Psalms 102
102
PSALM 102
Common Meter: 8,6,8,6
A Prayer of the afflicted, when he is overwhelmed, and poureth out his complaint before the Lord.
1O Lord, unto my pray'r give ear,
my cry let come to thee;
2And in the day of my distress
hide not thy face from me.
Give ear to me; what time I call,
to answer me make haste:
3For, as an hearth, my bones are burnt,
my days, like smoke, do waste.
4My heart within me smitten is,
and it is withered
Like very grass; so that I do
forget to eat my bread.
5By reason of my groaning voice
my bones cleave to my skin.
6Like pelican in wilderness
forsaken I have been:
I like an owl in desert am,
that nightly there doth moan;
7I watch, and like a sparrow am
on the house-top alone.
8My bitter en'mies all the day
reproaches cast on me;
And, being mad at me, with rage
against me sworn they be.
9For why? I ashes eaten have
like bread, in sorrows deep;
My drink I also mingled have
with tears that I did weep.
10Thy wrath and indignation
did cause this grief and pain;
For thou hast lift me up on high,
and cast me down again.
11My days are like unto a shade,
which doth declining pass;
And I am dry'd and withered,
ev'n like unto the grass.
12But thou, Lord, everlasting art,
and thy remembrance shall
Continually endure,
and be to generations all.
13Thou shalt arise, and mercy have
upon thy Sion yet;
The time to favour her is come,
the time that thou hast set.
14For in her rubbish and her stones
thy servants pleasure take;
Yea, they the very dust thereof
do favour for her sake.
15So shall the heathen people fear
the Lord's most holy name;
And all the kings on earth shall dread
thy glory and thy fame.
16When Sion by the mighty Lord
built up again shall be,
In glory then and majesty
to men appear shall he.
17The prayer of the destitute
he surely will regard;
Their prayer will he not despise,
by him it shall be heard.
18For generations yet to come
this shall be on record:
So shall the people that shall be
created praise the Lord.
19He from his sanctuary's height
hath downward cast his eye;
And from his glorious throne in heav'n
the Lord the earth did spy;
20That of the mournful prisoner
the groanings he might hear,
To set them free that unto death
by men appointed are:
21That they in Sion may declare
the Lord's most holy name,
And publish in Jerusalem
the praises of the same;
22When as the people gather shall
in troops with one accord,
When kingdoms shall assembled be
to serve the highest Lord.
23My wonted strength and force he hath
abated in the way,
And he my days hath shortened:
24Thus therefore did I say,
My God, in mid-time of my days
take thou me not away:
From age to age eternally
thy years endure and stay.
25The firm foundation of the earth
of old time thou hast laid;
The heavens also are the work
which thine own hands have made.
26Thou shalt for evermore endure,
but they shall perish all;
Yea, ev'ry one of them wax old,
like to a garment, shall:
Thou, as a vesture, shalt them change,
and they shall changed be:
27But thou the same art,
and thy years are to eternity.
28The children of thy servants shall
continually endure;
And in thy sight, O Lord, their seed
shall be establish'd sure.
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Psalms 102
102
The Prayer of a Troubled Youth#Ps 102 Hebrew title: A prayer by a weary sufferer who pours out his complaints to the LORD.
1Listen to my prayer, O LORD,
and hear my cry for help!
2When I am in trouble,
don't turn away from me!
Listen to me,
and answer me quickly when I call!
3My life is disappearing like smoke;
my body is burning like fire.
4I am beaten down like dry grass;
I have lost my desire for food.
5I groan aloud;
I am nothing but skin and bones.
6I am like a wild bird in the desert,
like an owl in abandoned ruins.
7I lie awake;
I am like a lonely bird on a housetop.
8All day long my enemies insult me;
those who mock me use my name in cursing.
9-10Because of your anger and fury,
ashes are my food,
and my tears are mixed with my drink.
You picked me up and threw me away.
11My life is like the evening shadows;
I am like dry grass.
12But you, O LORD, are king for ever;
all generations will remember you.
13You will rise and take pity on Zion;
the time has come to have mercy on her;
this is the right time.
14Your servants love her,
even though she is destroyed;
they have pity on her,
even though she is in ruins.
15The nations will fear the LORD;
all the kings of the earth will fear his power.
16When the LORD rebuilds Zion,
he will reveal his greatness.
17He will hear his forsaken people
and listen to their prayer.
18Write down for the coming generation what the LORD has done,
so that people not yet born will praise him.
19The LORD looked down from his holy place on high,
he looked down from heaven to earth.
20He heard the groans of prisoners
and set free those who were condemned to die.
21And so his name will be proclaimed in Zion,
and he will be praised in Jerusalem
22when nations and kingdoms come together
and worship the LORD.
23The LORD has made me weak while I am still young;
he has shortened my life.
24O God, do not take me away now
before I grow old.
O LORD, you live for ever;
25 #
Heb 1.10–12
long ago you created the earth,
and with your own hands you made the heavens.
26They will disappear, but you will remain;
they will all wear out like clothes.
You will discard them like clothes,
and they will vanish.
27But you are always the same,
and your life never ends.
28Our children will live in safety,
and under your protection
their descendants will be secure.
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