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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."

^(C1)Bless the LORD, my soul, And all that is within me, bless His ^(C2)holy name.

Bless the LORD, my soul, And ^(C1)do not forget any of His benefits;

Who ^(C1)pardons all your guilt, Who ^(C2)heals all your diseases;

Who ^(C1)redeems your life from the pit, Who ^(C2)crowns you with favor and compassion;

Who ^(C1)satisfies your ^(F1)years with good things, So that your youth is ^(C2)renewed like the eagle.

The LORD ^(C1)performs ^(F1)righteous deeds And judgments for all who are ^(C2)oppressed.

He ^(C1)made known His ways to Moses, His ^(C2)deeds to the sons of Israel.

The LORD is ^(C1)compassionate and gracious, ^(C2)Slow to anger and abounding in mercy.

He ^(C1)will not always contend with us, Nor will He ^(C2)keep His anger forever.

He has ^(C1)not dealt with us according to our sins, Nor rewarded us according to our guilty deeds.

For as high ^(C1)as the heavens are above the earth, So great is His mercy toward those who ^(F1)fear Him.

As far as the east is from the west, So far has He ^(C1)removed our wrongdoings from us.

Just ^(C1)as a father has compassion on his children, So the LORD has compassion on those who ^(F1)fear Him.

For ^(C1)He Himself knows ^(F1)our form; He ^(C2)is mindful that we are nothing but ^(C3)dust.

As for man, his days are ^(C1)like grass; Like a ^(C2)flower of the field, so he flourishes.

When the ^(C1)wind has passed over it, it is no more, And its ^(C2)place no longer knows about it.

But the ^(F1)(C1)mercy of the LORD is from everlasting to everlasting for those who ^(F2)fear Him, And His justice ^(C2)to the children's children,

To ^(C1)those who keep His covenant And remember His precepts, so as to do them.

The LORD has established His ^(C1)throne in the heavens, And His ^(F1)(C2)sovereignty rules over ^(F2)all.

Bless the LORD, you ^(C1)His angels, ^(C2)Mighty in strength, who ^(C3)perform His word, ^(C4)Obeying the voice of His word!

Bless the LORD, all you ^(C1)His ^(F1)angels, You ^(C2)who serve Him, doing His will.

Bless the LORD, ^(C1)all you works of His, In all places of His dominion; Bless the LORD, my soul!

^(C1)Bless the LORD, my soul! LORD my God, You are very great; You are ^(C2)clothed with splendor and majesty,

Covering Yourself with ^(C1)light as with a cloak, ^(C2)Stretching out heaven like a tent curtain.

^(F1)He ^(C1)lays the beams of His upper chambers in the waters; ^(F1)He makes the ^(C2)clouds His chariot; ^(F1)He walks on the ^(C3)wings of the wind;

^(F1)He makes ^(F2)(C1)the winds His messengers, ^(F3)Flaming ^(C2)fire His ministers.

He ^(C1)established the earth upon its foundations, So that it will not ^(F1)totter forever and ever.

You ^(C1)covered it with the deep sea as with a garment; The waters were standing above the mountains.

They fled from Your ^(C1)rebuke, At the ^(C2)sound of Your thunder they hurried away.

The mountains rose; the valleys sank down To the ^(C1)place which You established for them.

You set a ^(C1)boundary so that they will not pass over, So that they will not return to cover the earth.

^(F1)He sends forth ^(C1)springs in the valleys; They flow between the mountains;

They ^(C1)give drink to every animal of the field; The ^(C2)wild donkeys quench their thirst.

The birds of the sky ^(C1)dwell ^(F1)beside them; They ^(F2)lift up their voices from among the branches.

^(F1)He ^(C1)waters the mountains from His upper chambers; ^(C2)The earth is satisfied with the fruit of His works.

^(F1)He causes the ^(C1)grass to grow for the ^(F2)cattle, And ^(C2)vegetation for the labor of mankind, So that ^(F3)they may produce ^(F4)food ^(C3)from the earth,

And ^(C1)wine, which makes a human heart cheerful, ^(C2)So that he makes his face gleam with oil, And ^(F1)food, which ^(C3)sustains a human heart.

The trees of the LORD ^(F1)drink their fill, The cedars of Lebanon which He planted,

Where the ^(C1)birds build their nests, And the ^(C2)stork, whose home is the juniper trees.

The high mountains are for the ^(C1)wild goats; The ^(C2)cliffs are a refuge for the ^(C3)rock hyrax.

He made the moon ^(C1)for the seasons; The ^(C2)sun knows the place of its setting.

You ^(C1)appoint darkness and it becomes night, In which all the ^(C2)animals of the forest ^(F1)prowl about.

The ^(C1)young lions roar for their prey ^(F1)And ^(C2)seek their food from God.

When the sun rises they withdraw, And they lie down in their ^(C1)dens.

A person goes out to ^(C1)his work And to his labor until evening.

LORD, how ^(C1)many are Your works! ^(F1)In ^(C2)wisdom You have made them all; The ^(C3)earth is full of Your ^(F2)possessions.

^(F1)There is the ^(C1)sea, great and ^(F2)broad, In which are swarms without number, Animals both small and great.

The ^(C1)ships move along there, And ^(F1)(C2)Leviathan, which You have formed to have fun in it.

They all ^(C1)wait for You To ^(C2)give them their food in ^(F1)due season.

You give to them, they gather it up; You ^(C1)open Your hand, they are satisfied with good.

You ^(C1)hide Your face, they are terrified; You ^(C2)take away their breath, they perish And ^(C3)return to their dust.

You send forth Your ^(F1)(C1)Spirit, they are created; And You renew the face of the ground.

May the ^(C1)glory of the LORD endure forever; May the LORD ^(C2)rejoice in His works;

^(F1)He ^(C1)looks at the earth, and it ^(C2)trembles; He ^(C3)touches the mountains, and they smoke.

^(F1)I will sing to the LORD ^(F2)(C1)as long as I live; ^(F1)I will ^(C2)sing praise to my God ^(F3)while I have my being.

May my ^(C1)praise be pleasing to Him; As for me, I shall ^(C2)rejoice in the LORD.

May sinners be ^(C1)removed from the earth And may the ^(C2)wicked be no more. ^(C3)Bless the LORD, my soul. ^(F1)(C4)Praise ^(F2)the LORD!