| Psa. 102:1 |
O Jehovah, hear my prayer; / And let my cry come unto You. |
| Psa. 102:2 |
Do not hide Your face from me / On the day of my distress; / Incline Your ear to me; / On the day when I call out, answer me quickly. |
| Psa. 102:3 |
For my days are consumed in smoke, / And my bones burn like a hearth. |
| Psa. 102:4 |
My heart is stricken like grass and dried up; / Indeed I have [even] forgotten to eat my bread. |
| Psa. 102:5 |
Because of the voice of my groaning / My bones cling to my flesh. |
| Psa. 102:6 |
I am like a pelican of the wilderness; / I have become like an owl of the desolate places. |
| Psa. 102:7 |
I watch, and I am like / A lone sparrow on a housetop. |
| Psa. 102:8 |
All day long my enemies reproach me; / Those who deride me use me as a curse. |
| Psa. 102:9 |
For I have eaten ashes like bread, / And have mixed my drink with weeping, |
| Psa. 102:10 |
Because of Your indignation and Your wrath; / For You have taken me up and cast me away. |
| Psa. 102:11 |
My days are like a shadow that declines, / And I am dried up like grass. |
| Psa. 102:12 |
But You, O Jehovah, abide forever; / And Your memorial is from generation to generation. |
| Psa. 102:13 |
You will arise [and] have compassion on Zion, / For it is time to be gracious to her; the appointed time has come. |
| Psa. 102:14 |
For Your servants take pleasure in her stones, / And show favor to her dust. |
| Psa. 102:15 |
And the nations will fear the name of Jehovah, / And all the kings of the earth, Your glory; |
| Psa. 102:16 |
For Jehovah has built up Zion; / He has appeared in His glory. |
| Psa. 102:17 |
He has regarded the prayer of the destitute, / And has not despised their prayer. |
| Psa. 102:18 |
This will be written for a generation to come, / And a people to be created will praise Jehovah. |
| Psa. 102:19 |
For He has looked down from the height of His sanctuary; / From heaven Jehovah beheld the earth, |
| Psa. 102:20 |
To hear the groaning of the prisoner, / To release those appointed to die; |
| Psa. 102:21 |
That the name of Jehovah may be declared in Zion, / And His praise, in Jerusalem, |
| Psa. 102:22 |
When the peoples are gathered together, / And the kingdoms, to serve Jehovah. |
| Psa. 102:23 |
He has weakened my strength in the way; / He has shortened my days. |
| Psa. 102:24 |
I said, My God, / Do not take me away in the middle of my days; / Your years are throughout all generations. |
| Psa. 102:25 |
Of old You laid the foundation of the earth, / And the heavens are the work of Your hands. |
| Psa. 102:26 |
They will perish, but You endure; / Indeed all of them will wear out like a garment; / Like clothing You will change them, / And they will be changed. |
| Psa. 102:27 |
But You are the same, / And Your years are without end. |
| Psa. 102:28 |
The children of Your servants will continue, / And their seed will be established before You. |