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Domine, exaudi orationem meam
Language: Latin 
1  [Oratio pauperis, cum anxius fuerit,
   et in conspectu Domini effuderit precem suam.]
 Domine, exaudi orationem meam,
   et clamor meus ad te veniat.
 Non avertas faciem tuam a me:
   in quacumque die tribulor, inclina ad me aurem tuam;
   in quacumque die invocavero te, velociter exaudi me.
 Quia defecerunt sicut fumus dies mei,
   et ossa mea sicut cremium aruerunt.
 Percussus sum ut fœnum, et aruit cor meum,
   quia oblitus sum comedere panem meum.
 A voce gemitus mei
   adhæsit os meum carni meæ.
 Similis factus sum pellicano solitudinis;
   factus sum sicut nycticorax in domicilio.
[ ... ]
 Tota die exprobrabant mihi inimici mei,
   et qui laudabant me adversum me jurabant:
[ ... ]
a facie iræ et indignationis tuæ:
   quia elevans allisisti me.
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E. de Polignac sets lines 2, 4, 8

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Line count: 58
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Language: English  after the Latin 
1  Hear my prayer, O LORD, 
   and let my cry come unto thee.
 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.
 For my days are consumed like smoke, 
   and my bones are burned as an hearth.
 My heart is smitten, and withered like grass; 
   so that I forget to eat my bread.
 By reason of the voice of my groaning 
   my bones cleave to my skin, O Lord!.
 I am like a pelican of the wilderness: 
   I am like an owl of the desert.
 I watch, and am as a sparrow alone upon the house top.
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 For I have eaten ashes like bread, 
   and mingled my drink with weeping,
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My days are like a shadow that declineth; 
   and I am withered like grass.
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This text was added to the website: 2010-12-17
Line count: 57
Word count: 485