Psalms 102
1 The prayer of the poor man, when he was anxious, and poured out his supplication before the Lord. Hear, O Lord, my prayer: and let my cry come to thee.
A PRAYER OF THE AFFLICTED WHEN HE IS FEEBLE, AND POURS OUT HIS COMPLAINT BEFORE YHWH. O YHWH, hear my prayer, indeed, my cry comes to You.
2 Turn not away thy face from me: in the day when I am in trouble, incline thy ear to me. In what day soever I shall call upon thee, hear me speedily.
Do not hide Your face from me, In a day of my adversity, Incline Your ear to me, In the day I call, hurry, answer me.
3 For my days are vanished like smoke: and my bones are grown dry like fuel for the fire.
For my days have been consumed in smoke, And my bones have burned as a firebrand.
4 I am smitten as grass, and my heart is withered: because I forgot to eat my bread.
Struck as the herb, and withered, is my heart, For I have forgotten to eat my bread.
5 Through the voice of my groaning, my bone hath cleaved to my flesh.
From the voice of my sighing My bone has cleaved to my flesh.
6 I am become like to a pelican of the wilderness: I am like a night raven in the house.
I have been like to a pelican of the wilderness, I have been as an owl of the dry places.
7 I have watched, and am become as a sparrow all alone on the housetop.
I have watched, and I am As a bird alone on the roof.
8 All the day long my enemies reproached me: and they that praised me did swear against me.
All the day my enemies reproached me, Those mad at me have sworn against me.
9 For I did eat ashes like bread, and mingled my drink with weeping.
Because I have eaten ashes as bread, And have mingled my drink with weeping,
10 Because of thy anger and indignation: for having lifted me up thou hast thrown me down.
From Your indignation and Your wrath, For You have lifted me up, And cast me down.
11 My days have declined like a shadow, and I am withered like grass.
My days [are] stretched out as a shadow, And I am withered as the herb.
12 But thou, O Lord, endurest for ever: and thy memorial to all generations.
And You, O YHWH, abide for all time, And Your memorial from generation to generation.
13 Thou shalt arise and have mercy on Sion: for it is time to have mercy on it, for the time is come.
You rise—You pity Zion, For the time to favor her, For the appointed time has come.
14 For the stones thereof have pleased thy servants: and they shall have pity on the earth thereof.
For Your servants have been pleased with her stones, And they favor her dust.
15 And the Gentiles shall fear thy name, O Lord, and all the kings of the earth thy glory.
And nations fear the Name of YHWH, And all kings of the earth Your glory,
16 For the Lord hath built up Sion: and he shall be seen in his glory.
For YHWH has built Zion, He has been seen in His glory,
17 He hath had regard to the prayer of the humble: and he hath not despised their petition.
He turned to the prayer of the destitute, And He has not despised their prayer.
18 Let these things be written unto another generation: and the people that shall be created shall praise the Lord:
This is written for a later generation, And the people created praise YAH.
19 Because he hath looked forth from his high sanctuary: from heaven the Lord hath looked upon the earth.
For He has looked From the high place of His sanctuary. YHWH looked attentively from the heavens to earth,
20 That he might hear the groans of them that are in fetters: that he might release the children of the slain:
To hear the groan of the prisoner, To loose sons of death,
21 That they may declare the name of the Lord in Sion: and his praise in Jerusalem;
To declare in Zion the Name of YHWH, And His praise in Jerusalem,
22 When the people assemble together, and kings, to serve the Lord.
In the peoples being gathered together, And the kingdoms—to serve YHWH.
23 He answered him in the way of his strength: Declare unto me the fewness of my days.
He has humbled my power in the way, He has shortened my days.
24 Call me not away in the midst of my days: thy years are unto generation and generation.
I say, “My God, do not take me up in the midst of my days,” Your years [are] through all generations.
25 In the beginning, O Lord, thou foundedst the earth: and the heavens are the works of thy hands.
You founded the earth before time, And the heavens [are] the work of Your hands.
26 They shall perish but thou remainest: and all of them shall grow old like a garment: And as a vesture thou shalt change them, and they shall be changed.
They perish, and You remain, And all of them become old as a garment, You change them as clothing, And they are changed.
27 But thou art always the selfsame, and thy years shall not fail.
And You [are] the same, and Your years are not finished.
28 The children of thy servants shall continue: and their seed shall be directed for ever.
The sons of Your servants continue, And their seed is established before You!
