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."