Psalms 102:1
Hear my prayer, O Jehovah, and let my cry come to thee.
Psalms 102:2
Hide not thy face from me in the day of my distress. Incline thine ear to me. In the day when I call answer me speedily.
Psalms 102:3
For my days consume away like smoke, and my bones are burned as a firebrand.
Psalms 102:4
My heart is smitten like grass, and withered, for I forget to eat my bread.
Psalms 102:5
Because of the voice of my groaning my bones cling to my flesh.
Psalms 102:6
I am like a pelican of the wilderness. I have become as an owl of the waste places.
Psalms 102:7
I watch, and have become like a sparrow that is alone upon the house-top.
Psalms 102:8
My enemies reproach me all the day. Those who are mad against me do curse by me.
Psalms 102:9
For I have eaten ashes like bread, and mingled my drink with weeping,
Psalms 102:10
because of thine indignation and thy wrath. For thou have taken me up, and cast me away.
Psalms 102:11
My days are like a shadow that declines, and I am withered like grass.
Psalms 102:12
But thou, O Jehovah, will abide forever, and thy memorial to all generations.
Psalms 102:13
Thou will arise, and have mercy upon Zion, for it is time to have pity upon her, yea, the set time has come.
Psalms 102:14
For thy servants take pleasure in her stones, and have pity upon her dust.
Psalms 102:15
So the nations shall fear the name of Jehovah, and all the kings of the earth thy glory.
Psalms 102:16
For Jehovah has built up Zion. He has appeared in his glory.
Psalms 102:17
He has regarded the prayer of the destitute, and has not despised their prayer.
Psalms 102:18
This shall be written for the generation to come. And a people which shall be created shall praise Jehovah.
Psalms 102:19
For he has looked down from the height of his sanctuary. From heaven Jehovah beheld the earth,
Psalms 102:20
to hear the sighing of the prisoner, to loose those who are appointed to death,
Psalms 102:21
that men may declare the name of Jehovah in Zion, and his praise in Jerusalem,
Psalms 102:22
when the peoples are gathered together, and the kingdoms, to serve Jehovah.
Psalms 102:23
He weakened my strength in the way. He shortened my days.
Psalms 102:24
I said, O my God, take me not away in the midst of my days. Thy years are throughout all generations.
Psalms 102:25
Of old thou laid the foundation of the earth, and the heavens are the work of thy hands.
Psalms 102:26
They shall perish, but thou shall endure. Yea, all of them shall grow old like a garment. As a vesture thou shall change them, and they shall be changed,
Psalms 102:27
but thou are the same, and thy years shall have no end.
Psalms 102:28
The sons of thy servants shall continue, and their seed shall be established before thee.