102:1 Hear my prayer, O LORD! And let my cry for help come to You. |
102:2 Do not hide Your face from me in the day of my distress; Incline Your ear to me; In the day when I call answer me quickly. |
102:3 For my days have consumed in smoke, And my bones have scorched like a hearth. |
102:4 My heart has felt smitten like grass and has withered away, Indeed, I forget to eat my bread. |
102:5 Because of the loudness of my groaning My bones cling to my flesh. |
102:6 I resemble a pelican of the wilderness; I have become like an owl of the waste places. |
102:7 I lie awake, I have become like a lonely bird on a housetop. |
102:8 My enemies have reproached me all day long; Those who deride me have used my name as a curse. |
102:9 For I have eaten ashes like bread And mingled my drink with weeping |
102:10 Because of Your indignation and Your wrath, For You have lifted me up and cast me away. |
102:11 My days resemble a lengthened shadow, And I wither away like grass. |
102:12 But You, O LORD, abide forever, And Your name to all generations. |
102:13 You will arise and have compassion on Zion; For it has become time to show graciousness to her, For the appointed time has come. |
102:14 Surely Your servants find pleasure in her stones And feel pity for her dust. |
102:15 So the nations will fear the name of the LORD And all the kings of the earth Your glory. |
102:16 For the LORD has built up Zion; He has appeared in His glory. |
102:17 He has regarded the prayer of the destitute And has not despised their prayer. |
102:18 This will appear in print for the generation to come, That a people not yet created may praise the LORD. |
102:19 For He looked down from His holy height; From heaven the LORD gazed upon the earth, |
102:20 To hear the groaning of the prisoner, To set free those who had received a death sentence, |
102:21 That men may tell of the name of the LORD in Zion And His praise in Jerusalem, |
102:22 When the peoples gather together, And the kingdoms, to serve the LORD. |
102:23 He has weakened my strength in the way; He has shortened my days. |
102:24 I say, "O my God, do not take me away in the midst of my days, Your years extend throughout all generations. |
102:25 "Of old You founded the earth, And the heavens exist as the work of Your hands. |
102:26 "Even they will perish, but You endure; And all of them will wear out like a garment; Like clothing You will change them and they will change. |
102:27 "But You remain the same, And Your years will not come to an end. |
102:28 "The children of Your servants will continue, And their descendants will dwell before You." |