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