| 1. A prayer for a poor man when he enwraps himself and pours out his speech before the Lord. |
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א. |
| 2. O Lord, hearken to my prayer, and may my cry come to You. |
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ב. |
| 3. Do not hide Your countenance from me; on the day of my distress extend Your ear to me; on the day I call, answer me quickly. |
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ג. |
| 4. For my days have ended in smoke, and as a hearth my bones are dried up. |
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ד. |
| 5. Beaten like grass and withered is my heart, for I have forgotten to eat my bread. |
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ה. |
| 6. From the sound of my sigh my bones clung to my flesh. |
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ו. |
| 7. I was like a bird of the wilderness; I was like an owl of the wasteland. |
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ז. |
| 8. I pondered, and I am like a lonely bird on a roof. |
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ח. |
| 9. All day long my enemies revile me; those who scorn me swear by me. |
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ט. |
| 10. For ashes I ate like bread, and my drinks I mixed with weeping. |
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י. |
| 11. Because of Your fury and Your anger, for You picked me up and cast me down. |
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יא. |
| 12. My days are like a lengthening shadow, and I dry out like grass. |
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יב. |
| 13. But You, O Lord, will be enthroned forever, and Your mention is to all generations. |
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יג. |
| 14. You will rise, You will have mercy on Zion for there is a time to favor it, for the appointed season has arrived. |
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יד. |
| 15. For Your servants desired its stones and favored its dust. |
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טו. |
| 16. And the nations will fear the name of the Lord, and all the kings of the earth Your glory. |
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טז. |
| 17. For the Lord has built up Zion; He has appeared in His glory. |
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יז. |
| 18. He has turned to the prayer of those who cried out, and He did not despise their prayer. |
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יח. |
| 19. Let this be inscribed for the latest generation, and a [newly] created people will praise Yah. |
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יט. |
| 20. For He has looked down from His holy height; the Lord looked from heaven to earth, |
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כ. |
| 21. To hear the cry of the prisoner, to loose the sons of the dying nation; |
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כא. |
| 22. To proclaim in Zion the name of the Lord and His praise in Jerusalem. |
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כב. |
| 23. When peoples gather together, and kingdoms, to serve the Lord. |
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כג. |
| 24. He has afflicted my strength on the way; He has shortened my days. |
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כד. |
| 25. I say, "My God, do not take me away in the middle of my days, You Whose years endure throughout all generations. |
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כה. |
| 26. In the beginning You founded the earth, and the heavens are the work of Your hands. |
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כו. |
| 27. They will perish but You will endure, and all of them will rot away like a garment; like raiment You will turn them over and they will pass away. |
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כז. |
| 28. But You are He, and Your years will not end. |
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כח. |
| 29. The children of Your servants will dwell, and their seed will be established before You." |
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כט. |
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