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Great Compline Page 25 of 50
He hath regarded the prayer of the humble, and hath not
despised their supplication.

Let this be written for another generation, and the people that is
being created shall praise the Lord.

For He hath looked out from His holy height, the Lord from
heaven hath looked upon the earth,

To hear the groaning of them that be in fetters, to loose the sons
of the slain,

To declare in Sion the name of the Lord, and His praise in
Jerusalem,

When the peoples are gathered together, and the kings to serve
the Lord.

He answered Him in the way of his strength: The fewness of my
days declare unto me.

Take me not away at the half of my days; in generations and
generations are Thy years.

In the beginning, O Lord, Thou didst lay the foundation of the
earth, and the heavens are the works of Thy hands.

They shall perish, but Thou abidest; and all like a garment shall
grow old,

And as a vesture shalt Thou fold them, and they shall be
changed; but Thou art the same, and Thy years shall not fail.

The sons of Thy servants shall have their dwelling, and their seed
for ever shall be guided aright.