Psalms 102:1-11
Do Not Hide Your Face from Me
A Prayer of one afflicted, when he is afaint and bpours out his complaint before the Lord.
1 cHear my prayer, O Lord;let my cry dcome to you!
2 eDo not hide your face from me
in fthe day of my distress!
gIncline your ear to me;
hanswer me speedily iin the day when I call!
3 For my days jpass away like smoke,
and my kbones burn like a furnace.
4My heart is lstruck down like grass and mhas withered;
I nforget to eat my bread.
5Because of my loud groaning
my obones cling to my flesh.
6I am like pa desert owl of the wilderness,
like an owl ▼
▼The precise identity of these birds is uncertain
of the waste places;7I rlie awake;
I am like a lonely sparrow on the housetop.
8All the day my enemies taunt me;
those who sderide me tuse my name for a curse.
9For I eat ashes like bread
and umingle tears with my drink,
10because of your indignation and anger;
for you have vtaken me up and wthrown me down.
11My days are like xan evening shadow;
I ywither away like grass.
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