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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.

Do not hide your face(A) from me
    when I am in distress.
Turn your ear(B) to me;
    when I call, answer me quickly.

For my days vanish like smoke;(C)
    my bones(D) burn like glowing embers.
My heart is blighted and withered like grass;(E)
    I forget to eat my food.(F)

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