiftly as the evening shadows.
I am withering away like grass.
I am withering away like grass.
But you, Lord, sit enthroned forever;
your renown endures through all generations.
your renown endures through 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.
You will arise and have compassion on Zion,
for it is time to show favor to her;
the appointed time has come.
for it is time to show favor to her;
the appointed time has come.
For her stones are dear to your servants;
her very dust moves them to pity.
her very dust moves them to pity.
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.
The nations will fear the name of the Lord,
all the kings of the earth will revere your glory.
all the kings of the earth will revere your 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.
For the Lord will rebuild Zion
and appear in his glory.
and appear in his glory.
For the LORD will rebuild Jerusalem.
He will appear in his glory.
He will appear in his glory.
He will respond to the prayer of the destitute;
he will not despise their plea.
he will not despise their plea.
He will listen to the prayers of the destitute.
He will not reject their pleas.
He will not reject their pleas.
Let this be written for a future generation,
that a people not yet created may praise the Lord:
that a people not yet created may 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.
“The Lord looked down from his sanctuary on high,
from heaven he viewed the earth,
from heaven he viewed 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 groans of the prisoners
and release those condemned to death.”
and release those condemned to death.”
to hear the groans of the prisoners,
to release those condemned to die.
to release those condemned to die.
So the name of the Lord will be declared in Zion
and his praise in Jerusalem
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 peoples and the kingdoms
assemble to worship the Lord.
assemble to worship the Lord.
when multitudes gather together
and kingdoms come to worship the LORD.
and kingdoms come to worship the LORD.
He broke my strength in midlife,
cutting short my days.
cutting short my days.
So I said:
“Do not take me away, my God, in the midst of my days;
your years go on through all generations.
“Do not take me away, my God, in the midst of my days;
your years go on through 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!
In the beginning you laid the foundations of the earth,
and the heavens are the work of your hands.
and the heavens are the work of your 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 will perish, but you remain;
they will all wear out like a garment.
Like clothing you will change them
and they will be discarded.
they will all wear out like a garment.
Like clothing you will change them
and they will be discarded.
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 you remain the same,
and your years will never end.
and your years will never end.
But you are always the same;
you will live forever.
you will live forever.