תהילים 102

1 תְּפִלָּה לְעָנִי כִֽי־יַעֲטֹף וְלִפְנֵי יְהוָה יִשְׁפֹּךְ שִׂיחֽוֹ׃ יְהוָה שִׁמְעָה תְפִלָּתִי וְשַׁוְעָתִי אֵלֶיךָ תָבֽוֹא׃

A prayer of the afflicted, when he shall be in distresse, and pour forth his meditation before the Lord. O Lord, heare my prayer, and let my crye come vnto thee.

2 אַל־תַּסְתֵּר פָּנֶיךָ ׀ מִמֶּנִּי בְּיוֹם צַר לִי הַטֵּֽה־אֵלַי אָזְנֶךָ בְּיוֹם אֶקְרָא מַהֵר עֲנֵֽנִי׃

Hide not thy face from me in the time of my trouble: incline thine eares vnto me: when I call, make haste to heare me.

3 כִּֽי־כָלוּ בְעָשָׁן יָמָי וְעַצְמוֹתַי כְּמוֹ־קֵד נִחָֽרוּ׃

For my dayes are consumed like smoke, and my bones are burnt like an herthe.

4 הוּכָּֽה־כָעֵשֶׂב וַיִּבַשׁ לִבִּי כִּֽי־שָׁכַחְתִּי מֵאֲכֹל לַחְמִֽי׃

Mine heart is smitten and withereth like grasse, because I forgate to eate my bread.

5 מִקּוֹל אַנְחָתִי דָּבְקָה עַצְמִי לִבְשָׂרִֽי׃

For the voyce of my groning my bones doe cleaue to my skinne.

6 דָּמִיתִי לִקְאַת מִדְבָּר הָיִיתִי כְּכוֹס חֳרָבֽוֹת׃

I am like a pelicane of the wildernesse: I am like an owle of the deserts.

7 שָׁקַדְתִּי וָאֶֽהְיֶה כְּצִפּוֹר בּוֹדֵד עַל־גָּֽג׃

I watch and am as a sparrowe alone vpon the house top.

8 כָּל־הַיּוֹם חֵרְפוּנִי אוֹיְבָי מְהוֹלָלַי בִּי נִשְׁבָּֽעוּ׃

Mine enemies reuile me dayly, and they that rage against me, haue sworne against me.

9 כִּי־אֵפֶר כַּלֶּחֶם אָכָלְתִּי וְשִׁקֻּוַי בִּבְכִי מָסָֽכְתִּי׃

Surely I haue eaten asshes as bread, and mingled my drinke with weeping,

10 מִפְּנֵֽי־זַֽעַמְךָ וְקִצְפֶּךָ כִּי נְשָׂאתַנִי וַתַּשְׁלִיכֵֽנִי׃

Because of thine indignation and thy wrath: for thou hast heaued me vp, and cast me downe.

11 יָמַי כְּצֵל נָטוּי וַאֲנִי כָּעֵשֶׂב אִיבָֽשׁ׃

My dayes are like a shadowe that fadeth, and I am withered like grasse.

12 וְאַתָּה יְהוָה לְעוֹלָם תֵּשֵׁב וְזִכְרְךָ לְדֹר וָדֹֽר׃

But thou, O Lord, doest remaine for euer, and thy remembrance from generation to generation.

13 אַתָּה תָקוּם תְּרַחֵם צִיּוֹן כִּי־עֵת לְחֶֽנְנָהּ כִּי־בָא מוֹעֵֽד׃

Thou wilt arise and haue mercy vpon Zion: for the time to haue mercie thereon, for the appointed time is come.

14 כִּֽי־רָצוּ עֲבָדֶיךָ אֶת־אֲבָנֶיהָ וְֽאֶת־עֲפָרָהּ יְחֹנֵֽנוּ׃

For thy seruants delite in the stones thereof, and haue pitie on the dust thereof.

15 וְיִֽירְאוּ גוֹיִם אֶת־שֵׁם יְהוָה וְֽכָל־מַלְכֵי הָאָרֶץ אֶת־כְּבוֹדֶֽךָ׃

Then the heathen shall feare the Name of the Lord, and all the Kings of the earth thy glory,

16 כִּֽי־בָנָה יְהוָה צִיּוֹן נִרְאָה בִּכְבוֹדֽוֹ׃

When the Lord shall build vp Zion, and shall appeare in his glory,

17 פָּנָה אֶל־תְּפִלַּת הָעַרְעָר וְלֹֽא־בָזָה אֶת־תְּפִלָּתָֽם׃

And shall turne vnto the prayer of the desolate, and not despise their prayer.

18 תִּכָּתֶב זֹאת לְדוֹר אַחֲרוֹן וְעַם נִבְרָא יְהַלֶּל־יָֽהּ׃

This shall be written for the generation to come: and the people, which shalbe created, shall prayse the Lord.

19 כִּֽי־הִשְׁקִיף מִמְּרוֹם קָדְשׁוֹ יְהוָה מִשָּׁמַיִם ׀ אֶל־אֶרֶץ הִבִּֽיט׃

For he hath looked downe from the height of his Sanctuarie: out of the heauen did the Lord beholde the earth,

20 לִשְׁמֹעַ אֶנְקַת אָסִיר לְפַתֵּחַ בְּנֵי תְמוּתָֽה׃

That he might heare the mourning of the prisoner, and deliuer the children of death:

21 לְסַפֵּר בְּצִיּוֹן שֵׁם יְהוָה וּתְהִלָּתוֹ בִּירוּשָׁלָֽ͏ִם׃

That they may declare the Name of the Lord in Zion, and his prayse in Ierusalem,

22 בְּהִקָּבֵץ עַמִּים יַחְדָּו וּמַמְלָכוֹת לַעֲבֹד אֶת־יְהוָֽה׃

When the people shalbe gathered together, and the kingdomes to serue the Lord.

23 עִנָּה בַדֶּרֶךְ כחו כֹּחִי קִצַּר יָמָֽי׃

He abated my strength in the way, and shortened my dayes.

24 אֹמַר אֵלִי אַֽל־תַּעֲלֵנִי בַּחֲצִי יָמָי בְּדוֹר דּוֹרִים שְׁנוֹתֶֽיךָ׃

And I sayd, O my God, take me not away in the middes of my dayes: thy yeeres endure from generation to generation.

25 לְפָנִים הָאָרֶץ יָסַדְתָּ וּֽמַעֲשֵׂה יָדֶיךָ שָׁמָֽיִם׃

Thou hast aforetime layde the foundation of the earth, and the heauens are the worke of thine hands.

26 הֵמָּה ׀ יֹאבֵדוּ וְאַתָּה תַעֲמֹד וְכֻלָּם כַּבֶּגֶד יִבְלוּ כַּלְּבוּשׁ תַּחֲלִיפֵם וְֽיַחֲלֹֽפוּ׃

They shall perish, but thou shalt endure: euen they all shall waxe olde as doeth a garment: as a vesture shalt thou change them, and they shall be changed.

27 וְאַתָּה־הוּא וּשְׁנוֹתֶיךָ לֹא יִתָּֽמּוּ׃

But thou art the same, and thy yeeres shall not fayle.

28 בְּנֵֽי־עֲבָדֶיךָ יִשְׁכּוֹנוּ וְזַרְעָם לְפָנֶיךָ יִכּֽוֹן׃

The children of thy seruants shall continue, and their seede shall stand fast in thy sight.