overwhelmed and pours out his complaint before the LORD. O LORD, hear my prayer, and let my cry come to You. |
102:2 Hide not Your face from me in the day of my trouble; incline Your ear to me; in the day I call, answer me quickly, |
102:3 For my days go up like smoke, and my bones scorch like a firebrand. |
102:4 My heart is stricken, and withered like grass, so that I forget to eat my bread. |
102:5 Because of the voice of my groaning, my bones cleave to my flesh. |
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 All the day my enemies revile me; in their rage against me, they make a curse of me; |
102:9 For I have eaten ashes like bread, and have mixed my drink with weeping |
102:10 Because of Your anger and Your wrath; for You have lifted me up and cast me down. |
102:11 My days are like a shadow stretched out, and I wither like grass. |
102:12 But You, O LORD, sit enthroned forever; and Your name is unto all generations. |
102:13 You shall arise and have mercy upon Zion, for it is time to be gracious to her; yea, the appointed time has come, |
102:14 For Your servants take pleasure in her stones and favor her dust. |
102:15 So the nations shall fear the name of the LORD, and all the kings of the earth Your 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 a people who shall be created shall praise the LORD, |
102:19 For He has looked down from the height of His sanctuary; from heaven the LORD beheld the earth |
102:20 To hear the groaning of the prisoner, to set free those who are appointed to death |
102:21 That men may declare the name of the LORD in Zion and His praise in Jerusalem |
102:22 When the people and the kingdoms have gathered together 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; Your years endure throughout all generations. |
102:25 Of old You have laid the foundation of the earth, and the heavens are the work of Your hands. |
102:26 They shall perish, but You shall endure; yea, all of them shall become old like a garment; like a vesture You shall change them, and they shall be changed; |
102:27 But You remain the same, and Your years shall have no end. |
102:28 The children of Your servants shall continue, and their seed shall be established before You." |