THE BOOK OF
PSALMS
PSALM 102
A prayer of the afflicted—Zion shall be built up when the Lord appears in his glory—Though heaven and earth perish, the Lord who created them shall endure forever.
A PRAYER OF THE AFFLICTED, WHEN HE IS OVERWHELMED, AND POURETH OUT HIS COMPLAINT BEFORE THE LORD.
1
Hear my prayer, O Lord, and let my cry come unto thee.
2
aHide not thy face from me in the day
when I am in trouble; incline thine ear unto me: in the day
when I call answer me speedily.
3
For my days are consumed like smoke, and my bones are burned as an hearth.
4
My heart is smitten, and withered like grass; so that I forget to eat my bread.
5
By reason of the voice of my groaning my bones cleave to my skin.
6
I am like a
apelican of the wilderness: I am like an owl of the desert.
7
I watch, and am as a sparrow alone upon the house top.
8
Mine enemies reproach me all the day; and they that are mad against me are sworn against me.
9
For I have eaten ashes like bread, and mingled my drink with weeping,
10
Because of thine indignation and thy wrath: for thou hast lifted me up, and cast me down.
11
My days
are like a
ashadow that declineth; and I am withered like
bgrass.
12
But thou, O
Lord, shalt endure for
aever; and thy remembrance unto all generations.
13
Thou shalt arise,
and have
amercy upon
bZion: for the time to favour her, yea, the set time, is come.
14
For thy servants take pleasure in her stones, and favour the dust thereof.
15
So the heathen shall fear the name of the Lord, and all the kings of the earth thy glory.
16
When the
Lord shall build up Zion, he shall
aappear in his glory.
17
He will regard the
aprayer of the destitute, and not despise their prayer.
18
This shall be
awritten for the
bgeneration to come: and the people which shall be created shall praise the
Lord.
19
For he hath looked down from the height of his sanctuary; from heaven did the Lord behold the earth;
20
To hear the groaning of the prisoner; to loose those that are appointed to death;
21
To declare the name of the Lord in Zion, and his praise in Jerusalem;
22
When the people are gathered together, and the kingdoms, to serve the Lord.
23
He weakened my strength in the way; he shortened my days.
24
I said, O my God, take me not away in the midst of my days: thy years are throughout all generations.
25
Of old hast thou laid the foundation of the
aearth: and the heavens
are the work of thy hands.
26
They shall
aperish, but thou shalt endure: yea, all of them shall wax old like a garment; as a vesture shalt thou change them, and they shall be changed:
27
But thou
art the
asame, and thy years shall have no
bend.
28
The children of thy servants shall continue, and their
aseed shall be established before thee.