Psalm 102

Psalm CII.

A Prayer of the afflicted, when he is overwhelmed, and poureth out his complaint before the Lord.

^aHear my prayer, O Lord,

And let my ^bcry ^ccome unto thee.

^2dHide not thy face from me

In the day when ^eI am in trouble; ^fincline thine ear unto me:

^gIn the day when I call ^hanswer me speedily.

³ⁱFor my days are consumed like smoke,

And ^kmy bones are burnt as a hearth.

⁴My heart is smitten, and ^lwithered like grass;

^llSo that I forget to eat my bread.

⁵By reason of the voice of my groaning ^mmy bones cleave to my skin.

⁶I am like a ⁿpelican of the wilderness:

I am like an ^oowl of the desert.

⁷I ^pwatch, and am as a sparrow alone upon the housetop.

⁸Mine enemies reproach me all the day;

And they that are ^qmad against me are sworn ^ragainst me.

⁹For I have eaten ashes like bread,

And ^smingled my drink with weeping,

¹⁰Because of thine indignation and thy wrath:

For thou hast ^tlifted me up, and ^ucast me down.

¹¹My days are ^xlike a shadow ^ythat declineth;

And I am ^lwithered like grass.

¹²But ^zthou, O Lord, shalt endure for ever;

And ^athy remembrance ^bunto all generations.

¹³Thou shalt arise, and ^chave mercy upon Zion:

For the time to favour her, yea, the ^dset time, is come.

¹⁴For thy servants take pleasure in ^eher stones,

And favour ^fthe dust thereof.

¹⁵So the heathen shall ^gfear the name of the Lord,

And ^hall the kings of the earth thy glory.

¹⁶When ⁱthe Lord shall build up Zion,

He ^jshall appear in his glory.

^17kHe will regard the prayer of ^lthe destitute,

And not despise their prayer.

¹⁸This shall be ^mwritten ⁿfor the generation to come:

And ^othe people which shall be created shall praise ^pthe Lord.

¹⁹For he hath ^qlooked down from the height of his sanctuary;

^rFrom heaven did the Lord behold the earth;

²⁰To hear ^sthe groaning of the prisoner;

To loose those that are appointed to death;

²¹To ^tdeclare the name of the Lord in Zion,

And his praise in Jerusalem;

²²When the people are gathered together,

And ^uthe kingdoms, to serve the Lord.

²³He weakened my strength in the way;

^xHe shortened my days.

^24yI said, O my God, ^ztake me not away ^ain the midst of my days:

^bThy years are ^cthroughout all generations.

^25dOf old hast thou laid the foundation of the earth:

And the heavens are the work of thy hands.

^26eThey shall perish, but ^fthou shalt endure:

Yea, all of them shall wax old like a garment;

As a vesture shalt thou change them, and they shall be changed:

²⁷But ^gthou art the same,

And thy years shall have no end.

^28hThe children of thy servants shall ⁱcontinue,

And ^jtheir seed shall ^kbe established before thee.