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Now that I am in trouble,
    please do not turn away from me.
Listen carefully to me.
Now that I am calling to you for help,
    please answer me quickly.
My life is quickly disappearing,
    like smoke from a fire.
My bones hurt very much,
    as if they were burning in an oven.[a]
I am very weak and upset,
    like dry grass that will soon die.
I even forget to eat my food.

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  1. 102:3 His illness makes him feel hot.

Don’t turn away from me in this time of my distress. Bend down your ear and give me speedy answers, 3-4 for my days disappear like smoke. My health is broken, and my heart is sick; it is trampled like grass and is withered. My food is tasteless, and I have lost my appetite.

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