Psalms 102
1 A Prayer for the Poor; when he is deeply afflicted, and pours out his supplication before the Lord. Hear my prayer, O Lord, and let my cry come to you.
A Prayer of the afflicted, when he is overwhelmed, and poureth out his complaint before the LORD. Hear my prayer, O LORD, and let my cry come unto thee.
2 Turn not away your face from me: in the day [when] I am afflicted, incline your ear to me: in the day [when] I shall call upon you, speedily hear me.
Hide not thy face from me in the day of my distress: incline thine ear unto me; in the day when I call answer me speedily.
3 For my days have vanished like smoke, and my bones have been parched like a stick.
For my days consume away like smoke, and my bones are burned as a firebrand.
4 I am blighted like grass, and my heart is dried up; for I have forgotten to eat my bread.
My heart is smitten like grass, and withered; for I forget to eat my bread.
5 By reason of the voice of my groaning, my bone has cleaved to my flesh.
By reason of the voice of my groaning my bones cleave to my flesh.
6 I have become like a pelican of the wilderness;
I am like a pelican of the wilderness; I am become as an owl of the waste places.
7 I have become like an owl in a ruined house. I have watched, and am become as a sparrow dwelling alone on a roof.
I watch, and am become like a sparrow that is alone upon the housetop.
8 All the day long mine enemies have reproached me; and they that praised me have sworn against me.
Mine enemies reproach me all the day; they that are mad against me do curse by me.
9 For I have eaten ashes as it were bread, and mingled my drink with weeping;
For I have eaten ashes like bread, and mingled my drink with weeping.
10 because of your anger and your wrath: for you have lifted me up, and dashed me down.
Because of thine indignation and thy wrath: for thou hast taken me up, and cast me away.
11 My days have declined like a shadow; and I am withered like grass.
My days are like a shadow that declineth; and I am withered like grass.
12 But you, Lord, endure for ever, and your memorial to generation and generation.
But thou, O LORD, shalt abide for ever; and thy memorial unto all generations.
13 You shall arise, and have mercy upon Sion: for [it is] time to have mercy upon her, for the set time is come.
Thou shalt arise, and have mercy upon Zion: for it is time to have pity upon her, yea, the set time is come.
14 For your servants have taken pleasure in her stones, and they shall pity her dust.
For thy servants take pleasure in her stones, and have pity upon her dust.
15 So the nations shall fear your name, O Lord, and all kings your glory.
So the nations shall fear the name of the LORD, and all the kings of the earth thy glory:
16 For the Lord shall build up Sion, and shall appear in his glory.
For the LORD hath built up Zion, he hath appeared in his glory;
17 He has had regard to the prayer of the lowly, and has not despised their petition.
He hath regarded the prayer of the destitute, and hath not despised their prayer.
18 Let this be written for another generation; and the people that shall be created shall praise the Lord.
This shall be written for the generation to come: and a people which shall be created shall praise the LORD.
19 For he has looked out from the height of his sanctuary; the Lord looked upon the earth from heaven;
For he hath looked down from the height of his sanctuary; from heaven did the LORD behold the earth;
20 to hear the groaning of the fettered ones, to loosen the sons of the slain;
To hear the sighing of the prisoner; to loose those that are appointed to death;
21 to proclaim the name of the Lord in Sion, and his praise in Jerusalem;
That men may declare the name of the LORD in Zion, and his praise in Jerusalem;
22 when the people are gathered together, and the kings, to serve the Lord.
When the peoples are gathered together, and the kingdoms, to serve the LORD.
23 He answered him in the way of his strength: tell me the fewness of my days.
He weakened my strength in the way; he shortened my days.
24 Take me not away in the midst of my days: your years [are] through all generations.
I said, O my God, take me not away in the midst of my days: thy years are throughout all generations.
25 In the beginning you, O Lord, did lay the foundation of the earth; and the heavens are the works of your hands.
Of old hast thou laid the foundation of the earth; and the heavens are the work of thy hands.
26 They shall perish, but you remain: and [they all] shall wax old as a garment; and as a vesture shall you fold them, and they shall be changed.
They shall perish, but thou shalt endure: yea, all of them shall wax old like a garment; as a vesture shalt thou change them, and they shall be changed:
27 But you are the same, and your years shall not fail.
But thou art the same, and thy years shall have no end.
28 The children of your servants shall dwell [securely], and their seed shall prosper for ever.
The children of thy servants shall continue, and their seed shall be established before thee.
