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 feeble, and before Jehovah poureth out his plaint. O Jehovah, hear my prayer, yea, my cry to Thee cometh.
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 Thou Thy face from me, In a day of mine adversity, Incline unto me Thine ear, In the day I call, haste, answer me.
3 For my days have vanished like smoke, and my bones have been parched like a stick.
For consumed in smoke have been my days, And my bones as a fire-brand have burned.
4 I am blighted like grass, and my heart is dried up; for I have forgotten to eat my bread.
Smitten as the herb, and withered, is my heart, For I have forgotten to eat my bread.
5 By reason of the voice of my groaning, my bone has cleaved to my flesh.
From the voice of my sighing Hath my bone cleaved to my flesh.
6 I have become like a pelican of the wilderness;
I have been like to a pelican of the wilderness, I have been as an owl of the dry 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 have watched, and I am As a bird alone on the roof.
8 All the day long mine enemies have reproached me; and they that praised me have sworn against me.
All the day mine enemies reproached me, Those mad at me have sworn against me.
9 For I have eaten ashes as it were bread, and mingled my drink with weeping;
Because ashes as bread I have eaten, And my drink with weeping have mingled,
10 because of your anger and your wrath: for you have lifted me up, and dashed me down.
From Thine indignation and Thy wrath, For Thou hast lifted me up, And dost cast me down.
11 My days have declined like a shadow; and I am withered like grass.
My days as a shadow [are] stretched out, And I — as the herb I am withered.
12 But you, Lord, endure for ever, and your memorial to generation and generation.
And Thou, O Jehovah, to the age abidest, And Thy memorial to 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 — Thou risest — Thou pitiest Zion, For the time to favour her, For the appointed time hath come.
14 For your servants have taken pleasure in her stones, and they shall pity her dust.
For Thy servants have been pleased with her stones, And her dust they favour.
15 So the nations shall fear your name, O Lord, and all kings your glory.
And nations fear the name of Jehovah, And all kings of the earth Thine honour,
16 For the Lord shall build up Sion, and shall appear in his glory.
For Jehovah hath builded Zion, He hath been seen in His honour,
17 He has had regard to the prayer of the lowly, and has not despised their petition.
He turned unto the prayer of the destitute, And He 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 is written for a later generation, And the people created do praise Jah.
19 For he has looked out from the height of his sanctuary; the Lord looked upon the earth from heaven;
For He hath looked From the high place of His sanctuary. Jehovah from heaven unto earth looked attentively,
20 to hear the groaning of the fettered ones, to loosen the sons of the slain;
To hear the groan of the prisoner, To loose sons of death,
21 to proclaim the name of the Lord in Sion, and his praise in Jerusalem;
To declare in Zion the name of Jehovah, And His praise in Jerusalem,
22 when the people are gathered together, and the kings, to serve the Lord.
In the peoples being gathered together, And the kingdoms — to serve Jehovah.
23 He answered him in the way of his strength: tell me the fewness of my days.
He hath humbled in the way my power, He hath shortened my days.
24 Take me not away in the midst of my days: your years [are] through all generations.
I say, 'My God, take me not up in the midst of my days,' Through all generations [are] Thine years.
25 In the beginning you, O Lord, did lay the foundation of the earth; and the heavens are the works of your hands.
Beforetime the earth Thou didst found, And the work of Thy hands [are] the heavens.
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 — They perish, and Thou remainest, And all of them as a garment become old, As clothing Thou changest them, And they are changed.
27 But you are the same, and your years shall not fail.
And Thou [art] the same, and Thine years are not finished.
28 The children of your servants shall dwell [securely], and their seed shall prosper for ever.
The sons of Thy servants do continue, And their seed before Thee is established!
