1The prayer of the poor man, when he was anxious, and poured out his supplication before the Lord.

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2Hear, O Lord, my prayer: and let my cry come to thee.

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Psalms 89:1, Psalms 89:1, Psalms 71:22, Psalms 71:23, Psalms 71:22

3Turn not away thy face from me: in the day when I am in trouble, incline thy ear to me. In what day soever I shall call upon thee, hear me speedily.

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Psalms 119:106, Psalms 119:106, 1 Kings 9:4, 1 Kings 9:4, Psalms 40:17

4For my days are vanished like smoke, and my bones are grown dry like fuel for the fire.

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Psalms 119:37, Psalms 119:37, Job 31:1, Job 31:1, 2 Samuel 11:2

5I am smitten as grass, and my heart is withered: because I forgot to eat my bread.

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Proverbs 11:20, Proverbs 11:20, 2 Timothy 2:19, Matthew 7:23, Proverbs 9:6

6Through the voice of my groaning, my bone hath cleaved to my flesh.

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Psalms 18:27, Psalms 15:3, Psalms 18:27, Psalms 15:3, Proverbs 30:13

7I am become like to a pelican of the wilderness: I am like a night raven in the house.

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Luke 12:43, Luke 12:44, Psalms 119:63, Luke 12:43, Luke 12:44

8I have watched, and am become as a sparrow all alone on the housetop.

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Acts 1:16, Acts 1:20, 2 Samuel 4:10, 2 Samuel 4:12, Acts 5:1

9All the day long my enemies reproached me: and they that praised me did swear against me.

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Psalms 75:10, Psalms 75:10, Jeremiah 21:12, Proverbs 16:12, Jeremiah 21:12

10For I did eat ashes like bread, and mingled my drink with weeping.

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11Because of thy anger and indignation: for having lifted me up thou hast thrown me down.

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12My days have declined like a shadow, and I am withered like grass.

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13But thou, O Lord, endurest for ever: and thy memorial to all generations.

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14Thou shalt arise and have mercy on Sion: for it is time to have mercy on it, for the time is come.

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15For the stones thereof have pleased thy servants: and they shall have pity on the earth thereof.

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16All the Gentiles shall fear thy name, O Lord, and all the kings of the earth thy glory.

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17For the Lord hath built up Sion: and he shall be seen in his glory.

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18He hath had regard to the prayer of the humble: and he hath not despised their petition.

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19Let these things be written unto another generation: and the people that shall be created shall praise the Lord:

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20Because he hath looked forth from his high sanctuary: from heaven the Lord hath looked upon the earth.

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21That he might hear the groans of them that are in fetters: that he might release the children of the slain:

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22That they may declare the name of the Lord in Sion: and his praise in Jerusalem;

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23When the people assemble together, and kings, to serve the Lord.

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24He answered him in the way of his strength: Declare unto me the fewness of my days.

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25Call me not away in the midst of my days: thy years are unto generation and generation.

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26In the beginning, O Lord, thou foundedst the earth: and the heavens are the works of thy hands.

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27They shall perish but thou remainest: and all of them shall grow old like a garment: And as a vesture thou shalt change them, and they shall be changed.

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28But thou art always the selfsame, and thy years shall not fail.

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29The children of thy servants shall continue and their seed shall be directed for ever.

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