Ps-102
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v1
Hear my prayer, O LORD; let my cry come to you!
v2
Do not hide your face from me in the day of my distress! Incline your ear to me; answer me speedily in the day when I call!
v3
For my days pass away like smoke, and my bones burn like a furnace.
v4
My heart is struck down like grass and has withered; I forget to eat my bread.
v5
Because of my loud groaning my bones cling to my flesh.
v6
I am like a desert owl of the wilderness, like an owl of the waste places;
v7
I lie awake; I am like a lonely sparrow on the housetop.
v8
All the day my enemies taunt me; those who deride me use my name for a curse.
v9
For I eat ashes like bread and mingle tears with my drink,
v10
because of your indignation and anger; for you have taken me up and thrown me down.
v11
My days are like an evening shadow; I wither away like grass.
v12
But you, O LORD, are enthroned forever; you are remembered throughout all generations.
v13
You will arise and have pity on Zion; it is the time to favor her; the appointed time has come.
v14
For your servants hold her stones dear and have pity on her dust.
v15
Nations will fear the name of the LORD, and all the kings of the earth will fear your glory.
v16
For the LORD builds up Zion; he appears in his glory;
v17
he regards the prayer of the destitute and does not despise their prayer.
v18
Let this be recorded for a generation to come, so that a people yet to be created may praise the LORD:
v19
that he looked down from his holy height; from heaven the LORD looked at the earth,
v20
to hear the groans of the prisoners, to set free those who were doomed to die,
v21
that they may declare in Zion the name of the LORD, and in Jerusalem his praise,
v22
when peoples gather together, and kingdoms, to worship the LORD.
v23
He has broken my strength in midcourse; he has shortened my days.
v24
“O my God,” I say, “take me not away in the midst of my days— you whose years endure throughout all generations!“
v25
Of old you laid the foundation of the earth, and the heavens are the work of your hands.
v26
They will perish, but you will remain; they will all wear out like a garment. You will change them like a robe, and they will pass away,
v27
but you are the same, and your years have no end.
v28
The children of your servants shall dwell secure; their offspring shall be established before you.