Psalms 102
1 A prayer of an afflicted [person] if he grows faint and before Yahweh he pours out complaint his. O Yahweh hear! prayer my and cry for help my to you let it come.
Yahweh, listen to what I am praying; hear me while I cry out to you!
2 May not you hide face your - from me on [the] day [when] it is distress to me incline to me ear your on [the] day [when] I will call out hurry answer me.
Do not (turn away/hide yourself) from me when I (have troubles/am distressed)! Listen to me, and answer me quickly now, when I am calling out to you!
3 For they have come to an end in smoke days my and bones my like a hearth they have been burned.
My life is ending, like smoke that disappears [SIM]; I have [a high fever which] burns my body like a fire burns [SIM].
4 It has been struck like vegetation and it has withered heart my for I have forgotten from eating food my.
[I feel like] I am drying up like grass [SIM] that has been beaten/trampled down, and I no longer have a desire to eat food.
5 From [the] sound of groaning my it clings bone[s] my to flesh my.
I groan loudly, and my bones can be seen under my skin [because I have become very thin].
6 I am like a desert owl of [the] wilderness I am like an owl of [the] waste places.
I am like a [lonely and despised] vulture in the desert, like an owl by itself in the abandoned ruins [of a building/city].
7 I am wakeful and I have become like a bird isolated on a roof.
I lie awake [at night]; [because there is no one to comfort me], I am like a lonely bird [sitting] on a housetop [SIM].
8 All the day they have taunted me enemies my [those who] mock me by me they have sworn.
All during the day my enemies insult me; those who make fun of me mention my name [and say, “May you be like him”] when they curse people.
9 For ash[es] like food I have eaten and drinks my with weeping I have mixed.
Because you are very angry [DOU] with me, now [I sit in] ashes [while I am suffering greatly]; and those ashes [fall on] the bread/food that I eat, and what I drink has my tears mixed with it. [It is as though] you have picked me up and thrown me away!
10 Because of indignation your and wrath your for you have picked up me and you have thrown away me.
11 Days my [are] like a shadow extended and I like vegetation I am withering.
My time to remain alive is like an evening shadow [that will soon be gone] [SIM]. I am withering like grass withers [in the hot sun].
12 And you O Yahweh for ever you sit and remembrance of you [is] to a generation and a generation.
But Yahweh, you are our king who rules [MTY] forever; people who are not yet born will remember you.
13 You you will arise you will have compassion on Zion for [it is] [the] time to show favor to it for it has come [the] appointed time.
You will arise and be merciful to [the people of] [MTY] Jerusalem; it is now time for you to do that; this is the time for you to be kind to them.
14 For they take pleasure in servants your stones its and dust its they show favor to.
Even though (the city has been destroyed/our enemies have destroyed our city), we who serve you still love the stones that [were formerly] in the city walls; because now there is rubble everywhere, we, your people, are very sad when we see it.
15 And they may fear nations [the] name of Yahweh and all [the] kings of the earth glory your.
Yahweh, [some day the people of other] nations will revere you [MTY]; all the kings on earth will see that you are very glorious/great.
16 For he has built Yahweh Zion he has appeared in glory his.
You will rebuild Jerusalem, and you will appear there with your glory/brightness.
17 He has turned to [the] prayer of the destitute person and not he has despised prayer their.
You will listen to the prayers of your people who are homeless, and you will (not ignore them/do what they request) [LIT] when they plead with you to help them.
18 Let it be written this for a generation later and a people [who will] be created it will praise Yahweh.
Yahweh, [I want to] write these words in order that people in future years [will know what] you have done, in order that people who are not born yet will praise you.
19 For he has looked down from [the] height of holiness his Yahweh from heaven - to earth he has looked.
They will know that you looked down from your holy/sacred place in heaven [DOU] and saw [what was happening on] the earth.
20 To hear [the] groaning of prisoner[s] to set free [the] sons of death.
They will know that you hear prisoners groaning and that you will set free those who have been told, “You will be executed.”
21 To recount in Zion [the] name of Yahweh and praise his in Jerusalem.
As a result, people in Jerusalem will praise you [DOU] for what you [have done]
22 When gather peoples together and kingdoms to serve Yahweh.
when many people [from other people-groups] and [those who are citizens of other] kingdoms gather to worship you.
23 He has humbled in the way (strength my *Q(K)*) he has cut short days my.
[But now] you have caused me to become weak while I am still young; [I think that] I will (not live much longer/ very long/soon die).
24 I said O God my may not you lift up me in [the] middle of days my [are] in a generation of generations years your.
I say to you, “My God, do not cause me to die now, before I become old! You live forever!
25 Before the earth you founded and [were] [the] work of hands your [the] heavens.
You created the world long ago, and you made (the heavens/everything in the sky) with your own hands.
26 They - they will perish and you you will endure and all of them like garment they will wear out like clothing you will change them and they may pass away.
The earth and the heavens/sky will disappear, but you will remain. They will wear out like clothes wear out. You will get rid of them like [people get rid of] old clothes, and they will no longer exist,
27 And you [are] he and years your not they will come to an end.
but you are [not like the things that you created], [because you are] always the same; you never die.
28 [the] children of Servants your they will dwell and offspring their before you it will be established.
[Some day] our children will live safely [in Jerusalem], and their descendants will be protected in your presence.”
