תהילים 102

1 תפלה לעני כי-יעטף-- ולפני יהוה ישפך שיחו ב יהוה שמעה תפלתי ושועתי אליך תבוא

Yahweh, listen to what I am praying; hear me while I cry out to you!

2 אל-תסתר פניך ממני-- ביום צר-לי הטה-אלי אזנך ביום אקרא מהר ענני

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 כי-כלו בעשן ימי ועצמותי כמוקד נחרו

My life is ending, like smoke that disappears [SIM]; I have [a high fever which] burns my body like a fire burns [SIM].

4 הוכה-כעשב ויבש לבי כי-שכחתי מאכל לחמי

[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 מקול אנחתי-- דבקה עצמי לבשרי

I groan loudly, and my bones can be seen under my skin [because I have become very thin].

6 דמיתי לקאת מדבר הייתי ככוס חרבות

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 שקדתי ואהיה-- כצפור בודד על-גג

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 כל-היום חרפוני אויבי מהוללי בי נשבעו

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 כי-אפר כלחם אכלתי ושקוי בבכי מסכתי

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 מפני-זעמך וקצפך-- כי נשאתני ותשליכני

11 ימי כצל נטוי ואני כעשב איבש

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 ואתה יהוה לעולם תשב וזכרך לדר ודר

But Yahweh, you are our king who rules [MTY] forever; people who are not yet born will remember you.

13 אתה תקום תרחם ציון כי-עת לחננה כי-בא מועד

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 כי-רצו עבדיך את-אבניה ואת-עפרה יחננו

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 וייראו גוים את-שם יהוה וכל-מלכי הארץ את-כבודך

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 כי-בנה יהוה ציון-- נראה בכבודו

You will rebuild Jerusalem, and you will appear there with your glory/brightness.

17 פנה אל-תפלת הערער ולא-בזה את-תפלתם

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 תכתב זאת לדור אחרון ועם נברא יהלל-יה

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 כי-השקיף ממרום קדשו יהוה משמים אל-ארץ הביט

They will know that you looked down from your holy/sacred place in heaven [DOU] and saw [what was happening on] the earth.

20 לשמע אנקת אסיר לפתח בני תמותה

They will know that you hear prisoners groaning and that you will set free those who have been told, “You will be executed.”

21 לספר בציון שם יהוה ותהלתו בירושלם

As a result, people in Jerusalem will praise you [DOU] for what you [have done]

22 בהקבץ עמים יחדו וממלכות לעבד את-יהוה

when many people [from other people-groups] and [those who are citizens of other] kingdoms gather to worship you.

23 ענה בדרך כחו (כחי) קצר ימי

[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 אמר--אלי אל תעלני בחצי ימי בדור דורים שנותיך

I say to you, “My God, do not cause me to die now, before I become old! You live forever!

25 לפנים הארץ יסדת ומעשה ידיך שמים

You created the world long ago, and you made (the heavens/everything in the sky) with your own hands.

26 המה יאבדו-- ואתה תעמד וכלם כבגד יבלו כלבוש תחליפם ויחלפו

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 ואתה-הוא ושנותיך לא יתמו

but you are [not like the things that you created], [because you are] always the same; you never die.

28 בני-עבדיך ישכונו וזרעם לפניך יכון

[Some day] our children will live safely [in Jerusalem], and their descendants will be protected in your presence.”