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| 102:1 | [A prayer of the afflicted when he is ouerwhelmed, and powreth out his complaint before the Lord.] Heare my prayer, O Lord: and let my crie come vnto thee. |
| 102:2 | Hide not thy face from me in the day when I am in trouble, incline thine eare vnto me: in the day when I call, answere mee speedily. |
| 102:3 | For my dayes are consumed like smoke: and my bones are burnt as an hearth. |
| 102:4 | My heart is smitten, and withered like grasse: so that I forget to eate my bread. |
| 102:5 | By reason of the voice of my groning, my bones cleaue to my skinne. |
| 102:6 | I am like a Pelican of the wildernes: I am like an owle of the desert. |
| 102:7 | I watch, and am as a sparowe alone vpon the house top. |
| 102:8 | Mine enemies reproch me all the day: and they that are mad against me, are sworne against me. |
| 102:9 | For I haue eaten ashes like bread: and mingled my drinke with weeping. |
| 102:10 | Because of thine indignation and thy wrath: for thou hast lifted me vp, and cast me downe. |
| 102:11 | My dayes are like a shadow, that declineth: & I am withered like grasse. |
| 102:12 | But thou, O Lord, shalt endure for euer: and thy remembrance vnto all generations. |
| 102:13 | Thou shalt arise, and haue mercie vpon Zion: for the time to fauour her, yea the set time is come. |
| 102:14 | For thy seruants take pleasure in her stones: and fauour the dust therof. |
| 102:15 | So the heathen shall feare the Name of the Lord: and all the kings of the earth thy glory. |
| 102:16 | When the Lord shall build vp Zion: he shall appeare in his glory. |
| 102:17 | He will regard the prayer of the destitute, and not despise their prayer. |
| 102:18 | This shall be written for the generation to come: and the people which shall be created, shall praise the Lord. |
| 102:19 | For hee hath looked downe from the height of his Sanctuarie: from heauen did the Lord beholde the earth: |
| 102:20 | To heare the groning of the prisoner: to loose those that are appointed to death: |
| 102:21 | To declare the Name of the Lord in Zion: and his praise in Ierusalem: |
| 102:22 | When the people are gathered together: and the kingdomes to serue the Lord. |
| 102:23 | He weakened my strength in the way: he shortened my dayes. |
| 102:24 | I said, O my God, take me not away in the midst of my dayes: thy yeres are throughout all generations. |
| 102:25 | Of old hast thou laid the foundation of the earth: and the heauens are the worke of thy hands. |
| 102:26 | They shall perish, but thou shalt indure, yea all of them shall waxe old like a garment: as a vesture shalt thou change them, and they shalbe changed. |
| 102:27 | But thou art the same: and thy yeeres shall haue no end. |
| 102:28 | The children of thy seruants shal continue: and their seed shall be established before thee. |
| 102:1 | Heare my prayer O God: and let my crying come in vnto thee |
| 102:2 | Hyde not thy face from me in the day of my distresse: encline thine eare vnto me, heare me spedyly in the day that I call |
| 102:3 | For my dayes are consumed away like smoke: and my bones are burnt vp as though they were a firebrande |
| 102:4 | My heart is smitten downe and wythered lyke grasse: because I did forget to eate my bread |
| 102:5 | Through the noyse of my gronyng: my bones wyll scase cleaue to my fleshe |
| 102:6 | (102:6a) I am become lyke a Pellicane of the wildernesse, and like an Owle that is in the desert |
| 102:7 | (102:6b) I watch, and am as it were a sparrowe that sitteth alone vpon the house toppe |
| 102:8 | (102:7) Myne enemies reuile me all the day long: and they that are in a rage against me, make their oth by me |
| 102:9 | (102:8a) For I haue eaten asshes as it were bread, and mingled my drynke with weepyng |
| 102:10 | (102:8b) because of thine indignation and wrath: for thou hast set me vp, and cast me downe |
| 102:11 | (102:9) My dayes fade away lyke a shadowe: and I am wythered lyke grasse |
| 102:12 | (102:10) But thou O God endurest for euer: and thy remembraunce throughout all generations |
| 102:13 | (102:11) Thou wylt aryse vp, thou wylt haue compassion vpon Sion: for it is tyme that thou haue mercie vpon her, for the tyme appoynted is come |
| 102:14 | (102:12) For thy seruauntes be well affected towarde her stones: and it pitieth them to see her in the dust |
| 102:15 | (102:13) And the heathen wyll feare thy name O God: and all the kynges of the earth thy glorious maiestie |
