Psalms 102
1 prayer to/for afflicted for to enfeeble and to/for face: before LORD to pour: pour complaint his LORD to hear: hear [emph?] prayer my and cry my to(wards) you to come (in): come
Yahweh, listen to what I am praying; hear me while I cry out to you!
2 not to hide face your from me in/on/with day to distress to/for me to stretch to(wards) me ear your in/on/with day to call: call to to hasten to 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 to end: expend in/on/with smoke day my and bone my like burning to scorch
My life is ending, like smoke that disappears [SIM]; I have [a high fever which] burns my body like a fire burns [SIM].
4 to smite like/as vegetation and to wither heart my for to forget from to eat food: bread 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 voice: sound sighing my to cleave bone my to/for flesh my
I groan loudly, and my bones can be seen under my skin [because I have become very thin].
6 to resemble to/for pelican wilderness to be like/as owl desolation
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 to watch and to be like/as bird be alone upon 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 to taunt me enemy my to boast: rave madly me in/on/with me to swear
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 ashes like/as food: bread to eat and drink my in/on/with weeping to mix
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 from face: because indignation your and wrath your for to lift: raise me and to throw me
11 day my like/as shadow to stretch and I like/as vegetation to wither
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(m. s.) LORD to/for forever: enduring to dwell and memorial your to/for generation and generation
But Yahweh, you are our king who rules [MTY] forever; people who are not yet born will remember you.
13 you(m. s.) to arise: rise to have compassion Zion for time to/for be gracious her for to come (in): come meeting: time appointed
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 to accept servant/slave your [obj] stone her and [obj] dust her be gracious
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 to fear: revere nation [obj] name LORD and all king [the] land: country/planet [obj] 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 to build LORD Zion to see: see in/on/with glory his
You will rebuild Jerusalem, and you will appear there with your glory/brightness.
17 to turn to(wards) prayer [the] destitute and not to despise [obj] 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 to write this to/for generation last and people to create to boast: praise LORD
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 to look from height holiness his LORD from heaven to(wards) land: country/planet to look
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/for to hear: hear groaning prisoner to/for to open son: descendant/people 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/for to recount in/on/with Zion name LORD and praise his in/on/with Jerusalem
As a result, people in Jerusalem will praise you [DOU] for what you [have done]
22 in/on/with to gather people together and kingdom to/for to serve: minister [obj] LORD
when many people [from other people-groups] and [those who are citizens of other] kingdoms gather to worship you.
23 to afflict in/on/with way: journey (strength my *Q(K)*) be short day 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 to say God my not to ascend: establish me in/on/with half day my in/on/with generation generation year your
I say to you, “My God, do not cause me to die now, before I become old! You live forever!
25 to/for face: before [the] land: country/planet to found and deed: work hand your heaven
You created the world long ago, and you made (the heavens/everything in the sky) with your own hands.
26 they(masc.) to perish and you(m. s.) to stand: stand and all their like/as garment to become old like/as clothing to pass them and to pass
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(m. s.) he/she/it and year your not to finish
but you are [not like the things that you created], [because you are] always the same; you never die.
28 son: child servant/slave your to dwell and seed: children their to/for face: before your to establish: establish
[Some day] our children will live safely [in Jerusalem], and their descendants will be protected in your presence.”
