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\c 102
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\d A prayer written by someone who was afflicted, when he was discouraged and pleaded for Yahweh to help.
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\q1
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\v 1 Yahweh, listen to what I am praying;
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\q1 hear me while I cry out to you!
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\q1
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\v 2 Do not turn away!
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\q1 Listen to me,
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\q2 and answer me quickly now when I am calling out to you!
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\q1
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\v 3 My life is ending like smoke that disappears;
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\q1 I have a big fever which burns my body as a fire burns.
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\q1
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\v 4 I feel as though I am drying up like grass that has been mown,
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\q2 and I do not even think about eating any food.
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\s5
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\q1
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\v 5 I groan loudly,
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\q2 and my bones can be seen under my skin because I have become very thin.
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\q1
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\v 6 I am like a lonely and despised vulture in the desert,
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\q2 like an owl by itself in the abandoned ruins of a building.
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\s5
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\q1
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\v 7 I lie awake at night;
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\q2 because there is no one to comfort me,
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\q2 I am like a lonely bird sitting on a housetop.
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\q1
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\v 8 All during each day my enemies insult me;
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\q2 those who make fun of me mention my name
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\q2 and say, "May you be like him" when they curse people.
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\q1
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\v 9-10 Because you are very angry with me,
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\q1 I sit in ashes while I am suffering greatly;
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\q2 those ashes fall on the bread that I eat,
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\q2 and what I drink has my tears mixed with it.
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\q1 It is as though you have picked me up and thrown me away!
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\q1
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\v 11 My time to remain alive is short
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\q2 like an evening shadow that will soon be gone.
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\q2 I am withering as grass withers in the hot sun.
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\q1
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\v 12 But Yahweh, you are our king who rules forever;
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\q1 people who are not yet born will remember you.
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\q1
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\v 13 You will arise and act mercifully toward the people of Jerusalem;
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\q2 it is now time for you to do that;
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\q1 this is the time for you to be kind to them.
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\q1
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\v 14 Even though the city has been destroyed,
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\q2 we who serve you still love the stones that were formerly in the city walls;
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\q1 because now there is rubble everywhere,
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\q2 we, your people, are very sad when we see it.
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\q1
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\v 15 Yahweh, someday the people of other nations will have an awesome respect for you;
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\q1 all the kings on the earth will see that you are very glorious.
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\q1
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\v 16 You will rebuild Jerusalem,
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\q2 and you will appear there with your glory.
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\q1
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\v 17 You will listen to the prayers of your people who are homeless,
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\q2 and you will not ignore them
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\q2 when they plead with you to help them.
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\q1
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\v 18 Yahweh, I want to write these words
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\q2 so that people in future years will know what you have done,
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\q2 in order that people who are not born yet will praise you.
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\q1
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\v 19 They will know that you looked down from your own place in heaven
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\q1 and saw what was happening on the earth.
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\q1
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\v 20 They will know that you hear prisoners groaning
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\q2 and that you will set free those who have been told, "You will be executed."
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\q1
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\v 21 As a result, people in Jerusalem will praise you for what you have done.
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\q2
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\v 22 Many people from other people groups and those who are citizens of other kingdoms will gather to worship you.
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\b
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\q1
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\v 23 But now you have caused me to become weak while I am still young;
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\q2 I think that I will not remain alive very long.
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\q1
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\v 24 I say to you, "My God, do not take me away from the earth now
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\q2 before I become old!
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\q1 You, on the other hand, live forever!
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\q1
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\v 25 You created the world long ago,
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\q2 and you made the heavens with your own hands.
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\q1
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\v 26 The earth and the heavens will disappear, but you will remain.
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\q2 They will wear out as clothes wear out.
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\q1 You will get rid of them as people get rid of old clothes,
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\q2 and they will no longer exist.
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\q1
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\v 27 But you are not like the things that you created
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\q2 because you are always the same;
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\q2 you never die.
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\q1
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\v 28 Someday our children will live safely in Jerusalem,
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\q1 and their descendants will be protected as they live in your presence."
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