Psalm 102:1
A prayer of one who is afflicted, when he grows faint and pours out his lament before the LORD. Hear my prayer, O LORD; let my cry for help come before You.
Psalm 102:2
Do not hide Your face from me in my day of distress. Incline Your ear to me; answer me quickly when I call.
Psalm 102:3
For my days vanish like smoke, and my bones burn like glowing embers.
Psalm 102:4
My heart is afflicted, and withered like grass; I even forget to eat my bread.
Psalm 102:5
Through my loud groaning my skin hangs on my bones.
Psalm 102:6
I am like a desert owl, like an owl among the ruins.
Psalm 102:7
I lie awake; I am like a lone bird on a housetop.
Psalm 102:8
All day long my enemies taunt me; they ridicule me and curse me.
Psalm 102:9
For I have eaten ashes like bread and mixed my drink with tears
Psalm 102:10
because of Your indignation and wrath, for You have picked me up and cast me aside.
Psalm 102:11
My days are like lengthening shadows, and I wither away like grass.
Psalm 102:12
But You, O LORD, sit enthroned forever; Your renown endures to all generations.
Psalm 102:13
You will rise up and have compassion on Zion, for it is time to show her favor—the appointed time has come.
Psalm 102:14
For Your servants delight in her stones and take pity on her dust.
Psalm 102:15
So the nations will fear the name of the LORD, and all the kings of the earth will fear Your glory.
Psalm 102:16
For the LORD will rebuild Zion; He has appeared in His glory.
Psalm 102:17
He will turn toward the prayer of the destitute; He will not despise their prayer.
Psalm 102:18
Let this be written for the generation to come, so that a people not yet created may praise the LORD.
Psalm 102:19
For He looked down from the heights of His sanctuary; the LORD gazed out from heaven to earth
Psalm 102:20
to hear a prisoner’s groaning, to release those condemned to death,
Psalm 102:21
that they may proclaim the name of the LORD in Zion and praise Him in Jerusalem,
Psalm 102:22
when peoples and kingdoms assemble to serve the LORD.
Psalm 102:23
He has broken my strength on the way; He has cut short my days.
Psalm 102:24
I say: “O my God, do not take me in the midst of my days! Your years go on through all generations.
Psalm 102:25
In the beginning You laid the foundations of the earth, and the heavens are the work of Your hands.
Psalm 102:26
They will perish, but You remain; they will all wear out like a garment. Like clothing You will change them, and they will be passed on.
Psalm 102:27
But You remain the same, and Your years will never end.
Psalm 102:28
The children of Your servants will dwell securely, and their descendants will be established before You.”