| 102:1 |
Hear my prayer, O LORD; let my cry for help come to you. |
| 102:2 |
Do not hide your face from me when I am in distress. Turn your ear to me; when I call, answer me quickly. |
| 102:3 |
For my days vanish like smoke; my bones burn like glowing embers. |
| 102:4 |
My heart is blighted and withered like grass; I forget to eat my food. |
| 102:5 |
Because of my loud groaning I am reduced to skin and bones. |
| 102:6 |
I am like a desert owl, like an owl among the ruins. |
| 102:7 |
I lie awake; I have become like a bird alone on a roof. |
| 102:8 |
All day long my enemies taunt me; those who rail against me use my name as a curse. |
| 102:9 |
For I eat ashes as my food and mingle my drink with tears |
| 102:10 |
because of your great wrath, for you have taken me up and thrown me aside. |
| 102:11 |
My days are like the evening shadow; I wither away like grass. |
| 102:12 |
But you, O LORD, sit enthroned forever; your renown endures through all generations. |
| 102:13 |
You will arise and have compassion on Zion, for it is time to show favor to her; the appointed time has come. |
| 102:14 |
For her stones are dear to your servants; her very dust moves them to pity. |
| 102:15 |
The nations will fear the name of the LORD, all the kings of the earth will revere your glory. |
| 102:16 |
For the LORD will rebuild Zion and appear in his glory. |
| 102:17 |
He will respond to the prayer of the destitute; he will not despise their plea. |
| 102:18 |
Let this be written for a future generation, that a people not yet created may praise the LORD: |
| 102:19 |
"The LORD looked down from his sanctuary on high, from heaven he viewed the earth, |
| 102:20 |
to hear the groans of the prisoners and release those condemned to death." |
| 102:21 |
So the name of the LORD will be declared in Zion and his praise in Jerusalem |
| 102:22 |
when the peoples and the kingdoms assemble to worship the LORD. |
| 102:23 |
In the course of my life he broke my strength; he cut short my days. |
| 102:24 |
So I said: "Do not take me away, O my God, in the midst of my days; your years go on through all generations. |
| 102:25 |
In the beginning you laid the foundations of the earth, and the heavens are the work of your hands. |
| 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 discarded. |
| 102:27 |
But you remain the same, and your years will never end. |
| 102:28 |
The children of your servants will live in your presence; their descendants will be established before you." |
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