Psalm 102

¹Hear my prayer, O Lord And let my cry come to You.

²Do not hide Your face from me in the day of my trouble; Incline Your ear to me; In the day that I call, answer me speedily.

³For my days are consumed like smoke, And my bones are burned like a hearth.

⁴My heart is stricken and withered like grass, So that I forget to eat my bread.

⁵Because of the sound of my groaning My bones cling to my skin.

⁶I am like a pelican of the wilderness; I am like an owl of the desert.

⁷I lie awake, And am like a sparrow alone on the housetop.

⁸My enemies reproach me all day long; Those who deride me swear an oath against me.

⁹For I have eaten ashes like bread, And mingled my drink with weeping,

¹⁰Because of Your indignation and Your wrath; For You have lifted me up and cast me away.

¹¹My days are like a shadow that lengthens, And I wither away like grass.

¹²But You, O Lord And the remembrance of Your name to all generations.

¹³You will arise and have mercy on Zion; For the time to favor her, Yes, the set time, has come.

¹⁴For Your servants take pleasure in her stones, And show favor to her dust.

¹⁵So the nations shall fear the name of the Lord And all the kings of the earth Your glory.

¹⁶For the Lord He shall appear in His glory.

¹⁷He shall regard the prayer of the destitute, And shall not despise their prayer.

¹⁸This will be written for the generation to come, That a people yet to be created may praise the Lord

¹⁹For He looked down from the height of His sanctuary; From heaven the Lord

²⁰To hear the groaning of the prisoner, To release those appointed to death,

²¹To declare the name of the Lord And His praise in Jerusalem,

²²When the peoples are gathered together, And the kingdoms, to serve the Lord

²³He weakened my strength in the way; He shortened my days.

²⁴I said, “O my God, Do not take me away in the midst of my days; Your years are throughout all generations.

²⁵Of old You laid the foundation of the earth, And the heavens are the work of Your hands.

²⁶They will perish, but You will endure; Yes, they will all grow old like a garment; Like a cloak You will change them, And they will be changed.

²⁷But You are the same, And Your years will have no end.

²⁸The children of Your servants will continue, And their descendants will be established before You.”