Psalms 102

^{Psalms 102:1} Hear my prayer, O LORD; let my cry for help come before You.

^{Psalms 102:2} Do not hide Your face from me in my day of distress. Incline Your ear to me; answer me quickly when I call.

^{Psalms 102:3} For my days vanish like smoke, and my bones burn like glowing embers.

^{Psalms 102:4} My heart is afflicted, and withered like grass; I even forget to eat my bread.

^{Psalms 102:5} Through my loud groaning my flesh clings to my bones.

^{Psalms 102:6} I am like a desert owl, like an owl among the ruins.

^{Psalms 102:7} I lie awake; I am like a lone bird on a housetop.

^{Psalms 102:8} All day long my enemies taunt me; they ridicule me and curse me.

^{Psalms 102:9} For I have eaten ashes like bread and mixed my drink with tears

^{Psalms 102:10} because of Your indignation and wrath, for You have picked me up and cast me aside.

^{Psalms 102:11} My days are like lengthening shadows, and I wither away like grass.

^{Psalms 102:12} But You, O LORD, sit enthroned forever; Your renown endures to all generations.

^{Psalms 102:13} You will rise up and have compassion on Zion, for it is time to show her favor— the appointed time has come.

^{Psalms 102:14} For Your servants delight in her stones and take pity on her dust.

^{Psalms 102:15} So the nations will fear the name of the LORD, and all the kings of the earth will fear Your glory.

^{Psalms 102:16} For the LORD will rebuild Zion; He has appeared in His glory.

^{Psalms 102:17} He will turn toward the prayer of the destitute; He will not despise their prayer.

^{Psalms 102:18} Let this be written for the generation to come, so that a people not yet created may praise the LORD.

^{Psalms 102:19} For He looked down from the heights of His sanctuary; the LORD gazed out from heaven to earth

^{Psalms 102:20} to hear a prisoner’s groaning, to release those condemned to death,

^{Psalms 102:21} that they may proclaim the name of the LORD in Zion and praise Him in Jerusalem,

^{Psalms 102:22} when peoples and kingdoms assemble to serve the LORD.

^{Psalms 102:23} He has broken my strength on the way; He has cut short my days.

^{Psalms 102:24} I say: “O my God, do not take me in the midst of my days! Your years go on through all generations.

^{Psalms 102:25} In the beginning You laid the foundations of the earth, and the heavens are the work of Your hands.

^{Psalms 102:26} They will perish, but You remain; they will all wear out like a garment. Like clothing You will change them, and they will be passed on.

^{Psalms 102:27} But You remain the same, and Your years will never end.

^{Psalms 102:28} The children of Your servants will dwell securely, and their descendants will be established before You.”