| 102:16 | (102:14) For God wyll buylde vp Sion: to be seene in his glorious maiestie |
| 102:17 | (102:15) He wyll regarde the prayer of the humble destitute of all helpe: and he wyll not dispise their prayer |
| 102:18 | (102:16) This shalbe written for those that come after: and the people which shalbe borne, shall prayse the Lorde |
| 102:19 | (102:17) For he hath loked downe from his high sanctuarie: out of heauen did God beholde the earth |
| 102:20 | (102:18) That he might heare the mourninges of such as be in captiuitie: and delyuer the children of death |
| 102:21 | (102:19) That they may declare the name of God in Sion: and his prayse at Hierusalem |
| 102:22 | (102:20a) When people were gathered together, & kyngdomes to serue God |
| 102:23 | (102:20b) he afflicted my strength in the way, he shortened my dayes |
| 102:24 | (102:21) But I say, O my God take me not away in the middest of myne age: as for thy yeres, they endure throughout all generations |
| 102:25 | (102:22) Thou hast before tyme layde the foundation of the earth: and the heauens are the worke of thy handes |
| 102:26 | (102:23) They shall perishe, but thou wylt remayne styll: they all shall waxe olde as doth a garment, and as a vesture thou wylt chaunge them, and they shalbe chaunged |
| 102:27 | (102:24a) But thou art, and thy yeres can not fayle |
| 102:28 | (102:24b) the children of thy seruauntes shal dwell, and their seede shalbe maynteyned in thy syght |
| 102:1 | A prayer of the afflicted, when he shall be in distresse, and pour forth his meditation before the Lord. O Lord, heare my prayer, and let my crye come vnto thee. |
| 102:2 | Hide not thy face from me in the time of my trouble: incline thine eares vnto me: when I call, make haste to heare me. |
| 102:3 | For my dayes are consumed like smoke, and my bones are burnt like an herthe. |
| 102:4 | Mine heart is smitten and withereth like grasse, because I forgate to eate my bread. |
| 102:5 | For the voyce of my groning my bones doe cleaue to my skinne. |
| 102:6 | I am like a pelicane of the wildernesse: I am like an owle of the deserts. |
| 102:7 | I watch and am as a sparrowe alone vpon the house top. |
| 102:8 | Mine enemies reuile me dayly, and they that rage against me, haue sworne against me. |
| 102:9 | Surely I haue eaten asshes as bread, and mingled my drinke with weeping, |
| 102:10 | Because of thine indignation and thy wrath: for thou hast heaued me vp, and cast me downe. |
| 102:11 | My dayes are like a shadowe that fadeth, and I am withered like grasse. |
| 102:12 | But thou, O Lord, doest remaine for euer, and thy remembrance from generation to generation. |
| 102:13 | Thou wilt arise and haue mercy vpon Zion: for the time to haue mercie thereon, for the appointed time is come. |
| 102:14 | For thy seruants delite in the stones thereof, and haue pitie on the dust thereof. |
| 102:15 | Then the heathen shall feare the Name of the Lord, and all the Kings of the earth thy glory, |
| 102:16 | When the Lord shall build vp Zion, and shall appeare in his glory, |
| 102:17 | And shall turne vnto the prayer of the desolate, and not despise their prayer. |
| 102:18 | This shall be written for the generation to come: and the people, which shalbe created, shall prayse the Lord. |
| 102:19 | For he hath looked downe from the height of his Sanctuarie: out of the heauen did the Lord beholde the earth, |
| 102:20 | That he might heare the mourning of the prisoner, and deliuer the children of death: |
| 102:21 | That they may declare the Name of the Lord in Zion, and his prayse in Ierusalem, |
| 102:22 | When the people shalbe gathered together, and the kingdomes to serue the Lord. |
| 102:23 | He abated my strength in the way, and shortened my dayes. |
| 102:24 | And I sayd, O my God, take me not away in the middes of my dayes: thy yeeres endure from generation to generation. |
| 102:25 | Thou hast aforetime layde the foundation of the earth, and the heauens are the worke of thine hands. |
| 102:26 | They shall perish, but thou shalt endure: euen they all shall waxe olde as doeth a garment: as a vesture shalt thou change them, and they shall be changed. |
| 102:27 | But thou art the same, and thy yeeres shall not fayle. |
| 102:28 | The children of thy seruants shall continue, and their seede shall stand fast in thy sight. |
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