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For my days (A)have [a]vanished in smoke,
And my (B)bones have been scorched like a hearth.
My heart (C)has been stricken like [b]grass and it has (D)dried up,
Indeed, I (E)forget to eat my bread.
Because of the sound of my groaning
My (F)bones [c]cling to my flesh.
I resemble a (G)pelican of the wilderness;
I have become like an owl of the waste places.
I (H)lie awake,
I have become like a lonely bird on a roof.

My enemies (I)have reproached me all day long;
Those who [d](J)ridicule me (K)swear against me.
For I have eaten ashes like bread
And (L)mixed my drinks with weeping
10 (M)Because of Your indignation and Your wrath,
For You have (N)lifted me up and cast me away.
11 My days are like an (O)outstretched shadow,
And as for me, I (P)dry up like [e]grass.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 102:3 Or finished
  2. Psalm 102:4 Lit vegetation
  3. Psalm 102:5 Lit have cleaved
  4. Psalm 102:8 Or made a fool of
  5. Psalm 102:11 Lit vegetation