Psalms 102 : 1 (ESV)
A PRAYER OF ONE AFFLICTED, WHEN HE IS FAINT AND POURS OUT HIS COMPLAINT BEFORE THE LORD. Hear my prayer, O LORD; let my cry come to you!
Psalms 102 : 2 (ESV)
Do not hide your face from me in the day of my distress! Incline your ear to me; answer me speedily in the day when I call!
Psalms 102 : 3 (ESV)
For my days pass away like smoke, and my bones burn like a furnace.
Psalms 102 : 4 (ESV)
My heart is struck down like grass and has withered; I forget to eat my bread.
Psalms 102 : 5 (ESV)
Because of my loud groaning my bones cling to my flesh.
Psalms 102 : 6 (ESV)
I am like a desert owl of the wilderness, like an owl of the waste places;
Psalms 102 : 7 (ESV)
I lie awake; I am like a lonely sparrow on the housetop.
Psalms 102 : 8 (ESV)
All the day my enemies taunt me; those who deride me use my name for a curse.
Psalms 102 : 9 (ESV)
For I eat ashes like bread and mingle tears with my drink,
Psalms 102 : 10 (ESV)
because of your indignation and anger; for you have taken me up and thrown me down.
Psalms 102 : 11 (ESV)
My days are like an evening shadow; I wither away like grass.
Psalms 102 : 12 (ESV)
But you, O LORD, are enthroned forever; you are remembered throughout all generations.
Psalms 102 : 13 (ESV)
You will arise and have pity on Zion; it is the time to favor her; the appointed time has come.
Psalms 102 : 14 (ESV)
For your servants hold her stones dear and have pity on her dust.
Psalms 102 : 15 (ESV)
Nations will fear the name of the LORD, and all the kings of the earth will fear your glory.
Psalms 102 : 16 (ESV)
For the LORD builds up Zion; he appears in his glory;
Psalms 102 : 17 (ESV)
he regards the prayer of the destitute and does not despise their prayer.
Psalms 102 : 18 (ESV)
Let this be recorded for a generation to come, so that a people yet to be created may praise the LORD:
Psalms 102 : 19 (ESV)
that he looked down from his holy height; from heaven the LORD looked at the earth,
Psalms 102 : 20 (ESV)
to hear the groans of the prisoners, to set free those who were doomed to die,
Psalms 102 : 21 (ESV)
that they may declare in Zion the name of the LORD, and in Jerusalem his praise,
Psalms 102 : 22 (ESV)
when peoples gather together, and kingdoms, to worship the LORD.
Psalms 102 : 23 (ESV)
He has broken my strength in midcourse; he has shortened my days.
Psalms 102 : 24 (ESV)
"O my God," I say, "take me not away in the midst of my days- you whose years endure throughout all generations!"
Psalms 102 : 25 (ESV)
Of old you laid the foundation of the earth, and the heavens are the work of your hands.
Psalms 102 : 26 (ESV)
They will perish, but you will remain; they will all wear out like a garment. You will change them like a robe, and they will pass away,
Psalms 102 : 27 (ESV)
but you are the same, and your years have no end.
Psalms 102 : 28 (ESV)
The children of your servants shall dwell secure; their offspring shall be established before you.
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