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^(C1)Hear my prayer, LORD! And let my cry for help ^(C2)come to You.

^(C1)Do not hide Your face from me on the day of my distress; ^(C2)Incline Your ear to me; On the day when I call ^(C1)answer me quickly.

For my days ^(C1)have ended in smoke, And my ^(C2)bones have been scorched like a hearth.

My heart ^(C1)has been struck like ^(F1)grass and has ^(C2)withered, Indeed, I ^(C3)forget to eat my bread.

Because of the ^(F1)loudness of my groaning My ^(C1)bones ^(F2)cling to my flesh.

I resemble a ^(C1)pelican of the wilderness; I have become like an owl of the ruins.

I ^(C1)lie awake, I have become like a solitary bird on a housetop.

My enemies ^(C1)have taunted me all day long; Those who ^(F1)(C2)deride me ^(F2)have used my name as a ^(C3)curse.

For I have eaten ashes like bread, And ^(C1)mixed my drink with weeping

^(C1)Because of Your indignation and Your wrath; For You have ^(C2)lifted me up and thrown me away.

My days are like a ^(F1)(C1)lengthened shadow, And ^(F2)I ^(C2)wither away like ^(F3)grass.

But You, LORD, ^(F1)(C1)remain forever, And Your ^(F2)(C2)name remains to all generations.

You will ^(C1)arise and have ^(C2)compassion on Zion; For ^(C3)it is time to be gracious to her, For the ^(C4)appointed time has come.

Surely Your servants ^(F1)take pleasure in her stones, And feel pity for her dust.

^(F1)So the ^(F2)(C1)nations will fear the name of the LORD, And ^(C2)all the kings of the earth, Your glory.

For the LORD has ^(C1)built up Zion; He has ^(C2)appeared in His glory.

He has ^(C1)turned His attention to the prayer of the ^(F1)destitute And has not despised their prayer.

^(F1)This will be ^(C1)written for the ^(C2)generation to come, ^(F2)That ^(C3)a people yet to be created ^(F3)may praise ^(F4)the LORD:

For He ^(C1)looked down from His holy height; ^(C2)From heaven the LORD looked ^(F1)upon the earth,

To hear the ^(C1)groaning of the prisoner, To ^(C2)set free ^(F1)those who were doomed to death,

So that people may ^(C1)tell of the name of the LORD in Zion, And His praise in Jerusalem,

When ^(C1)the peoples are gathered together, And the kingdoms, to serve the LORD.

He has broken my strength in the way; He has ^(C1)shortened my days.

I say, "My God, ^(C1)do not take me away in the middle of my days, Your ^(C2)years are ^(F1)throughout all generations.

-"In time of old You ^(C1)founded the earth, And the ^(C2)heavens are the work of Your hands.

-"^(F1)Even they will ^(C1)perish, but You endure; All of them will wear out like a garment; Like clothing You will change them and they will pass away.

-"But You are ^(F1)(C1)the same, And Your years will not come to an end.

-"The ^(C1)children of Your servants will continue, And their ^(F1)(C2)descendants will be established before You."