Psalms 102 : 1 (NLT)
LORD, hear my prayer! Listen to my plea!
Psalms 102 : 2 (NLT)
Don't turn away from me in my time of distress. Bend down to listen, and answer me quickly when I call to you.
Psalms 102 : 3 (NLT)
For my days disappear like smoke, and my bones burn like red-hot coals.
Psalms 102 : 4 (NLT)
My heart is sick, withered like grass, and I have lost my appetite.
Psalms 102 : 5 (NLT)
Because of my groaning, I am reduced to skin and bones.
Psalms 102 : 6 (NLT)
I am like an owl in the desert, like a little owl in a far-off wilderness.
Psalms 102 : 7 (NLT)
I lie awake, lonely as a solitary bird on the roof.
Psalms 102 : 8 (NLT)
My enemies taunt me day after day. They mock and curse me.
Psalms 102 : 9 (NLT)
I eat ashes for food. My tears run down into my drink
Psalms 102 : 10 (NLT)
because of your anger and wrath. For you have picked me up and thrown me out.
Psalms 102 : 11 (NLT)
My life passes as swiftly as the evening shadows. I am withering away like grass.
Psalms 102 : 12 (NLT)
But you, O LORD, will sit on your throne forever. Your fame will endure to every generation.
Psalms 102 : 13 (NLT)
You will arise and have mercy on Jerusalem-- and now is the time to pity her, now is the time you promised to help.
Psalms 102 : 14 (NLT)
For your people love every stone in her walls and cherish even the dust in her streets.
Psalms 102 : 15 (NLT)
Then the nations will tremble before the LORD. The kings of the earth will tremble before his glory.
Psalms 102 : 16 (NLT)
For the LORD will rebuild Jerusalem. He will appear in his glory.
Psalms 102 : 17 (NLT)
He will listen to the prayers of the destitute. He will not reject their pleas.
Psalms 102 : 18 (NLT)
Let this be recorded for future generations, so that a people not yet born will praise the LORD.
Psalms 102 : 19 (NLT)
Tell them the LORD looked down from his heavenly sanctuary. He looked down to earth from heaven
Psalms 102 : 20 (NLT)
to hear the groans of the prisoners, to release those condemned to die.
Psalms 102 : 21 (NLT)
And so the LORD's fame will be celebrated in Zion, his praises in Jerusalem,
Psalms 102 : 22 (NLT)
when multitudes gather together and kingdoms come to worship the LORD.
Psalms 102 : 23 (NLT)
He broke my strength in midlife, cutting short my days.
Psalms 102 : 24 (NLT)
But I cried to him, "O my God, who lives forever, don't take my life while I am so young!
Psalms 102 : 25 (NLT)
Long ago you laid the foundation of the earth and made the heavens with your hands.
Psalms 102 : 26 (NLT)
They will perish, but you remain forever; they will wear out like old clothing. You will change them like a garment and discard them.
Psalms 102 : 27 (NLT)
But you are always the same; you will live forever.
Psalms 102 : 28 (NLT)
The children of your people will live in security. Their children's children will thrive in your presence." A psalm of David.
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