Psalms 102:1 ←
A Prayer of the afflicted, when he is overwhelmed, and poureth out his complaint before the LORD. Hear my prayer, O LORD, and let my cry come unto thee.
Psalms 102:2 ←
Hide 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.
Psalms 102:3 ←
For my days are consumed like smoke, and my bones are burned as an hearth.
Psalms 102:4 ←
My heart is smitten, and withered like grass; so that I forget to eat my bread.
Psalms 102:5 ←
By reason of the voice of my groaning my bones cleave to my skin.
Psalms 102:6 ←
I am like a pelican of the wilderness: I am like an owl of the desert.
Psalms 102:7 ←
I watch, and am as a sparrow alone upon the house top.
Psalms 102:8 ←
Mine enemies reproach me all the day; and they that are mad against me are sworn against me.
Psalms 102:9 ←
For I have eaten ashes like bread, and mingled my drink with weeping,
Psalms 102:10 ←
Because of thine indignation and thy wrath: for thou hast lifted me up, and cast me down.
Psalms 102:11 ←
My days are like a shadow that declineth; and I am withered like grass.
Psalms 102:12 ←
But thou, O LORD, shalt endure for ever; and thy remembrance unto all generations.
Psalms 102:13 ←
Thou shalt arise, and have mercy upon Zion: for the time to favour her, yea, the set time, is come.
Psalms 102:14 ←
For thy servants take pleasure in her stones, and favour the dust thereof.
Psalms 102:15 ←
So the heathen shall fear the name of the LORD, and all the kings of the earth thy glory.
Psalms 102:16 ←
When the LORD shall build up Zion, he shall appear in his glory.
Psalms 102:17 ←
He will regard the prayer of the destitute, and not despise their prayer.
Psalms 102:18 ←
This shall be written for the generation to come: and the people which shall be created shall praise the LORD.
Psalms 102:19 ←
For he hath looked down from the height of his sanctuary; from heaven did the LORD behold the earth;
Psalms 102:20 ←
To hear the groaning of the prisoner; to loose those that are appointed to death;
Psalms 102:21 ←
To declare the name of the LORD in Zion, and his praise in Jerusalem;
Psalms 102:22 ←
When the people are gathered together, and the kingdoms, to serve the LORD.
Psalms 102:23 ←
He weakened my strength in the way; he shortened my days.
Psalms 102:24 ←
I said, O my God, take me not away in the midst of my days: thy years are throughout all generations.
Psalms 102:25 ←
Of old hast thou laid the foundation of the earth: and the heavens are the work of thy hands.
Psalms 102:26 ←
They shall perish, 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:
Psalms 102:27 ←
But thou art the same, and thy years shall have no end.
Psalms 102:28 ←
The children of thy servants shall continue, and their seed shall be established before thee.
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