Psalms 102:1
Hear my prayer, O LORD, and let my cry come to you.
Psalms 102:2
Hide not your face from me in the day when I am in trouble; incline your ear to me: in the day when I call answer me speedily.
Psalms 102:3
For my days are consumed like smoke, and my bones are burned as an hearth.
Psalms 102:4
My heart is smitten, and withered like grass; so that I forget to eat my bread.
Psalms 102:5
By reason of the voice of my groaning my bones stick to my skin.
Psalms 102:6
I am like a pelican of the wilderness: I am like an owl of the desert.
Psalms 102:7
I watch, and am as a sparrow alone on the house top.
Psalms 102:8
My enemies reproach me all the day; and they that are mad against me are sworn against me.
Psalms 102:9
For I have eaten ashes like bread, and mingled my drink with weeping.
Psalms 102:10
Because of your indignation and your wrath: for you have lifted me up, and cast me down.
Psalms 102:11
My days are like a shadow that declines; and I am withered like grass.
Psalms 102:12
But you, O LORD, shall endure for ever; and your remembrance to all generations.
Psalms 102:13
You shall arise, and have mercy on Zion: for the time to favor her, yes, the set time, is come.
Psalms 102:14
For your servants take pleasure in her stones, and favor the dust thereof.
Psalms 102:15
So the heathen shall fear the name of the LORD, and all the kings of the earth your glory.
Psalms 102:16
When the LORD shall build up Zion, he shall appear in his glory.
Psalms 102:17
He will regard the prayer of the destitute, and not despise their prayer.
Psalms 102:18
This shall be written for the generation to come: and the people which shall be created shall praise the LORD.
Psalms 102:19
For he has looked down from the height of his sanctuary; from heaven did the LORD behold the earth;
Psalms 102:20
To hear the groaning of the prisoner; to loose those that are appointed to death;
Psalms 102:21
To declare the name of the LORD in Zion, and his praise in Jerusalem;
Psalms 102:22
When the people are gathered together, and the kingdoms, to serve the LORD.
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 middle of my days: your years are throughout all generations.
Psalms 102:25
Of old have you laid the foundation of the earth: and the heavens are the work of your hands.
Psalms 102:26
They shall perish, but you shall endure: yes, all of them shall wax old like a garment; as a clothing shall you change them, and they shall be changed:
Psalms 102:27
But you are the same, and your years shall have no end.
Psalms 102:28
The children of your servants shall continue, and their seed shall be established before you.