【Psalms】Psalm 102 << Last Chapter Next Chapter >>

102:1 The prayer of one afflicted and wasting away whose anguish is poured outbefore the LORD.I

102:2 LORD, hear my prayer; let my cry come to you.

102:3 Do not hide your face from me now that I am in distress. Turn your ear to me;when I call, answer me quickly.

102:4 For my days vanish like smoke; my bones burn away as in a furnace.

102:5 I am withered, dried up like grass, too wasted to eat my food.

102:6 From my loud groaning I become just skin and bones.

102:7 I am like a desert owl, like an owl among the ruins.

102:8 I lie awake and moan, like a lone sparrow on the roof.

102:9 All day long my enemies taunt me; in their rage, they make my name a curse.

102:10 I eat ashes like bread, mingle my drink with tears.

102:11 Because of your furious wrath, you lifted me up just to cast me down.

102:12 My days are like a lengthening shadow; I wither like the grass.II

102:13 But you, LORD, are enthroned forever; your renown is for all generations.

102:14 You will again show mercy to Zion; now is the time for pity; the appointedtime has come.

102:15 Its stones are dear to your servants; its dust moves them to pity.

102:16 The nations shall revere your name, LORD, all the kings of the earth, yourglory,

102:17 Once the LORD has rebuilt Zion and appeared in glory,

102:18 Heeding the plea of the lowly, not scorning their prayer.

102:19 Let this be written for the next generation, for a people not yet born, thatthey may praise the LORD:

102:20 "The LORD looked down from the holy heights, viewed the earth from heaven,

102:21 To attend to the groaning of the prisoners, to release those doomed to die."

102:22 Then the LORD’s name will be declared on Zion, the praise of God inJerusalem,

102:23 When all peoples and kingdoms gather to worship the LORD.III

102:24 God has shattered my strength in mid-course, has cut short my days.

102:25 I plead, O my God, do not take me in the midst of my days. Your years lastthrough all generations.

102:26 Of old you laid the earth’s foundations; the heavens are the work of yourhands.

102:27 They perish, but you remain; they all wear out like a garment; Like clothingyou change them and they are changed,

102:28 but you are the same, your years have no end.

102:29 May the children of your servants live on; may their descendants live in yourpresence.

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