Compare: Psalm 102

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A prayer of one who is afflicted, when he grows faint and pours out his lament before the LORD. Hear my prayer, O LORD; let my cry for help come before You.

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Do not hide Your face from me in my day of distress. Incline Your ear to me; answer me quickly when I call.

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For my days vanish like smoke, and my bones burn like glowing embers.

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My heart is afflicted, and withered like grass; I even forget to eat my bread.

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Through my loud groaning my flesh clings to my bones.

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I am like a desert owl, like an owl among the ruins.

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I lie awake; I am like a lone bird on a housetop.

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All day long my enemies taunt me; they ridicule me and curse me.

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For I have eaten ashes like bread and mixed my drink with tears

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because of Your indignation and wrath, for You have picked me up and cast me aside.

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My days are like lengthening shadows, and I wither away like grass.

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But You, O LORD, sit enthroned forever; Your renown endures to all generations.

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You will rise up and have compassion on Zion, for it is time to show her favor— the appointed time has come.

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For Your servants delight in her stones and take pity on her dust.

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So the nations will fear the name of the LORD, and all the kings of the earth will fear Your glory.

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For the LORD will rebuild Zion; He has appeared in His glory.

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He will turn toward the prayer of the destitute; He will not despise their prayer.

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Let this be written for the generation to come, so that a people not yet created may praise the LORD.

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For He looked down from the heights of His sanctuary; the LORD gazed out from heaven to earth

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to hear a prisoner’s groaning, to release those condemned to death,

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that they may proclaim the name of the LORD in Zion and praise Him in Jerusalem,

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when peoples and kingdoms assemble to serve the LORD.

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He has broken my strength on the way; He has cut short my days.

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I say: “O my God, do not take me in the midst of my days! Your years go on through all generations.

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In the beginning You laid the foundations of the earth, and the heavens are the work of Your hands.

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They will perish, but You remain; they will all wear out like a garment. Like clothing You will change them, and they will be passed on.

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But You remain the same, and Your years will never end.

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The children of Your servants will dwell securely, and their descendants will be established before You.”