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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 | 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. |
| 102:1 | A prayer of the afflyct, when he hath an heuy hart, and powereth out hys complaynte before the Lorde. Heare my prayer, O Lorde, and lett my cryenge come in vnto the. |
| 102:2 | Hyde not thy face fro me in the tyme of my trouble: enclyne thyne eares vnto me when I call, O heare me, and that ryght soone. |
| 102:3 | For my dayes are consumed awaye lyke smoke, and my bones are brent vp, as it were a fyre brande. |
| 102:4 | My hert is smytten downe and wythered lyke grasse, so that I forget to eate my bred. |
| 102:5 | For the voyce of my gronynge, my bone wyll scarse cleue to my flesh. |
| 102:6 | I am become lyke a Pellycane of the wildernes, and lyke an owle that is in the deserte. |
| 102:7 | I haue watched, & am euen as it were a sparow, that sitteth alone vpon the house toppe. |
| 102:8 | Myne enemyes reuyle me all the daye longe: & they that are madd vpon me, are sworne together agaynst me. |
| 102:9 | For I haue eaten ashes as at were bred, and mengled my drynck with wepynge. |
| 102:10 | And that because of thyne indignacyon & wrath, for thou hast taken me vp, & cast me downe. |
| 102:11 | My dayes are gone lyke a shadowe, and I am wythered lyke grasse. |
| 102:12 | But thou, O Lord, shalt endure for euer, and thy remembraunce thorow out all generacyons. |
| 102:13 | Thou shalt aryse, & haue mercy vpon Sion, for it is tyme that thou haue mercy vpon her, yee the tyme is come. |
| 102:14 | And why: thy seruauntes thinck vpon her stones, and it pitieth them to se her in the dust. |
| 102:15 | The Heathen shall feare thy name, O Lord, & all the kynges of the earth thy maiesty. |
| 102:16 | Whan the Lord shall buylde vp Sion, and whan his glory shal apeare: |
| 102:17 | Whan he turneth him vnto the prayer of the poore destitute, & despyseth not theyr desyre. |
| 102:18 | This shalbe wrytten for those that come after: & the people which shalbe borne, shall prayse the Lord. |
| 102:19 | For he hath loked downe from his Sanctuary, out of the heauen dyd the Lorde beholde the earth. |
| 102:20 | That he might heare the mournynges of soch as be in captiuite, and delyuer the chyldren appoynted vnto death. |
| 102:21 | That they maye declare the name of the Lorde in Sion, and his worshipe at Ierusalem: |
| 102:22 | When the people are gathered together, & the kyngdomes also to serue the Lorde. |
| 102:23 | He brought downe my strength in my iourney, and shortened my dayes. |
| 102:24 | But I sayed: O my God, take me not awaye in the myddest of myne age: as for thy yeares, they endure thorow out all generacions. |
| 102:25 | Thou Lorde in the begynnyng hast layed the foundacyon of the earth, and the heauens are the worcke of thy handes. |
| 102:26 | They shall perishe, but thou shalt endure: they all shall wexe olde as doth a garment, |
| 102:27 | and as a vesture shalt thou chaunge them, and they shalbe chaunged. But thou art the same, and thy yeares shall not fayle. |
| 102:28 | The children of thy seruauntes shall contynue, & their sede shall stonde fast in thy syght. |
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