Psalms 101 — ENGLXXUP

101 Verse 1 A Prayer for the Poor; when he is deeply afflicted, and pours out his supplication before the Lord. ^{Verse 2} Hear my prayer, O Lord, ^{Verse 3} Turn not away thy face from me: ^{Verse 4} For my days have vanished like smoke, ^{Verse 5} I am blighted like grass, and my heart is dried up; ^{Verse 6} By reason of the voice of my groaning, ^{Verse 7} I have become like a pelican of the wilderness; ^{Verse 8} I have become like an owl in a ruined house. ^{Verse 9} All the day long mine enemies have reproached me; ^{Verse 10} For I have eaten ashes as it were bread, ^{Verse 11} Because of thine anger and thy wrath: ^{Verse 12} My days have declined like a shadow; ^{Verse 13} But thou, Lord, endurest forever, ^{Verse 14} Thou shalt arise, and have mercy upon Zion: ^{Verse 15} For thy servants have taken pleasure in her stones, ^{Verse 16} So the nations shall fear thy name, O Lord, ^{Verse 17} For the Lord shall build up Zion, ^{Verse 18} He has had regard to the prayer of the lowly, ^{Verse 19} Let this be written for another generation; ^{Verse 20} For he has looked out from the height of his sanctuary; ^{Verse 21} To hear the groaning of the fettered ones, ^{Verse 22} To proclaim the name of the Lord in Zion, ^{Verse 23} When the people are gathered together, ^{Verse 24} He answered him in the way of his strength: ^{Verse 25} Take me not away in the midst of my days: ^{Verse 26} In the beginning thou, O Lord, didst lay the foundation of the earth; ^{Verse 27} They shall perish, but thou remainest: ^{Verse 28} But thou art the same, and thy years shall not fail. ^{Verse 29} The children of thy servants shall dwell securely,