Psalms, 102

1. <A Prayer of the afflicted, when he is overwhelmed, and poureth out his complaint before the LORD.> Hear my prayer, O LORD, and let my cry come unto thee.

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2. Hide not thy face from me in the day [when] I am in trouble; incline thine ear unto me: in the day [when] I call answer me speedily.

2. O Lord, hear my prayer; let my cry for help come to you.

3. For my days are consumed like smoke, and my bones are burned as an hearth.

3. Do not hide your face from me when I am in trouble. Turn your ear to me; make haste to answer me when I call.

4. My heart is smitten, and withered like grass; so that I forget to eat my bread.

4. For my days are passing away like smoke, my bones burning like a furnace.

5. By reason of the voice of my groaning my bones cleave to my skin.

5. Like withered grass, my heart is blighted, and I forget to eat my bread.

6. I am like a pelican of the wilderness: I am like an owl of the desert.

6. Because of my great grief I am reduced to skin and bones.

7. I watch, and am as a sparrow alone upon the house top.

7. I am like an owl in the wilderness, like a vulture among the ruins.

8. Mine enemies reproach me all the day; [and] they that are mad against me are sworn against me.

8. I awake moaning like a lonely bird on the housetop.

9. For I have eaten ashes like bread, and mingled my drink with weeping,

9. All day long I am taunted by my enemies; they use my name as a curse.

10. Because of thine indignation and thy wrath: for thou hast lifted me up, and cast me down.

10. The bread I eat is ashes, my drink is mingled with tears,

11. My days [are] like a shadow that declineth; and I am withered like grass.

11. for your wrath, your fury; for you have thrown me aside.

12. But thou, O LORD, shalt endure for ever; and thy remembrance unto all generations.

12. My days are vanishing like the shadows at night; I wither away like grass.

13. Thou shalt arise, [and] have mercy upon Zion: for the time to favour her, yea, the set time, is come.

13. But you, O Lord, you sit forever; your name endures through all generations.

14. For thy servants take pleasure in her stones, and favour the dust thereof.

14. Arise, have mercy on Zion; this is the time to show her your mercy.

15. So the heathen shall fear the name of the LORD, and all the kings of the earth thy glory.

15. For your servants cherish her stones, and are moved to pity by her dust.

16. When the LORD shall build up Zion, he shall appear in his glory.

16. O Lord, the nations will revere your name, and the kings of the earth your glory,

17. He will regard the prayer of the destitute, and not despise their prayer.

17. when the Lord will rebuild Zion and appear in all his splendor.

18. This shall be written for the generation to come: and the people which shall be created shall praise the LORD.

18. For he will answer the prayer of the needy and will not despise their plea.

19. For he hath looked down from the height of his sanctuary; from heaven did the LORD behold the earth;

19. Let this be written for future ages, "the Lord will be praised by a people he will form."

20. To hear the groaning of the prisoner; to loose those that are appointed to death;

20. From his holy height in heaven, the Lord has looked on the earth

21. To declare the name of the LORD in Zion, and his praise in Jerusalem;

21. to hear the groaning of the prisoners, and free those condemned to death.

22. When the people are gathered together, and the kingdoms, to serve the LORD.

22. Then the name of the Lord will be declared in Zion, and his praise in Jerusalem,

23. He weakened my strength in the way; he shortened my days.

23. when the peoples and the kingdoms assemble to worship him.

24. I said, O my God, take me not away in the midst of my days: thy years [are] throughout all generations.

24. My walk has exhausted me, he has cut short my days.

25. Of old hast thou laid the foundation of the earth: and the heavens [are] the work of thy hands.

25. I cry to him, "My God, do not take my life in mid-course, you whose days are from age to age."

26. They shall perish, but thou shalt endure: yea, all of them shall wax old like a garment; as a vesture shalt thou change them, and they shall be changed:

26. In the beginning you laid the earth's foundation, the heavens are the work of your hands.

27. But thou [art] the same, and thy years shall have no end.

27. Although they perish, you will remain; they will all wear out like a garment, you change them like clothes: they pass away,

28. The children of thy servants shall continue, and their seed shall be established before thee.

28. but you remain the same, your years unending.

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29. Your servants' children will dwell secure; their posterity will endure without fail.