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(A prayer for someone who hurts and needs to ask the Lord for help.)
A Prayer in Time of Trouble
1 I pray to you, Lord!
Please listen.
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List of all recordings of KJV A Prayer of the afflicted, when he is overwhelmed, and poureth out his complaint before the LORD.  of: or, for
1 Hear my prayer, O LORD, and let my cry come unto thee.
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2 Don't hide from me
in my time of trouble.
Pay attention to my prayer
and quickly give an answer.
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2 Hide not thy face from me in the day when I am in trouble; incline thine ear unto me: in the day when I call answer me speedily.
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3 My days disappear like smoke,
and my bones are burning
as though in a furnace.
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3 For my days are consumed like smoke, and my bones are burned as an hearth. like...: or, (as some read) into smoke
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4 I am wasting away like grass,
and my appetite is gone.
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4 My heart is smitten, and withered like grass; so that I forget to eat my bread.
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5 My groaning never stops,
and my bones can be seen
through my skin.
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5 By reason of the voice of my groaning my bones cleave to my skin. skin: or, flesh
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6 I am like a lonely owl
in the desert
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6 I am like a pelican of the wilderness: I am like an owl of the desert.
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7 or a restless sparrow
alone on a roof.
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7 I watch, and am as a sparrow alone upon the house top.
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8 My enemies insult me all day,
and they use my name
for a curse word.
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8 Mine enemies reproach me all the day; and they that are mad against me are sworn against me.
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9 Instead of food,
I have ashes to eat
and tears to drink,
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9 For I have eaten ashes like bread, and mingled my drink with weeping,
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10 because you are furious
and have thrown me aside.
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10 Because of thine indignation and thy wrath: for thou hast lifted me up, and cast me down.
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11 My life fades like a shadow
at the end of day
and withers like grass.
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11 My days are like a shadow that declineth; and I am withered like grass.
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12 Our Lord, you are King forever
and will always be famous.
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12 But thou, O LORD, shalt endure for ever; and thy remembrance unto all generations.
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13 You will show pity to Zion
because the time has come.
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13 Thou shalt arise, and have mercy upon Zion: for the time to favour her, yea, the set time, is come.
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14 We, your servants,
love each stone in the city,
and we are sad to see them
lying in the dirt.
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14 For thy servants take pleasure in her stones, and favour the dust thereof.
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15 Our Lord, the nations
will honor you,
and all kings on earth
will praise your glory.
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15 So the heathen shall fear the name of the LORD, and all the kings of the earth thy glory.
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16 You will rebuild
the city of Zion.
Your glory will be seen,
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16 When the LORD shall build up Zion, he shall appear in his glory.
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17 and the prayers of the homeless
will be answered.
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17 He will regard the prayer of the destitute, and not despise their prayer.
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18 Future generations must also
praise the Lord,
so write this for them:
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18 This shall be written for the generation to come: and the people which shall be created shall praise the LORD.
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19 “From his holy temple,
the Lord looked down
at the earth.
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19 For he hath looked down from the height of his sanctuary; from heaven did the LORD behold the earth;
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20 He listened to the groans
of prisoners,
and he rescued everyone
who was doomed to die.”
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20 To hear the groaning of the prisoner; to loose those that are appointed to death; those...: Heb. the children of death
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21 All Jerusalem should praise
you, our Lord,
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21 To declare the name of the LORD in Zion, and his praise in Jerusalem;
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22 when people from every nation
meet to worship you.
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22 When the people are gathered together, and the kingdoms, to serve the LORD.
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23 I should still be strong,
but you, Lord, have made
an old person of me.
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23 He weakened my strength in the way; he shortened my days. weakened: Heb. afflicted
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24 You will live forever!
Years mean nothing to you.
Don't cut my life in half!
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24 I said, O my God, take me not away in the midst of my days: thy years are throughout all generations.
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25 In the beginning, Lord, 
you laid the earth's foundation
and created the heavens.
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25 Of old hast thou laid the foundation of the earth: and the heavens are the work of thy hands.
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26 They will all disappear
and wear out like clothes.
You change them,
as you would a coat,
but you last forever.
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26 They shall perish, but thou shalt endure: yea, all of them shall wax old like a garment; as a vesture shalt thou change them, and they shall be changed: endure: Heb. stand
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27 You are always the same.
Years cannot change you.
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27 But thou art the same, and thy years shall have no end.
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28 Every generation of those
who serve you
will live in your presence.
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28 The children of thy servants shall continue, and their seed shall be established before thee.
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