| 1 | Hear my prayer, O Lord, and let my cry come to You. |
| 2 | Hide not Your face from me in the day when I am in distress! Incline Your ear to me; in the day when I call, answer me speedily. |
| 3 | For my days consume away like smoke, and my bones burn like a firebrand
or
like a hearth. |
| 4 | My heart is smitten like grass and withered, so that [in absorption] I forget to eat my food. |
| 5 | By reason of my loud groaning [from suffering and trouble] my flesh cleaves to my bones. |
| 6 | I am like a melancholy pelican
or
vulture of the wilderness; I am like a [desolate] owl of the waste places. |
| 7 | I am sleepless
and
lie awake [mourning], like a bereaved sparrow alone on the housetop. |
| 8 | My adversaries taunt
and
reproach me all the day; and they who are angry with me use my name as a curse. |
| 9 | For I have eaten the ashes [in which I sat] as if they were bread and have mingled my drink with weeping |
| 10 | Because of Your indignation and Your wrath, for You have taken me up and cast me away. |
| 11 | My days are like an evening shadow that stretches out
and
declines [with the sun]; and I am withered like grass. |
| 12 | But You, O Lord, are enthroned forever; and the fame of Your name endures to all generations. |
| 13 | You will arise
and
have mercy
and
loving-kindness for Zion, for it is time to have pity
and
compassion for her; yes, the set time has come [the moment designated]. |
| 14 | For Your servants take [melancholy] pleasure in the stones [of her ruins] and show pity for her dust. |
| 15 | So the nations shall fear
and
worshipfully revere the name of the Lord, and all the kings of the earth Your glory. |
| 16 | When the Lord builds up Zion, He will appear in His glory; |
| 17 | He will regard the plea of the destitute and will not despise their prayer. |
| 18 | Let this be recorded for the generation yet unborn, that a people yet to be created shall praise the Lord. |
| 19 | For He looked down from the height of His sanctuary, from heaven did the Lord behold the earth, |
| 20 | To hear the sighing
and
groaning of the prisoner, to loose those who are appointed to death, |
| 21 | So that men may declare the name of the Lord in Zion and His praise in Jerusalem |
| 22 | When peoples are gathered together, and the kingdoms, to worship
and
serve the Lord. |
| 23 | He has afflicted
and
weakened my strength, humbling
and
bringing me low [with sorrow] in the way; He has shortened my days [aging me prematurely]. |
| 24 | I said, O my God, take me not away in the midst of my days, You Whose years continue throughout all generations. |
| 25 | At the beginning You existed
and
laid the foundations of the earth; the heavens are the work of Your hands. |
| 26 | They shall perish, but You shall remain
and
endure; yes, all of them shall wear out
and
become old like a garment. Like clothing You shall change them, and they shall be changed
and
pass away. |
| 27 | But You remain the same, and Your years shall have no end. |
| 28 | The children of Your servants shall dwell safely
and
continue, and their descendants shall be established before You. |
Cross references:
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Psalm 102:13 : Ps. 12:5; 119:126.
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Psalm 102:15 : Ps. 96:9.
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Psalm 102:27 : Heb. 1:10-12.
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