Verse 8
Psalms 102:8
English Revised Version
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For I have eaten ashes like bread, and mingled my drink with weeping.
Original Language Text
hebrew
שָׁקַ֥דְתִּי וָ/אֶֽהְיֶ֑ה כְּ֝/צִפּ֗וֹר בּוֹדֵ֥ד עַל גָּֽג
English Translation
I have been watchful, and I am like a bird alone on the roof.
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Chapter 102 Context
1
A Prayer of the afflicted, when he is overwhelmed, and poureth out his complaint before the LORD. He...
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Hide not thy face from me in the day of my distress: incline thine ear unto me; in the day when I ca...
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For my days consume away like smoke, and my bones are burned as a firebrand.
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My heart is smitten like grass, and withered; for I forget to eat my bread.
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I am like a pelican of the wilderness; I am become as an owl of the waste places.
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I watch, and am become like a sparrow that is alone upon the housetop.
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Mine enemies reproach me all the day; they that are mad against me do curse by me.
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For I have eaten ashes like bread, and mingled my drink with weeping.
9
Because of thine indignation and thy wrath: for thou hast taken me up, and cast me away.
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10
My days are like a shadow that declineth; and I am withered like grass.
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11
But thou, O LORD, shalt abide for ever; and thy memorial unto all generations.
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12
Thou shalt arise, and have mercy upon Zion: for it is time to have pity upon her, yea, the set time...
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13
For thy servants take pleasure in her stones, and have pity upon her dust.
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14
So the nations shall fear the name of the LORD, and all the kings of the earth thy glory:
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15
For the LORD hath built up Zion, he hath appeared in his glory;
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16
He hath regarded the prayer of the destitute, and hath not despised their prayer.
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17
This shall be written for the generation to come: and a people which shall be created shall praise t...
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18
For he hath looked down from the height of his sanctuary; from heaven did the LORD behold the earth;
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19
To hear the sighing of the prisoner; to loose those that are appointed to death;
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20
That men may declare the name of the LORD in Zion, and his praise in Jerusalem;
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21
When the peoples are gathered together, and the kingdoms, to serve the LORD.
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22
He weakened my strength in the way; he shortened my days.
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23
I said, O my God (Elohim), take me not away in the midst of my days: thy years are throughout all ge...
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24
Of old hast thou laid the foundation of the earth; and the heavens are the work of thy hands.
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They shall perish, but thou shalt endure: yea, all of them shall wax old like a garment; as a vestur...
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But thou art the same, and thy years shall have no end.
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The children of thy servants shall continue, and their seed shall be established before thee.
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