PSALMS: Chapter 102

102:1 Hear my prayer, O LORD, and let my cry come unto thee.

102:2 Hide not thy face from me in the day when I am in trouble; incline thine ear unto me; in the day when I call, answer me speedily.

102:3 For my days are consumed like smoke, and my bones are burned like an hearth.

102:4 My heart is smitten, and withered like grass, so that I forget to eat my bread.

102:5 By reason of the voice of my groaning, my bones cleave to my skin.

102:6 I am like a pelican of the wilderness; I am like an owl of the desert.

102:7 I watch, and am like a sparrow alone upon the housetop.

102:8 Mine enemies reproach me all the day, and they that are mad against me are sworn against me.

102:9 For I have eaten ashes like bread, and mingled my drink with weeping,

102:10 Because of thine indignation and thy wrath; for thou hast lifted me up, and cast me down.

102:11 My days are like a shadow that declineth, and I am withered like grass.

102:12 But thou, O LORD, shalt endure forever, and thy remembrance unto all generations.

102:13 Thou shalt arise, and have mercy upon Zion; for the time to favor her, yea, the set time, is come.

102:14 For thy servants take pleasure in her stones, and favor the dust thereof.

102:15 So the heathen shall fear the name of the LORD, and all the kings of the earth thy glory.

102:16 When the LORD shall build up Zion, he shall appear in his glory.

102:17 He will regard the prayer of the destitute, and not despise their prayer.

102:18 This shall be written for the generation to come; and the people who shall be created shall praise the LORD.

102:19 For he hath looked down from the height of his sanctuary; from heaven did the LORD behold the earth,

102:20 To hear the groaning of the prisoner; to loose those that are appointed to death;

102:21 To declare the name of the LORD in Zion, and his praise in Jerusalem,

102:22 When the people are gathered together, and the kingdoms, to serve the LORD.

102:23 He weakened my strength in the way; he shortened my days.

102:24 I said, O my God, take me not away in the midst of my days; thy years are throughout all generations.

102:25 Of old hast thou laid the foundation of the earth, and the heavens are the work of they hands.

102:26 They shall perish, but thou shalt endure; yea, all of them shall wax old like a garment; like a vesture shalt thou change them, and they shall be changed.

102:27 But thou art the same, and thy years shall have no end.

102:28 The children of thy servants shall continue, and their seed shall be established before thee.