Psalms 102

¹Psalms 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.²Psalms 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.³Psalms 102:3. For my days vanish like smoke, and my bones burn like glowing embers.⁴Psalms 102:4. My heart is afflicted, and withered like grass; I even forget to eat my bread.⁵Psalms 102:5. Through my loud groaning my skin hangs on my bones.⁶Psalms 102:6. I am like a desert owl, like an owl among the ruins.⁷Psalms 102:7. I lie awake; I am like a lone bird on a housetop.⁸Psalms 102:8. All day long my enemies taunt me; they ridicule me and curse me.⁹Psalms 102:9. For I have eaten ashes like bread and mixed my drink with tears¹⁰Psalms 102:10. because of Your indignation and wrath, for You have picked me up and cast me aside.¹¹Psalms 102:11. My days are like lengthening shadows, and I wither away like grass.¹²Psalms 102:12. But You, O LORD, sit enthroned forever; Your renown endures to all generations.¹³Psalms 102:13. You will rise up and have compassion on Zion, for it is time to show her favor—the appointed time has come.¹⁴Psalms 102:14. For Your servants delight in her stones and take pity on her dust.¹⁵Psalms 102:15. So the nations will fear the name of the LORD, and all the kings of the earth will fear Your glory.¹⁶Psalms 102:16. For the LORD will rebuild Zion; He has appeared in His glory.¹⁷Psalms 102:17. He will turn toward the prayer of the destitute; He will not despise their prayer.¹⁸Psalms 102:18. Let this be written for the generation to come, so that a people not yet created may praise the LORD.¹⁹Psalms 102:19. For He looked down from the heights of His sanctuary; the LORD gazed out from heaven to earth²⁰Psalms 102:20. to hear a prisoner’s groaning, to release those condemned to death,²¹Psalms 102:21. that they may proclaim the name of the LORD in Zion and praise Him in Jerusalem,²²Psalms 102:22. when peoples and kingdoms assemble to serve the LORD.²³Psalms 102:23. He has broken my strength on the way; He has cut short my days.²⁴Psalms 102:24. I say: “O my God, do not take me in the midst of my days! Your years go on through all generations.²⁵Psalms 102:25. In the beginning You laid the foundations of the earth, and the heavens are the work of Your hands.²⁶Psalms 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.²⁷Psalms 102:27. But You remain the same, and Your years will never end.²⁸Psalms 102:28. The children of Your servants will dwell securely, and their descendants will be established before You.”