Psalms 102
1 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.
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.
2 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.
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.
3 For consumed in smoke have been my days, And my bones as a fire-brand have burned.
For my days have vanished like smoke, and my bones have been parched like a stick.
4 Smitten as the herb, and withered, is my heart, For I have forgotten to eat my bread.
I am blighted like grass, and my heart is dried up; for I have forgotten to eat my bread.
5 From the voice of my sighing Hath my bone cleaved to my flesh.
By reason of the voice of my groaning, my bone has cleaved to my flesh.
6 I have been like to a pelican of the wilderness, I have been as an owl of the dry places.
I have become like a pelican of the wilderness;
7 I have watched, and I am As a bird alone on the roof.
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 All the day mine enemies reproached me, Those mad at me have sworn against me.
All the day long mine enemies have reproached me; and they that praised me have sworn against me.
9 Because ashes as bread I have eaten, And my drink with weeping have mingled,
For I have eaten ashes as it were bread, and mingled my drink with weeping;
10 From Thine indignation and Thy wrath, For Thou hast lifted me up, And dost cast me down.
because of your anger and your wrath: for you have lifted me up, and dashed me down.
11 My days as a shadow [are] stretched out, And I — as the herb I am withered.
My days have declined like a shadow; and I am withered like grass.
12 And Thou, O Jehovah, to the age abidest, And Thy memorial to all generations.
But you, Lord, endure for ever, and your memorial to generation and generation.
13 Thou — Thou risest — Thou pitiest Zion, For the time to favour her, For the appointed time hath come.
You shall arise, and have mercy upon Sion: for [it is] time to have mercy upon her, for the set time is come.
14 For Thy servants have been pleased with her stones, And her dust they favour.
For your servants have taken pleasure in her stones, and they shall pity her dust.
15 And nations fear the name of Jehovah, And all kings of the earth Thine honour,
So the nations shall fear your name, O Lord, and all kings your glory.
16 For Jehovah hath builded Zion, He hath been seen in His honour,
For the Lord shall build up Sion, and shall appear in his glory.
17 He turned unto the prayer of the destitute, And He hath not despised their prayer.
He has had regard to the prayer of the lowly, and has not despised their petition.
18 This is written for a later generation, And the people created do praise Jah.
Let this be written for another generation; and the people that shall be created shall praise the Lord.
19 For He hath looked From the high place of His sanctuary. Jehovah from heaven unto earth looked attentively,
For he has looked out from the height of his sanctuary; the Lord looked upon the earth from heaven;
20 To hear the groan of the prisoner, To loose sons of death,
to hear the groaning of the fettered ones, to loosen the sons of the slain;
21 To declare in Zion the name of Jehovah, And His praise in Jerusalem,
to proclaim the name of the Lord in Sion, and his praise in Jerusalem;
22 In the peoples being gathered together, And the kingdoms — to serve Jehovah.
when the people are gathered together, and the kings, to serve the Lord.
23 He hath humbled in the way my power, He hath shortened my days.
He answered him in the way of his strength: tell me the fewness of my days.
24 I say, 'My God, take me not up in the midst of my days,' Through all generations [are] Thine years.
Take me not away in the midst of my days: your years [are] through all generations.
25 Beforetime the earth Thou didst found, And the work of Thy hands [are] the heavens.
In the beginning you, O Lord, did lay the foundation of the earth; and the heavens are the works of your hands.
26 They — They perish, and Thou remainest, And all of them as a garment become old, As clothing Thou changest them, And they are changed.
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.
27 And Thou [art] the same, and Thine years are not finished.
But you are the same, and your years shall not fail.
28 The sons of Thy servants do continue, And their seed before Thee is established!
The children of your servants shall dwell [securely], and their seed shall prosper for ever.
