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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