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For I have eaten ashes like bread, And mixed my drink with weeping

Because of Your indignation and Your wrath; For You have lifted me up and thrown me away.

You will arise and have compassion on Zion; For it is time to be gracious to her, For the appointed time has come.

Surely Your servants take pleasure in her stones, And feel pity for her dust.

For the LORD has built up Zion; He has appeared in His glory.

This will be written for the generation to come, That a people yet to be created may praise the LORD:

For He looked down from His holy height; From heaven the LORD looked upon the earth,

The LORD performs righteous deeds And judgments for all who are oppressed.

For as high as the heavens are above the earth, So great is His mercy toward those who fear Him.

For He Himself knows our form; He is mindful that we are nothing but dust.

As for man, his days are like grass; Like a flower of the field, so he flourishes.

But the mercy of the LORD is from everlasting to everlasting for those who fear Him, And His justice to the children's children,

The mountains rose; the valleys sank down To the place which You established for them.

He causes the grass to grow for the cattle, And vegetation for the labor of mankind, So that they may produce food from the earth,

The high mountains are for the wild goats; The cliffs are a refuge for the rock hyrax.

He made the moon for the seasons; The sun knows the place of its setting.

The young lions roar for their prey And seek their food from God.

They all wait for You To give them their food in due season.

May my praise be pleasing to Him; As for me, I shall rejoice in the LORD.

He allowed no one to oppress them, And He rebuked kings for their sakes, saying,